Posted by: Anne Adams on Apr 18, 2011 at 01:00PM0 Comments
Amid the many joys of Portland culture coverage, we have but one lament: we can’t be everywhere. Though we listed it in our events calendar, we didn’t make it out to this weekend’s Filmed By Bike. Sorry sorry sorry. However, we were relieved (and you might be, too) to learn that the festival website features a movie gallery where you can watch some of the previous fests’ tightest shorts (HA! Sorry) on your own time. In the spirit of Monday fun, we’ve nabbed two music videos that celebrate the steel steed.
This one features possibly the first rap solo ever to invite honies to hop on a tandem.
And this LCD Soundsystem video brilliantly documents Portland’s bike punk scene and its distinctive Mad Max/Tank Girl style. Culturephile can personally certify these people as Portlanders, having seen at least 8 of their faces around town.
Posted by: Anne Adams on Feb 22, 2011 at 03:00AM0 Comments
This Friday and Saturday, the Bicycle Film Festival , endearingly dubbed the “BFF,” will breeze through Portland with a curated selection of shorts, and a local opener: beach-punk band Guantanamo Baywatch. Not to be confused with Portland’s own Filmed By Bike , which screens in April, this annual showcase of bike-themed short films is headquartered in New York, and set to tour internationally in 2011. BFF was friendly enough to send along the following trailers:
RIDINGTHELONGWHITECLOUD
Seven professional skateboarders attempt to cycle New Zealand’s North Island in this beautiful documentary. They experience the Heaven and Hell of cycling New Zealand while traversing the island in search of skate spots.
LINE OF SIGHT: LUCASBRUNELLE (Dir. Benny Zenga)
His helmet-cam footage of unsanctioned street races around the globe gives us a unique perspective on the best urban riders in the world.
EMPIRE (Dir. Christian Thormann & Luke Stiles)
The long-awaited urban cycling feature following some of the best riders in New York City.
BIRTH OF BIGAIR (Dir by Jeff Tremaine, produced by Spike Jonze, Johnny Knoxville and Mark Lewman)
A documentary about BMX legend Mat Hoffman.
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