Here's the information on the latest installment of Revolution's bike film series. Hope to see you there!
Revolution Cycles Bike Film Series (aka the Wisconsin Bike Film Festival) – March 2006 edition
This month showing:
The Bicyclist (Bicycleran): Iran, 1987
Free and BYOB!
When: March 30 (last Thursday of the month) – Films roll at 7:30 pm.
Where: Revolution Cycles, 2330 Atwood Ave.; On the
Isthmus bike path next to Cafe Zoma.
Details: The show is free and you're welcome to bring
your own beer and snacks. Plenty of bike
parking available.
More on the films: This month's "feature film" will be The Bicyclist (Bicycleran): Iran, 1987. The wife of Nasim, an Afghan immigrant in Iran, is gravely ill. He needs money to pay for her care, but his day labor digging wells does not pay enough. A friend connects Nasim to a two-bit promoter who sells tickets to watch Nasim ride a bicycle continuously for a week. The promoter brings in sick and aged spectators, haranguing them to find hope in Nasim's strength. Local officials believe this may be a plot and Nasim may be a spy; they try to sabotage him as do those who bet he won't finish the week.
There will also be the usual pre-feature strangeness – each month we scavenge the universe of short films about biking to bring you psychedelic '60s bike safety films, animated biking shorts (not the padded kind), NYC bike courier races filmed with helmet-cams... the strange world of bike culture on the big screen.
What's this all about, anyway?: OK, so winter is
almost over. But none of us are getting
out on our bikes as much as we'd like. This
will be changing soon, but in the mean time, the next best thing is getting
together with other frustrated bikers to drink a few beers, complain about the
crappy spring weather, and watch movies about biking in a cozy warm bike shop.
Other questions or have ideas for future film nights?: Call Jeff at Revolution Cycles (244-0009).
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