Sun Jan 2 Bike Winter Film Fest-- submissions and planning

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Permalink Reply by h' 1.0 on October 21, 2010 at 2:25am

I wonder how hard it would be to get Geoffrey Baer to not only consent to including Biking the Boulevards in the fest, but to making an appearance?
http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1010qwoeiuryfg/event/index.html

Permalink Reply by h' 1.0 on October 21, 2010 at 9:31pm

Found on a Pilsen art site-- looks interesting:

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Cycle Yatra
Length: 5minutes
Language: music with English subtitles

A group of friends travels on bicycles in Mewar, Rajastan India for one week using no money.

Permalink Reply by Loren Bo on November 24, 2010 at 2:19pm

Hi, were you still looking for a venue? Iit cycling might be able to help out with this or future events. (Corner of 31st & state) let us know cycling@iit.edu

Permalink Reply by h' 1.0 on November 24, 2010 at 9:26pm

Thanks, Loren!
I think we're confirmed for Facets again (need to follow up on an unanswered e-mail or 2) but it's good to know that's a possibility.
What's needed most right now are submissions of local films and suggestions for features. I didn't realize George Christensen would be away ( he was a major help last year) so that falls on me (would love to find someone to partner with on this).

Permalink Reply by Eduardo on November 26, 2010 at 9:08am

For Features:

Jitensha (2009, Japan)

"Jitensha" (or "Bicycle") is a story about Mamoru Amagaya, a young man struggling to find meaning in life. A co-worker confronts Mamoru on his apparent apathy toward life, and this results in Mamoru leaving his job out of humiliation. Now alone and without work, just as it seems that things could not possibly get worse, parts of Mamoru’s bicycle begin to disappear, one by one. In frustration, Mamoru leaves a note for the thief, begging him to just take the whole thing. The note left in response is signed "God", leaving Mamoru only more confused. At last, when the only remaining piece of the bicycle is a lonely bell, Mamoru receives an envelope, containing addresses at which each piece of the bicycle might be retrieved. Puzzled yet intrigued, Mamoru embarks on a journey to resurrect and reassemble his beloved possession. As he seeks out each piece of the missing whole, Mamoru begins to discover that he himself is in a healing process. As he puts his bike together piece by piece, he realizes that he himself is in the process of being reassembled in the same way, by one far greater than himself. (from the producer's website) (added June 2010)

B.I.K.E. The Movie - http://www.bike-films.com/

The film is a depiction of the Brooklyn chapter of the Black Label Bike Club (BLBC), a fringe network of tall bike jousters that combine and justify their medieval inspired competitions with environmentalist and anti-consumerist rhetoric and politically radical ideals.

Taking place in the context of the 2004 Republican National Convention, Fountainhead Films’ B.I.K.E. is a riveting look into the ways in which identity is important for a collective of fiercely independent people.

Permalink Reply by h' 1.0 on November 26, 2010 at 11:17am

Beautiful, thanks!
There's kind of a funny story about B.I.K.E.-- the Wisconsin Bike fed set up a screening of it apparently without having seen it-- supposedly a sizeable percentage of attendees hated it and were upset about it . . .


Eduardo Acosta said:

For Features:

Jitensha (2009, Japan)

"Jitensha" (or "Bicycle") is a story about Mamoru Amagaya, a young man struggling to find meaning in life. A co-worker confronts Mamoru on his apparent apathy toward life, and this results in Mamoru leaving his job out of humiliation. Now alone and without work, just as it seems that things could not possibly get worse, parts of Mamoru’s bicycle begin to disappear, one by one. In frustration, Mamoru leaves a note for the thief, begging him to just take the whole thing. The note left in response is signed "God", leaving Mamoru only more confused. At last, when the only remaining piece of the bicycle is a lonely bell, Mamoru receives an envelope, containing addresses at which each piece of the bicycle might be retrieved. Puzzled yet intrigued, Mamoru embarks on a journey to resurrect and reassemble his beloved possession. As he seeks out each piece of the missing whole, Mamoru begins to discover that he himself is in a healing process. As he puts his bike together piece by piece, he realizes that he himself is in the process of being reassembled in the same way, by one far greater than himself. (from the producer's website) (added June 2010)

B.I.K.E. The Movie - http://www.bike-films.com/

The film is a depiction of the Brooklyn chapter of the Black Label Bike Club (BLBC), a fringe network of tall bike jousters that combine and justify their medieval inspired competitions with environmentalist and anti-consumerist rhetoric and politically radical ideals.

Taking place in the context of the 2004 Republican National Convention, Fountainhead Films’ B.I.K.E. is a riveting look into the ways in which identity is important for a collective of fiercely independent people.

Permalink Reply by Eduardo on November 29, 2010 at 1:27pm

Wanted to catch this at the Music Box Theatre awhile back.

The Cyclocross Meeting A film by Brian Vernor

THE CYCLOCROSS MEETING is a documentary meditation on the sport of cyclocross and the human connections it inspires around the world.

A film about the currently exploding US cyclocross scene, and the emerging Japanese cyclocross scene. The Cyclocross Meeting follows Barry Wicks and Adam Mcgrath to top US races in New Jersey and Oregon, and then to Japan, where they compete with seven time Japanese National Champion Keiichi Tsujiura, and the up and coming talent Yu Takenouchi. Also featuring 35 year veteran bicycle framebuilder Nakagawa.

Permalink Reply by Julie Hochstadter on November 29, 2010 at 1:48pm

The movie is very good and the racer, Barry Wicks, lives in Evanston. I'm pretty sure he will be at this Sunday's race at Montrose. You could contact Jason Alvardo who helped organize the screening in October.



Eduardo Acosta said:

Wanted to catch this at the Music Box Theatre awhile back.

The Cyclocross Meeting A film by Brian Vernor

THE CYCLOCROSS MEETING is a documentary meditation on the sport of cyclocross and the human connections it inspires around the world.

A film about the currently exploding US cyclocross scene, and the emerging Japanese cyclocross scene. The Cyclocross Meeting follows Barry Wicks and Adam Mcgrath to top US races in New Jersey and Oregon, and then to Japan, where they compete with seven time Japanese National Champion Keiichi Tsujiura, and the up and coming talent Yu Takenouchi. Also featuring 35 year veteran bicycle framebuilder Nakagawa.

Permalink Reply by h' 1.0 on November 29, 2010 at 7:27pm

Thanks, folks, keep the ideas coming.
If anyone owns (or has been intending to own) any of these films and is willing to lend them for the event, it would be much appreciated.

Permalink Reply by Eduardo on November 30, 2010 at 10:09am

Hi H3N3, not sure if you got my email but Brian Vernor has made bike related films based on his site:

http://brianvernor.com/links.html

Permalink Reply by h' 1.0 on November 30, 2010 at 11:26am

Thanks for resending. I like to think I catch all my e-mails but like many I have such a flood of chainlink notifications that things can get missed.


Eduardo Acosta said:

Hi H3N3, not sure if you got my email but Brian Vernor has made bike related films based on his site:

http://brianvernor.com/links.html

Permalink Reply by Andrew Bedno on December 4, 2010 at 5:05pm

Pssst.... link at top of discussion (to the event) should probably be to:
http://www.thechainlink.org/events/2011-bike-winter-film-fest

And the "This Thread" link in the event posting there back to here should be to:
http://www.thechainlink.org/group/bikewinter/forum/topics/sun-jan-2...

Good stuff mentioned, of which I've seen most, so the new/lesser known are especially attractive. Lite as it may sound, I've seen Quicksilver (1986 bike messenger/life change/crime drama with Kevin Bacon, Jami Gertz, Paul Rodriguez, Laurence Fishburne, ...) twice this year, and will defend it as pretty good. Would gladly donate the DVD.

I've also been searching for "Pedalphiles" reportedly by Brian Standing, reportedly exists on VHS. No further info.

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