Movies about motorcyclists: list. The film about motorcyclists

Movies about motorcyclists in contemporary cinema represent a certain set of artistic pictures in which the key role is played by professional racers, sportsmen, bikers, etc.

The development of "motokinematograf" was not always smooth and stable. Clashes, contradictions of various trends and directions at times hampered the development of the genre.

Start

Film critics recommend to distinguish films about motorcyclists from pictures in which a motorcycle is treated only as a means of transportation. The films in which this vehicle is present appeared almost simultaneously with the appearance of the film industry. It can be seen in the world-famous shorts of Harold Lloyd, the American film "The Devils on Wheels" (1947), in Soviet tapes "The Tamer Tiger" (1954) and "Tractorists" (1939), the Danish painting "They Made It to the Ferry" (1948) ). Movies about motorcyclists as a separate subspecies appeared after the Second World War due to the birth of the biker movement. Hollywood could not ignore such fertile soil. So there were films about bikers and motorcyclists. The founder of the genre is considered to be the director Laszlo Benedek and his film project "Savage" (1953). The picture impressed wide sections of the population, and many motorcyclists became those precisely under the influence of Benedek's work. "Savage" marked many cinematographic stereotypes and stamps, which, after becoming an invariable attribute of the paintings that cover the subjects of motorcyclists.

The boisterous 60-70's

This time period is deservedly considered the era of mass film production of paintings about bikes. Movies about motorcyclists, a list of which will be presented below, were released in the United States.

• Dramatic fighters: "The Glory of Stomper", "Born by the Restless", "Angry Generation", "Angels of Hell", "Savages on Motorcycles", "Banda in Mini-Skirts", "Wild Wheels".
• The criminal fighters: "Devil's Angels", "Hut of the Vagabond", "Wild rebels", "Elected by hell", "Savages from hell", "Angels do not die so easily", "Troubles of tranquility".
• Criminal thrillers: "Infernal cats", "Naked Angels", "Angel of Liberated".
• Melodramas: "Motorcyclist", "She is the devil on wheels", the film "Diaries of a motorcyclist".

Of all the variety, the "Angels of Hell", "Angels of Hell on Wheels" and "Wild Angels", especially thanks to the beautiful actors (Peter Fonda, Jack Nicholson, Peter Bogdanovich) were especially notable.

Considering the films about motorcyclists, the list of which is given below, it is necessary to emphasize the importance of the picture, which was released in 1969. Ribbon "Careless Rider" is a standard film, rock ballad full of rock music. It is considered an outlet for the aspirations and minds of the youth of that era. Most critics refer to it as key to the film industry of the 1960s. "Savage" (1953) and "Careless Rider" (1969) - these are the best films about motorcyclists, according to movie fans and critics. The situation of films about motorcyclists has changed significantly after the release of the rental of these pictures, "Hollywood Renaissance" is over, and the conveyor production of blockbusters began.

80th and 90th years of the XX century

The 80s film industry gave the world some weak pictures, the story of which was repeated earlier projects. The film "The Hero-loner" is identical in content with the "Hut of the Vagabond" (1967) and "Born with the Restless." The main plot intrigue "In pursuit of the shadow" (1992) was previously played in "Unflappable" (1991), "Wild rebels" (1967) and later in "Believe in me" (1994). The subgenre seemed to be at a dead end, movies about motorcyclists turned into standard gunmen. However, among the variety of standard paintings there were exceptions ("Bolt", "Hearts of a fiery motor", "Bullfinch"). In the same time period, the rental of two films, which later became a cult. One of them was the picture "Harley Davidson and Cowboy of Marlborough", which had a small budget and the presence of two Hollywood stars - Don Johnson and Mickey Rourke. This movie is about real freedom, about the will to win, about the search for truth. Another reference film project in this genre is the painting "In pursuit of the shadow." The standard structure of the plot narrative of the film is justified by the fact that it was shot on the basis of real events.

Original among similar

Special attention should be paid to every movie film with the film "The Bike of Motorcyclists". This action movie, released in 1994 in the rental of American filmmaker John Milius. The plot of the picture is not unique. The family of the main characters of the Morris moves. Mother and daughter attract the attention of four hooligan-bikers, on account of which several bloody murders. The confrontation between the head of the Karl family and the gang on motorcycles is inevitable. The film deserves attention due to the fact that it differs from a dozen of such participation in the shootings of J. Milius, who is called the "singing cult of a loner and the American way of life".

Biographical Road-movie

The film "Che Guevara: The Diary of a Motorcyclist" (2004) is an excellent example of a biographical road-movie about the adventures of a young Ernesto Guevara and his friend Alberto Granado. The idea of the picture is not directly related to this vehicle, although the main characters go on a fascinating journey throughout Latin America on the old, in 1939 issue, the Norton 500. The film "Diary of a motorcyclist" demonstrates the process of shaping the personality of a famous revolutionary. Traveling, friends see the pain and suffering, the poverty of the people. At the culmination, Ernesto makes a fiery speech-a call in which he emphasizes the need to unite the peoples of Latin America. The film "Diaries of a motorcyclist" is based on the real diaries of Che Guevara, entitled "Journey on a motorcycle". At the same time, the film is not politicized at all, the operator's work, casting at the top, as well as musical accompaniment.

Genre diversity

That the genre did not sink into oblivion, films about motorcyclists began to do much more diverse. In addition to the mass of militants, films appeared in the genre of horror films (for example, "Hell's Block 13"), mystical ("I bought a motorcycle vampire"), melodramas ("Light Wheels"), comedies ("Masters of Threat"), romantic ("Tatu ("Mad Max"), post-apocalyptic ("Do not call me baby"), fantastic ("Biker-killer"), sports, animation and others.

In horror movies

Simultaneously with the rise and flowering of the film industry, films dominated by motorcyclists began to appear in various directions of this art. In the popular horror genre, several low-budget comedy-parody projects appeared in which motorcyclists played the main or secondary roles: "Bikershi in the city of zombies", "I bought a motorcycle-vampire", "Block of Hell 13". These paintings are characterized by sometimes illogical plot twists, the reigning atmosphere of parody, stamped moves and ideas. Separately stands the movie of George Romero - the cult thrash "Dawn of the Dead", in which the main characters face a gang of dashing biker marauders. In the mysterious thriller "Ghost Rider", which begins as a film about motorcycle riders, the protagonist Johnny Blaze, who made a deal with the devil himself, chases a fiery "iron horse". This miracle of technology is a modern copy of the motorcycle from the picture "Careless Rider."

In comedies, dystopia and fantasy films

Sometimes in killer comedies motorcyclists, bikers were shown to the viewer ridiculous and ridiculous, for example "Whatever one may say, you will lose," "As soon as you can," "Masters of Threat." Extremely popular subgenre "motokino" were fantastic pictures like "Biker-killer". Although the most fruitful was the direction conventionally called postapocalyptic and anti-utopia. Brightly pronounced in this direction are the films "The Book of Eli", "Mad Max" and his sequel "Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior", "The Warrior of the Lost World", "Do not Call Me Baby", "Rats: Night of Terror", 1990 : Warriors of the Bronx "," Wheels on fire ".

Motorcyclists and romance

It can not be called a banal attempt to draw the attention of the female audience to the work on motorcyclists films "Three meters above the sky" and "Three meters above the sky: I want you" - the adaptation of the novels of the Italian novelist and director Federico Moccia. The protagonist of Ace (Mario Casas) is simply divine, besides famously driving around the legendary Triumph Bonneville, he will not leave anyone indifferent. Some call the films a beautiful romantic melodrama, others - another tearful stories, filled with boring stamps. But it can not be denied that every such film about a motorcyclist and a girl attracts an incredible attention, and the number of their fans is growing rapidly.

Also in this sub-genre there are other less bright lavas and melodramas: "Light Wheels", "Tatu. Love story". According to a set of film receptions and stamps, these paintings occupy a special place among the films of mototematics.

Motor sports films

The film about motorcyclist riders is a film project in which sports models with original aerodynamics, high-speed engines are present, and the main characters are dressed in protective overalls. For example: "Supercross", "The winner gets everything", "Bikers", "Evil Nivel" and "Torque".

The films of this category are distinguished by the fact that the main characters travel around on sportbikes. The reference is deservedly considered the picture "The Fastest Indian", the plot of which tells the story of the life of the famous New Zealander Bert Monroe, after all, he was engaged in the re-equipping of his beloved "iron horse" of the brand "Indian" for decades.

In television series

TV series (a number of mini-films traditionally united by the history of the main characters) also often used images of motorcyclists and bikers in their narrative narrative. Motorcycles were present in the episodes of such films: Doctor House, Commissioner Rex, Mentalist, Renegade, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Highlander and many others. There are three series, the plot of which is entirely devoted to bikers: "The Last Chapter", "Sons of Anarchy" and "Biker Wars".

Feminism, emancipation and motorcycles

A number of films about motorcyclists to enhance the interest in the theme of the female audience as the main character is demonstrated by a representative of the beautiful half of humanity. These are the films "Thunder Girls", "She is the Devil on Wheels", "Infernal Cats", "Pink Angels", "Young Motorcyclists", "Motorcyclist", "Light Wheels", "Stranger", "Bikershi in the City of Zombies".

Other pictures, in which there are motorcyclists, often at a primitive level exploit sexual topics. These are such film projects as "Sisters in the skin", "Banda in mini-skirts", "Sukeban gerira", "Infernal beauties".

Among the paintings with a pronounced feminist focus, "I and Will" is the real road-movie.

Tales in the cinema

Motorcycles almost always become true equal partners of the main characters - famous movie stars. The hero of Tom Cruise in the action "Mission Impossible 2" flies to Triumph Speed Triple, and after no less spectacular appears in the frame already on Triumph Daytona. In the movie "Tomorrow Never Dies", James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) with his girlfriend (Michelle Yeoh), tightly bound by handcuffs, briskly slip through the gap between the houses on a BMW motorcycle. In "Harley Davidson and Cowboy Marlborough" there is a change of "iron horse" the main character. Appearing at the beginning of the painting on Kawasaki, later Don Johnson's character shoots him from the gun and transplanted to the legendary Harley Davidson. In the crime drama "Beyond the Law", Charlie Sheen's character drives a modified HD Softail Custom. Sometimes motorcycles are made especially for filming a movie.

In the Soviet cinema

Along with automobiles and other equipment, motorcycles appeared on the screen in the USSR with an enviable regularity. In the pre-war period, they were real stars. The musical comedy I. Pyriev "Tractor", which was released in rental in 1939, is the best confirmation of this. The main heroine Mariana (Marina Ladynina), Stakhanovka and the foremost producer, moves exclusively to PMZ-A-750. An excellent motor-actor can be called the first serial L-300, which appears in the film "Hearts of Four". Most older viewers will easily name the Soviet film about motorcyclists and not just one:

• "Naughty turns", 1959.
• "The Summer of Motorcyclists", 1976.
• "The tamer tamer", 1954.
• "My name is Arlekino", 1988.
• "The man in his place", 1972.
• "The Sleuth", 1979.

Unfortunately, in the Russian film industry there is still a certain confusion, but the domestic cinema is alive and awake. He absorbed the spirit of the paintings of the past. To call a Russian film about a motorcyclist at this time is much more difficult. The most famous is the criminal melodrama "I wanted to see angels" by director S. Bodrov (article). But, probably, in a dozen years, the domestic cinema-goer will be able to list not less than the works that illuminated the motothematic.

Detective in the USSR

The film "Night Biker" is a Soviet detective film, directed by Yulia Slupsky in 1972 based on the same name by Viktor Smirnov. The plot unfolds in a small town Rogatino, where the murder of engineer Aseev. The murder weapon was found - a hunting knife belonging to a local resident Shabashnikov, naturally, suspicion immediately falls on him. A young investigator, Lieutenant Pavel Starina, having conducted the inquiry, puts forward a version that the boots and knife were deliberately stolen from Shabashnikov, in order to cover the traces of the crime. The commissioner understands that the killer must be searched among five people who have been in the house of the accused on the eve of the crime. It also turns out that the local trainer of the section on Zharkov motocross lost a motorcycle. The old man during the inquiry recalls his youthful passion for this sport.