The Vintagent Trailers: The Wall
https://vimeo.com/514312834
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THE WALL (2021)
Run Time: 1:15:00
A Film By: Stéphane Gautronneau
Key Cast: Capt Donald Ganslmeier, El Clemente, Peter Petersen, The Flying Dutchman
FILM MAKERS
"I'm not a factory of images, I prefer to bring back only one photo. My images speak of a disappearing world. "
Stéphane Gautronneau is a self-taught photographer, filmmaker, and an adventurer. He began his career assisting some of the most famous fashion photographers, and now regularly contributes to magazines and daily newspapers such as Vogue, Glamour US, Paris Match, Air France Magazine & Madame, The World, Liberation, The New York Times, Vanity Fair US, Harpers Bazaar UK, Stern, The Guardian, and The Independent.
As an Ambassador for the BMW Motorrad brand, he opened many routes like Perth-Sydney; Paris-Goa; Istanbul-Kathmandu; Buenos Aires-Atacama, Paris-Vladivostok-Lisbon.
If he travels in sometimes extreme conditions - under a tent, on a motorcycle, on a glacier - it is to capture intact landscapes. He gives time another dimension, that of being an important component of each shot.
SUMMARY
The Original Motodrom is the oldest traveling Wall Of Death in the world. Built in 1928, it will soon be a 100 year old circus. The four “Motorellos” Capt Donald Ganslmeier, El Clemente, Peter Petersen, and The Flying Dutchman are keeping the soul of these machines alive by riding The Wall Of Death to entertain hundreds of thousands of people. For them, the same passion still burns.
Shot over five years - June 2015 to August 2020 - 'The Wall' gives viewers a rare, in depth look into a disappearing profession and way of life. Beautiful and at times heartbreaking, we see through the expert eye of filmmaker Stéphane Gautronneau how the passion of these riders alone is what keeps the Wall Of Death alive today.
Updates on the release of this much anticipated feature length documentary at film festivals around the world will be announced later this year. Stay Tuned!
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Website: Stéphane Gautronneau
Website: Original Motodrom
The Vintagent Classics: Roustabout
https://vimeo.com/513991987
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ROUSTABOUT (1964)
Run Time: 1:41:00
Producer: Wallis-Hazan
Director: John Rich
Writer: Anthony Lawrence, Allan Weiss
Key Cast: Elvis Presley, Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Freeman, Charles Thomas - Stunt Rider
FILM MAKERS
Elvis Presley as a Roving, Restless, Reckless, ROUSTABOUT!
Charlie Rogers (Elvis Presley) is a leather-jacketed biker who's fired from a singing engagement after getting into a fight with a group of college toughs. While riding his cycle - a Honda 305 Superhawk - to the next gig, an irate dad runs him off the road when he flirts with his daughter. He's forced to take a job as a "Roustabout" with a traveling carnival until his bike can be fixed. The carnival is run by a tough old broad, a broken-down drunk, and his nubile daughter. Along the way, Charlie (who's got a chip on his shoulder about being an orphan) somehow learns about family values from this vaguely dysfunctional one. A scheming rival carny shows up, based on the legend of Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley's real-life manager.
SUMMARY
Elvis quickly embraces the carnival life and even tries his hand at the Wall Of Death! It's long been rumored that Elvis did his own stunts including the lap on the wall that ends in a nasty crash, but in fact it was Charles E. Thomas who rode as his stunt double on a Harley Scat 175cc. In real life, Thomas owned and operated the Motordrome featured in the film, and his picture can be seen just above 'Elvis's' head (in the black and white lobby card). Thomas passed away a year later.
The Roustabout soundtrack album was number one on the Billboard Albums Chart, which was a great accomplishment in that it reached number one during the peak of Beatle Mania and the British Invasion.
The title song, Roustabout is the one everyone remembers. However Elvis also recorded another song for the film called "I'm a Roustabout". "Roustabout" was picked and "I'm a Roustabout" was never released. The song was recently discovered and was released as a bonus track on a CD in 2003. Listen to it here: I'm a Roustabout
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The Vintagent Classics: Death Riders
https://vimeo.com/507636348
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Death Riders (1976)
Run Time: 1:28:00
Director: Jim Wilson (as James Wilson)
Key Cast: Henry Trumblay, Bud Boerma, Joe Byars
FILM MAKERS
This film is respectfully dedicated to all whose daring feats cost them their lives.
Jim Wilson's only Directorial credit brings us a wonderful behind the scenes look at the life of a traveling daredevil troop as they criss-cross the country with a motorcycle rodeo clown named Squeeks, performing their “Death Riders Motorcycle Thrill Show” at local fairs. The film is absolutely endearing and brings to mind On Any Sunday (1971) meets Jackass, in the best possible of ways.
SUMMARY
The best part of the Death Riders thrill show…is to stay alive!
Flaming walls, long jumps over anything and everything, including fair going fans and even the inhabitants of a nudist colony. The suspense is surprisingly nerve wracking as these riders take their lives in their hands to pull off death defying, hilariously named stunts. The Death Riders work hard and play even harder. Downtime is spent taking cowboys up on challenges to ride the bull, carnival rides with pretty local girls, and taking the bikes out in the dirt of the vast American deserts. The film even documents Larry Man making a new world record jumping 45 people off a 2 foot ramp.
The director of photography for Death Riders, Vilmos Zsigmond also shot Sugarland Express and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and it’s the photography that really makes this film great. Long wistful shots of American landscape, close up shots of adoring fans on the edge of their seats in the bleachers, and pensive silent moments of the boys before they put their necks on the line. The soundtrack is also wonderful. If anyone compiles it before me, please let me know!
Soundtrack: Sunshine Baby – Terry Stafford / Broken Bones – Tommy Cash / The Glory Train – Pat Boone / Live for Now – T.G Sheppard / Death Rider – Dorsey Burnette / Junkyard Serenade – Porter Jordan / The Love of My man – Diane Jordan / Highway Country Blues – Kenny Seratt / I Hate to Drink Alone – Jerry Naylor / Sunny Side Up – Terry Stafford.
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Buy the DVD at The Video Beat
The Vintagent Trailers: Speed Is My Need
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUcGct6ZDQg
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SPEED IS MY NEED (2019)
Run Time: 1:14:46
Producer: Alan Byron
Director: Mark Sloper
Key Cast: 'Fast' Freddie Spencer, Leon 'Pocket Rocket' Haslam, Colin 'Texas Tornado' Edwards
FILM MAKERS
Mark Sloper is a producer and director, known for I, Superbiker: Day of Reckoning (2013), Small Time Obsession (2000) and I Superbiker (2011).
SUMMARY
Speed is My Need strips bare the euphoria of speed on two wheels. Injury and death constantly lurk around the next corner when a misjudged twist of the throttle means that the next time you put your helmet on, could be your last. The Isle of Man TT is notorious for ending lives and careers. Race tracks were never built for the increased performance of today’s race bikes - so why do riders risk life and limb in their quest to go ever-faster?
Speed is My Need uncovers how sports psychologists and surgical experts across Europe are helping racers to rebuild their minds and bodies in order to race on the edge of oblivion. With access to heroic racing footage, Speed is My Need is a pulsating, edge of the seat ride into the strategic minds and courageous hearts of these two-wheeled gladiators.
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The Vintagent Trailers: Wheels Of Soul
https://vimeo.com/498925502
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WHEELS OF SOUL (2006)
Run Time: 56:00:00
Producer: Guerrilla Docs
A Film By: Randall Wilson
Key Cast: Bear, Super Chicken, Bear Claw
FILM MAKERS
Randall Wilson has directed several documentaries delving into the world of the outlaw biker, including Ride Free Or Die (2019), Sin City Deciples (2019), Choir Boys MC (2010), Hessians MC (2005), American Biker (2005), and Glory Road: The Legacy of the African-American Motorcyclist (2005).
SUMMARY
Wheels of Soul is the only racially mixed 1% outlaw motorcycle club in the world.
The predominantly black club must contend with not only the social stereotyping against bikers in the “civilian” world, but with the racial bias in the violent world of outlaw bikers.
The Wheels of Soul documentary allows the audience a voyeuristic peek into the lives of these private men and their families. The members speak frankly on racism, the history of the club, the biker lifestyle and day-to-day struggle on the mean streets of Philadelphia.
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This film is currently out of stock everywhere on DVD. Snag a copy if you can!
The Vintagent Selects: Bonneville - A Lowbrow Redemption Story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=IwAR3q2hwt6MDk7IHQUvkHz64ZN2E84WALSoR1nrVFa5mPcFo-jwulK2V3Jro&v=s2kk3Oz2RdI&feature=youtu.be
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BONNEVILLE - A LOWBROW REDEMPTION STORY (2021)
Run Time: 49:15
Producer: Lowbrow Customs
Directed, Filmed, Edited: Mikey "Revolt" Arnold
Music Licensed by: Artlist.io
Key Cast: Tyler Malinky, Kyle Malinky, Andy Cox, Alp Sungurtekin
FILM MAKERS
Mikey “Revolt” Arnold is a Cleveland based photographer and videographer for Lowbrow Customs and Forever The Chaos Life. Not only known for his creation of beautiful motorcycle imagery, he is also a co-founder of an award-winning motorcycle show called Fuel Cleveland. Mikey prides himself by not only documenting the custom motorcycle community but also giving that community a platform to shine on a larger scale. He is a self-published author along with having multiple stories and photo features published in countless motorcycle publications all over the world. Traveling, cooking, hiking, hunting down records / mid-century modern antiques, and creating music are just a few other things he’s into. Riding motorcycles goes in hand with all of those things as he states, "Creativity in design, art, food, finding the adventure, and surrounding yourself with good people is what life is all about."
SUMMARY
This full length film covers the 2019 and 2020 land speed racing efforts from Team Lowbrow. The team consists of Tyler Malinky, Kyle Malinky, Andy Cox and Alp Sungurtekin. With the rollercoaster of emotions that left everyone in heart ache after Tyler crashed at Speed Week 2019. The 2020 race season was left questionable due to the state of the world and the concerns if racing would even be able to happen. A last minute decision was made by Tyler and his brother Kyle to return to the salt for World Finals 2020 with hopes of redemption and putting their names in the record books.
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The Vintagent Selects: My Bike: 1971 Yamaha At1 125
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MY BIKE: 1971 YAMAHA AT1 125 (2013)
Run Time: 1:14
A Film By: James Jones
Music By: James Jones
Key Cast: Corinna Mantlo
FILM MAKERS
James Jones is a NYC based filmmaker. 1971 Yamaha AT1 125 is the first film in the six part 'My Bike' series. Followed by: 2014 Thruxton, 1973 Triumph Daytona T100R, Aaron, 1969 Triumph Tiger, 2013 Sportster Iron,
SUMMARY
Corinna Mantlo talks about her motorcycle: a 1971 yamaha at1 125. Corinna is Curator Of Film here at The Vintagent as well as the Founder of Via Meccanica, The Miss-Fires, Cine Meccanica, and The Motorcycle Film Festival.
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The Vintagent Classics: The Pace That Thrills
https://vimeo.com/485718903
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THE PACE THAT THRILLS (1952)
Run Time: 1:03:00
Producer: RKO
Director: Leon Barsha
Writer: Robert Lee Johnson, DeVallon Scott
Key Cast: Bill Williams, Carla Balenda, Robert Armstrong
FILM MAKERS
The Pace That Thrills is a 1952 American action film directed by Leon Barsha and written by Robert Lee Johnson and DeVallon Scott. The film stars Bill Williams, Carla Balenda, Robert Armstrong, Frank McHugh and Michael St. Angel.
SUMMARY
Los Angeles newspaper reporter Eve Drake is assigned to cover a motorcycle race. There she sees Dusty Weston win a race using questionable tactics. She is asked to present the winner's trophy afterward, but when Dusty plants a kiss on her, she slaps his face.
Eve's critical article irks Dusty and his employer, J.C. Barton, who owns a motorcycle factory. At a home belonging to his mechanic pal Rocket Anderson, they discuss Eve with rival cyclist Chris Rhodes, another friend. Chris suggests softening her up and invites Eve to pay another visit. She enjoys a cycle ride until Chris and Dusty try to elude two motorcycle police officers and crash into a ditch.
Chris then suffers a leg injury in a race after Dusty's dangerous maneuver. Dusty is fired, after which Chris is given a new hydraulic bike to race that Barton needs to be a success if he is going to be able to keep his factory up and running. Chris protests that Dusty is the better rider and could win the big race on the new bike. Barton refuses to budge, and while Dusty takes a job as a trick rider for a carnival (see link below to watch the daredevil scene).
Chris falls in love with Eve, but she's romantically attracted to Dusty and unsure what to do. Chris punches him when Dusty says they intend to marry. Dusty then surprisingly enters the big race, competing against Chris and the new Barton bike. At the last minute, when Chris takes a spill, Dusty deliberately does the same, giving Chris a chance to get back up and be victorious. A grateful Chris congratulates his friend and Eve on their engagement.
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Watch the Wall of Death / Hell Driver carnival scene at Cine Meccanica
The Vintagent Selects: 1500
https://vimeo.com/492481412
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1500 (2020)
Run Time: 14:46
A film by: Will Carr
FILM MAKERS
Wolli Films is the creative friendship between Will Carr and Oliver Knoop. Brought together through a passion of motorbikes that quickly developed into an artistic collaboration. With a shared passion for the beauty in the details of life that often go unnoticed and an eye for the cinematic, they bring out the soul of each project no matter the scale or purpose.
SUMMARY
1500 - A Short Film About A Long Adventure
‘1500’ is a short documentary about the longest motorcycle rally in Europe - The Great Malle Rally. Shot and edited in 2020 by the filmmaker Will Carr, as he rode the 1500+ route from the southern to the northern tip of mainland Britain, capturing the adventure with the rally teams.
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About the Rally: WWW.MALLELONDON.COM/RALLY
Wolli Films: WWW.WOLLIFILMS.COM
The Vintagent Selects: Stacie B. London: In A Straight Line
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB6t4WkNygM&feature=youtu.be
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Stacie B. London: In A Straight Line (2020)
Run Time: 28:19
Producer: Nadia Fugazza
Director: Tiziano Niero
Key Cast: Stacie B. London
FILM MAKERS
Originally produced for Petrolicious, shared exclusively with The Vintagent.
SUMMARY
When it comes to riding motorcycles, Stacie London isn’t the type to shy away from a challenge. Her goals see her chasing and breaking speed records, but while it takes a lot of determination and focus to do so, there’s no tunnel vision in this story. For Stacie, being involved in the whole process is essential to why she rides at all.
In this film, we dive into that process, to all the months of preparation that manifest in more than just long hours spent in the shop, from setting up and tuning her vintage single-cylinder Harley-Davidson, to the less tangible, more philosophical elements that culminate in the act itself: getting out onto the salt flats and going as fast as possible.
Stacie’s mentor and helping hand throughout many of her years of land speed riding, Ralph Hudson, has been a source of inspiration and wisdom for her record attempts, and although he tragically passed away this year doing what he loved (Hudson, one of the most known and loved figures in the community, broke the land speed record for “sit-on” motorcycles at the age of 67 on his turbocharged Suzuki in 2017), the guidance he shared is as important as ever, and the memories eternally cherished.
Stacie continues to set new records, and subsequently new goals, because sometimes the end game is not to finally reach the proverbial carrot, but to keep going after it, faster and faster.
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The Vintagent Selects: Ray Thauscher
https://vimeo.com/459080305
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RAY TAUSCHER (2020)
Run Time: 16:53
A film by: Ned & Mike Thanhouser
FILM MAKERS
Ned is an award winning documentary filmmaker. He is also an avid member of the local motorcycle community and has produced several short films about the Alley Sweeper and the Black Dog Dual Sport events, as well as the 2016 feature documentary film The Monkey & Her Driver, which follows America’s only all women sidecar road racing team for 2015.
SUMMARY
Raymond F. Tauscher (Tauser in international press), born in Portland in 1905, began riding motorcycles in 1920 inspired by racing at the Gresham Speed Bowl. His competitive racing career began in 1923 where he won the regional championship. His titleholder status took him around the globe five times where in 1931 he won international championship titles in the UK, Europe and Australia. Ray returned to America in 1934 where he was a leading proponent of motorcycle racing on the east and west coasts of the United States eventually retiring in Portland.
In 2020 Ned Thanhouser and son Michael Thanhouser researched Ray’s racing career, located surviving family members and collected Ray’s scrapbooks, photo albums, and racing memorabilia. This 17-minute documentary film tells the story of Ray’s racing career, his world-wide travels, and his loves.
This film premiered at the South Jersey Moto Film Festival on December 4, 2020.
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The Vintagent Classics: Cycles South
https://vimeo.com/487792187
The Vintagent Classics: The films that inspired us.
CYCLES SOUTH (1971)
Run Time: 1:28:00
Producer: DAL Arts
Director: Don Marshall
Writer: Bill Adkins, Don Marshall
Key Cast: Don Marshall, Vaughan Everly, Bobby Garcia
FILM MAKERS
Three young men decide to break the monotony in their lives by climbing on their BSA 441 Victor Specials, pointing them south and heading wherever fate takes them.
SUMMARY
Probably the most politically-incorrect road movie you will ever see. Tired of their everyday life of drinking and women-chasing, three guys jump on their BSAs with $300 apiece and ride from Colorado to Panama to indulge in some, er, drinking and women-chasing. This wild documentary shows our heroes living it up on the road, while exhorting the viewer to do likewise before becoming tied down with work and family.
These guys squeeze action and adventure out of every moment — diving for their dinner, surfing, dirt-biking, even a spot of bull-fighting! But to make it absolutely clear that this isn’t some kind of introspective soul-searching trip, they also spend a lot of time pursuing every bit of skirt going,including a stop-off at a very groovy commune, where they smoke a load of dope and get frisky with the hippie chicks before indulging in some impromptu nude motocross racing!
If you have ever dreamed of hitting the road with a bunch of mates and behaving extremely badly (and who hasn’t?) this film may finally kick you into action! - review courtesy of The Adventure Travel Film Festival
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The Vintagent Classics: The Hard Ride
https://youtu.be/eq0xrQjRVdY
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THE HARD RIDE (1971)
Run Time: 1:33:00
A Bilm By: Burt Topper
Key Cast: Robert Fuller, Sherry Bain, Tony Russel
FILM MAKERS
He came home for love and peace and found another kind of war.
The Hard Ride came out at the tail end of the Biker Flick deluge, and is unique in it's tone. A dark but sentimental tale of a fallen Vietnam soldier returned home to be laid to rest by his old biker gang. The film was written, directed, and produced by Burt Topper, a name well known in vehicular cult cinema for producing Fireball 500 (1966), Thunder Alley (1967), Devil’s Angels (1967), and The Devil’s 8 (1969). Burt (credited as Burton Topper) also wrote The Wild Ride (1960) a juvenile delinquent hot rod film starring a young Jack Nicholson.
SUMMARY
Maybe you’ll fall in love with Baby and take up with Big Red and the guys. That’d be Groovy.
A gang rides through the desert. Swing Low Sweet Chariot plays as they roll slow towards the titles. Lenny, riding two-up on his buddy’s chopper seems wistful and far away. A moment later, at an air force base, it seems that Lenny was indeed being transported by his buddy Phil (Robert Fuller), but not on a joy ride, as in the flashback, but instead in a coffin, back from Vietnam.
Phil’s post Vietnam mission is to find Lenny’s girl Sheryl (Sherry Bain), his old gang, and Baby. Big Tom, the preacher who raised Lenny at the orphanage tells him where to find Sheryl and takes him to Baby…a long rake, springer front, triple head light knucklehead chopper. Phil hasn’t been on the anything bigger than a dirt bike in years but luckily Rev. Big Tom who’d been taking Baby out for a spin every Sunday since Lenny’s been gone sets him up. “First gear is down, the rest are up” and sends him on his way.
Phil finds Sheryl working at a roadside dive. She sees a bit of Lenny in Phil and she did always love that bike, so they hit the road together to find Big Red & Co, Lenny’s old gang who he wanted at his funeral, but not before being hassled by a bunch of bikers who recognize Lenny’s old bike…and his old lady. Out in the desert, they find Grady and his gang, who want the chopper and don’t plan on taking no for an answer. Of course, they also didn’t plan on a tough as nails marine, and Phil and Sheryl escape.
Sheryl sees a bit of Lenny in Phil and takes him to all the places they used to go, and they start to fall for each other. Of course along the way, they get hassled by the coppers, kids looking for grass, and Lenny’s old gang who wants the chopper and the chick back. The gang is after them, but they track Red to his whorehouse first, where they fight. Vietnam sounds flash during the scuffle.
No broad on Earth is worth all this trouble.
Beat up bad, Red gives in and says he can keep Sheryl. Lenny didn’t know Sheryl had been turned out while he was away, but a promise is a promise and his last wishes were that Red and the gang be at the funeral, so Phil gives Red Baby’s pink slip as a bribe to get him to come to the funeral where he promises to deliver the bike and then split town for good. A few fights, sprawling highway rides and make out scenes later, the best friend, old lady, gang, preacher, and chopper are all convened in the graveyard for the funeral, just as Lenny asked. Swing Low Sweet Chariot plays over the credits.
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The Vintagent Classics: The Wild One
https://vimeo.com/304260214
The Vintagent Classics: The films that inspired us.
THE WILD ONE (1953)
Run Time: 1:19:00
Director: Laslo Benedek
Writer: Tom Paxton (script), Frank Rooney (based on a story by)
Key Cast: Marlon Brando, Mary Murphy, Lee Marvin,
FILM MAKERS
Marlon Brando! Driven Too Far By His Own Hot Blood!
Almost a decade after veterans returned from war with a new found passion for bikes (and specifically slimmed down, bob jobs like they’d grown used to riding in the field) and also just a few years after the riots at Hollister, Hollywood introduces the first film with motorcycles as a central character. Released in 1953, it was based on a short story, The Cyclists’ Raid, by Frank Rooney, published in the January 1951 issue of Harper’s Magazine.
SUMMARY
The Wild One featured the newest threat to society, the biker, replacing the Cagneys of the 30s gangster films, and instilled the allure of a new misunderstood anti-hero. The film’s plot revolves around a motorcycle club split in two over an unexplained riff, and it’s the motorcycles that most clearly illustrates the split of the gang. Marlon Brando epitomized a new cool in his perfectly rebellious uniform of black leather, cuffed jeans, t-shirt, engineer boots and riding a stock 1950 Triumph Thunderbird T6 as leader of the BRMC. But, it was Lee Marvin in his bold stripes, aviator goggles, chewing on stogie while draped over a ’49 flathead/’50 panhead? Bobber as the leader of The Beatles, who made us fall in love with the bad boy. The disenfranchised, yet relatively harmless youth ride stock and polished modern motorcycles as BRMC, while the more rough and tumble
bad boys of The Beatles ride post WWII minimalist bobbers. This is the first film where we see the customization of motorcycles and if the bobber is the origin of the chopper, this is the first celluloid step to the chopper film. - Paul d'Orleans, The Chopper: The Real Story
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The Vintagent Classics: Psychomania
https://youtu.be/KyuDS8J-g38
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PSYCHOMANIA aka THE DEATH WHEELERS (1972)
Run Time: 1:30:36
Director: Don Sharp
Writer: Arnaud d'Usseau, Julian Zimet (as Julian Halevy)
Cast: Nicky Henson, Mary Larkin, Ann Michelle
FILM MAKERS
"The only teenage zombie biker frog voodoo hippy musical that Beryl Reed ever made."
During a BBC interview star Nicky Henson said that he has always thought the film was terrible and only decided to be in it because he thought no one would ever see the film. He was surprised to find himself being interviewed about Psychomania forty years later.
SUMMARY
"Everybody dies don’t they… But some come back."
A gang of young people call themselves the Living Dead. They terrorize the population from their small town. After an agreement with the devil, if they kill themselves firmly believing in it, they will survive and gain eternal life. Following their leader, they commit suicide one after the other, but things don't necessarily turn out as expected...
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More spooky biker classics, curated for Jalopnik
The Vintagent Original: Silver Shotgun
https://vimeo.com/465913160
The Vintagent Original: Stories We Need to Tell.
SILVER SHOTGUN (2020)
Run Time: 4:54
A Film By: David Martinez
Edited By: Anais Bernard
Key Cast: Paul d'orleans
FILM MAKER
For David Martinez, photography is both a calculated science and a free verse art form. The controllable variables – the light, the shutter speed, the aperture – are all simply tools to allow the authenticity of a real moment to occur. David captures the beauty and sincerity of these scenes in the pictures he makes. Always at the forefront of technology (but still with a roll of medium format film in his camera bag), David has been shooting high definition video since DSLR technology made it more available. David is always ready for an adventure – with his surf bag packed and camera in hand.
SUMMARY
Silver Shotgun explores the sexy Seventies of Italian motorcycle design, when Italian motorcycles were the fastest, best-handling, and most beautiful in the world. Silver Shotgun explores the roots of this explosion of creativity and mechanical excellence that made the decade so special. Silver Shotgun is the third exhibition curated at the Petersen Automotive Museum by Paul d'Orléans, and produced by the Motorcycle Arts Foundation. Silver Shotgun was also produced by Sasha Tcherevkoff and the Stuart Parr Collection.
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The Vintagent Original: Baja Scrambler
https://vimeo.com/468994952
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BAJA SCRAMBLER (2020)
Run Time: 6:42
Producer: Motor/Cycle Arts Foundation
Director: David Martinez
Editor: Anais Bernard
Key Cast: Paul d'Orleans
FILM MAKER
David Martinez is a professional photographer and filmmaker, for whom photography is both a calculated science and a free verse art form. The controllable variables – the light, the shutter speed, the aperture – are all simply tools to allow the authenticity of a real moment to occur. David captures the beauty and sincerity of these scenes in the pictures he makes. Always at the forefront of technology (but still with a roll of medium format film in his camera bag), David has been shooting high definition video since DSLR technology made it more available. David is always ready for an adventure – with his surf bag packed and camera in hand.
SUMMARY
The original Baja bike? Paul d'Orléans thinks it's the Honda CL72, the bike that set off a wave of Baja races after Dave Ekins set a record from Tijuana to La Paz in just shy of 40hours. After Dave, the deluge, and the Baja 1000 was created. Filmmaker David Martinez follows Paul around the desert roads of Los Cabos as he rides his 1964 CL72 Scrambler, and talks about the original Baja Scrambler.
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https://thevintagent.com/2017/06/10/the-vintagent-original-the-ended-summer/
https://thevintagent.com/2019/09/06/david-martinez-bonneville-2019/
The Vintagent Selects: Riders: The Illestrator
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxlf-yNT-JY&feature=youtu.be
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RIDERS: THE ILLESTRATOR (2020)
Run Time: 4:31
A film By: Cam Elkins & Erik Jutras
Photography & Interview: Ryan Handt
Cast: The Illestrator
FILM MAKERS
RIDERS is a short-form, experimental series which came about from a conversation between Cam Elkins from Stories of Bike (based in Sydney, Australia) and Erik Jutras aka Mr. Pixelhead (based in San Francisco, USA). We both really enjoyed each others' work and came up with the idea to combine Erik's iconic black and white photography with Stories of Bike-style story-telling.
The RIDERS series is aiming to be a little experimental. By combining a unique photographic style from a variety of photographers around the world, immersive sound design and minimalist synthesizer by Andrew Jones we hope to create a different kind of moto photo essay.
SUMMARY
This episode follows The Illustrator, a NYC based motovloger as he builds, rides, and works to change peoples perceptions.
Read an interview with The Illestrator on NYC Motorcyclist.
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Motovlog: The Illestrator
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