The Inaugural Glasgow International Bike Film Festival

Last post 09-01-2006, 5:49 AM by Phil Factor. 1 replies.
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  •  08-31-2006, 1:26 PM Post number 1932

    The Inaugural Glasgow International Bike Film Festival

    Brochure Extract
    "Welcome to the Glasgow International Bike Film Festival. This nine day festival aims to capture the essence of all aspects of cycling and how it is being expressed through the work of some of the finest directors, cinematographers and riders working in the genre today. From the thrills and spills of downhill racing in Hypnosis through the ground breaking Collective and Stripped to the jaw dropping riding in Manifesto, there is something there for everyone to enjoy. Even if you aren't a cyclist, take a look and enter a whole new world which challenges your perceptions of what cycling is today."
     
    The night i will definately be going to -

    Tuesday 10th October
    The Collective and Roam
    Running time : Approx 85 minutes
    Following the sell out success of Roam at the GFT in May, from Director Darcy Wittenberg comes another opportunity to see two films which have redefined the bike film genre. Gone are the low rent camera work and thrash metal soundtracks of old to be replaced with stunning cinematography, multiple camera sequences, a mood capturing soundtrack and a cohesive narrative style. Both films represent the collaborative efforts of some of the world's best mountain bike riders and are an expression of their words, ideas and most importantly, their riding. It's easy to see why these multiple award winning films have garnered both critical and commercial success and why they have set the standard for all films to follow.
    www.thecollectivefilm.com

     

    </David Christiansen>
    Glasgow, UK
  •  09-01-2006, 5:49 AM Post number 1941 in reply to post number 1932

    Re: The Inaugural Glasgow International Bike Film Festival

    I should offer these Glaswigian Aesthetes some  moving footage of Phil Factor trying to pedal into the village to do his shopping, despite a jamming Sturmey-Archer and binding brakes, a distinctively postmodernist cinematic statement that charts the ways in which the act of filmmaking allows a release from the pressures of global capitalism at the same moment as it creates a space for the articulation of a coherent subjectivity, a provocative and dazzling masterpiece. The film recreates brutal chiaroscuro of the Bike Film Genre, a stark post-modern noir artwork, capturing the essence and the aesthetic and bringing its universe and characters to a stunning three-dimensional life.

    Is this part of Glasgow's bit to be the Culture Capital of Britain?

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