This book, edited by Chris Brook and with stills by Gimpo, is a record of the event and the tour. Particularly effective is the layout, with practically each page of print facing an eerily coloured still from the movie. The tour began a year after the actual burning, back in Jura, making for perhaps the least receptive crowd. By taking the film on tour and asking questions Cauty and Drummond present the whole event in a new and different light, and much of the audience reaction is as much to the film as to the simple burning of the money. A curious, controversial, perversely fascinating act.
People are free to do with their money what they wish.
The K Foundation's act, however, does serve as a reminder of what an unusual thing money is, and what an odd role we allow it to play in our lives. The wide spectrum of reactions to the film and the burning of the money do cover almost all the possible reactions and interpretations. While a million quid is a drop in the bucket it does have an effect on national money supply. Getting rid of it is, in effect, a gift to the state, which, in essence, will never have to repay the debt it took to issue that money. So at least the Treasury should be happy.