The Stage Bus was designed and rebuild in Amsterdam Noord

February 19th until April 4th, 2000.

The bus was parked in the garage behind Brezan Automaterialen, Polijsterweg 8, Amsterdam Noord

For 6 weeks a camera was set in one position to record the rebuilding of the Stage Bus. The final sequence with stopmotions was edited on top of the drum solo performed by Marcello Pellitteri. (taken from the CD: Born Free, track 4)

  Camera: Martijn van Beenen

Email: vbeenen@xs4all.nl 

The Stage bus left Amsterdam at 01.00 AM, the 22nd of April, with Martijn van Beenen (camera man), Suzanne van Laatum (camera assistant), Luluk Purwanto and René van Helsdingen.

Arriving at Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris, at 6 AM, to pick up Essiet Okon Essiet and Marcello Pellitteri who had just arrived from New York.

Film2000 was Recorded that morning on April 23rd, 2000, at 7 different locations in Paris: 07.30 hrs. near the Eiffel Tower, 08.30 hrs. at Restaurant de Beaupre, (breakfast)

Hans Fraikin and Eva Stattin joined the group at 09.00 hrs. to assist in the search for the right locations.

12.30 hrs. at Pont Grenelle (Statue of Liberty),  14.00 PM near the Arc de Triomphe.

At 15.00 hrs. Essiet and Marcello flew back to New York, and that same afternoon we drove back to Amsterdam. Lir Ilir was recorded on film inside the Stage Buson the way back to Amsterdam.