Category: SCENE
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Just Leaving This Here
Click or not: Just Leaving This HereThe prophecies of Howard Beale, the only newscaster we should ever have listened to, yet sadly ignored for the last 40 years. A brilliant, poignant scene from Network, 1976, with Peter Finch on form. …
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The Mark Legg Talk
Click or not: The Mark Legg TalkWhile the Northern Hemisphere acknowledges the arrival of May with a spot of pole dancing, closer to home it heralds that cyclocross is just around the corner. We shoot the breeze with Mark Legg (aka Katie F’n Compton’s husband) and find out his thoughts about all things ‘cross, the reintroduction of a fully sanctioned NZ… …
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Gravitosos
Click or not: GravitososIn this five part YouTube series, Solido Studio explores the gravity racer culture in Medellín Columbia. They document a group of Medellín mad dogs that have modded-out BMX frames to race downhill on some of the coolest winding Colombian public roads. There’s no pedaling involved obviously, dumbbells replace cranks and the frames have been stretched out… …
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Hüttcross 17.?? – Moonshine & Posses
Click or not: Hüttcross 17.?? – Moonshine & PossesThe state of ’cross now is an interesting thing, Pat observed. What- I offered, like it used to be kind of a low down punk scene, but now we’ve come away from that? Sort of like it’s still got its punk element, but now it’s finding its own self, yeah. I always had this vision… …
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Hüttcross 17.2: Get In The Ditch
Click or not: Hüttcross 17.2: Get In The DitchTyres grip and shudder as you lean in off the top of the bank. The wind whips over your shoulders as you gather speed – faster – faster again – maybe too fast. Drop your elbows in anticipation of the ditch. The front wheel hits first, then the back, quickly – ba-BANG. You feel the… …
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Scene: Quicksilver
Click or not: Scene: QuicksilverIn which everyone’s favourite 80s heartthrob gets footloose as fuck on a freewheeling fixie and foils a frustrated malefactor in a fast-paced flurry. …
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Scene: American Flyers
Click or not: Scene: American FlyersHow many cliches can be fit into one scene? American Flyers may be the poor cousin to Breaking Away when it comes to cycling films, but it takes its rightful place in that rare niche of Hollywood feature film despite being inflicted with the Curse of Kevin Costner, who as a celluloid cyclist makes a great… …