Bike Film Night
By Richard Eriksson on June 1, 2004 - 6:12pm
The Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels present a collection of cycling related films from around the globe. Tickets are $10. Advance tickets are available at The Bike Doctor and Simon's Bike Shop.
One Got Fat - Produced by Interlude Films, U.S.A. 1963, live action, run time 15 minutes - Planet of the Apes meets Leave it to Beaver in this bizarre bicycle safety film in which a group of ape-children suffer a ridiculously high casualty rate enroute to a nearby park.
Frog Crossing - Produced by Ari Gold Films (www.arigoldfilms.com), U.S.A. 1997, live action, run time 12 minutes - A goofy tale of a fervent environmentalist who sets out to help mating frogs cross a remote stretch of highway and ends up finding love himself.
Autoschreck (Car-Fright) - Distributed by CarBusters, Germany 2002, documentary, run time 17 minutes - The car is taking over the city. Michael Hartmann refuses to bow to them, refuses even to divert around the cars illegally parked on the sidewalk. Autoschreck is a documentary about a man committed to a mental hospital for being perfectly normal. He was just giving the cars a taste of their own medicine.
Father and Daughter - Directed by Michael Dudok De Wit, Great Britain and the Netherlands 2000, animation, run time 8 minutes - A story of longing and the bonds between a father and daughter. Academy Award winner for Best Animated Short, 2001
Intermission * with the Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition
Easy Rollin' - Produced by Marianne Bos & Hadas Levy, Canada 2004, live action, run time 17 minutes - As cars continue to congest the streets of Canadian cities and the lungs of their inhabitants, a small group of Vancouverites has found a funky way to bring together their environmental, social and artistic ideals.
Car Walker - Produced by David Grove, Canada 2004, live action, run time 5 minutes - Featuring the car walker chopper.
BikeTV: Episode 2003-14 - Produced by BikeTV.org, U.S.A. 2003, live action, run time 25 minutes - One episode of the monthly cable TV show produced by the vivacious volunteers of NYC's BikeTV.org
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