Beethoven + bikes = the most intense 11 minutes of your life.
In this nonnarrated presentation, set to the music of Beethoven, two cyclists are shown racing through the countryside in the spring. When one cyclist maliciously delays the other, the opponent repairs his bicycle and triumphantly regains the lead, winning the race
Direction
Allen times every pedal stroke to Beethoven's crescendos.
Editing
Razor-sharp cuts make 11 minutes feel like a feature epic.
Director
John David Allen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Silent sports films peaked in the '80s experimental scene—this is basically music video DNA before MTV took over.
The Allegro con brio movement Beethoven chose was originally meant to evoke heroic struggle—Allen literally made cyclists live it.
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