The Motorcycle Diaries
Directed by Walter Cyrus and starring Gayle García Bernal and Rodrigue de la Senna, the film was released in the United States on September 24, 2004. Based on the Diary of the Jungle of South America by the revolutionary Che Guevara himself, the film tells the story of Che Guevara riding a Norton 500 with his friends in his youth and inspiring Che Guevara's new understanding of the world on a journey to South America, thus giving birth to a revolutionary germ in his heart.
Synopsis: In his youth, Che Guevara was a medical graduate student majoring in leprosy. Although he had not yet received his diploma at the time, driven by crazy ideas across the Americas and the hormones of youth, he resolutely bid farewell to his parents and girlfriend, and hurriedly carried his luggage with his friend Alberto (a 29-year-old biochemist). A movie line that says, "Hurry up, the front is as beautiful as Neruda's love poem" is enough to describe their mood. They drove the dilapidated Norton 500 through Argentina, Chile, Peru, Cuba and other Latin American countries, from the motorcycle in the middle of the road to being transported by a cargo ship without realizing it, to falling in love, drinking, fighting, and acting as a firefighter to help fight fires, every novel adventure made them excited. But when they see people at the bottom of society squeezed out of breath on their journeys, their mentality also changes.
Even if they lose their motorcycles, their journey is still on the road. The wonders of Inca culture and the beauty of Machu Picchu deeply shook them. At the end of the film, they arrive at a leper quarantine area in the mountains of Peru. Here, lepers are "treated differently," and Che Guevara can't help but lament how far away his superior living conditions are from these people.
Although the journey ended, the scenes seen and heard during the journey are still unforgettable for Che Guevara.
The World's Fastest Indian Motorcycle
The film is based on a true story, and the story is set in the true story of Bert Meng Ruo. The film was directed by Roger Donaldson and starred Anthony Hopkins and Diane Ladd. It tells the story of New Zealand racing legend Bert Mengruo, a legendary motorcyclist who ventured to Utah, USA, after repairing and modifying his 1920 Indian motorcycle scouts, to fulfill his lifelong wish, and finally succeeded in setting a world record for land speed.
Synopsis: The story begins with a 21-year-old boy looking at the brand-new motorcycle in front of him, and the brilliant body color and the small and powerful engine make him fall in love with the Indian Scout who will accompany him for the rest of his life. And this big boy is the protagonist of the movie, Bert.
Born in 1899 in a small town in New Zealand, Burt was originally a dragon and phoenix fetus, but his sister died at birth, and he was judged by doctors to live no more than two years. In 1915 Bert bought a douglas motorcycle, his first motorcycle. By 1919, he had finally saved up enough money to buy a clyno motorcycle and start racing. Soon, the car could not satisfy him, so he bought the Indian Scout, and the legend began.
Fast forward to the time, Bert is 68 years old. Burt took the two-wheeled motorcycle he had spent 25 years building to the World Locomotive Race in Booneville, Salt Lake City, and set a new world record at 201.851 miles per hour, and since then he has set the world record for the fastest speed on land nine times, and the world record for the sub-1000cc modified locomotive group he set in 1967 has not been broken.
When Bert was 72, he mortgaged his house, spent all his savings, and finally scraped together the money. He wanted to fulfill his dream at the age of 25 – to set a world record for Indian motorcycles. He did, and in 1963, he fulfilled his dream at the Bonneville Salt Flats motorcycle competition in Utah.
"Every Sunday"
For the film's director Bruce Brown (Bruce Brown. Professionally, brown, it was one of his best films, and the film was nominated for an Oscar. The beauty of this movie is that it shows the audience the most authentic side of motorcycle racing. The same painting-like shooting method and fast switching shots in the film, coupled with witty and witty narration, can lift your adrenaline in an instant! Even more surprising is that Stave McQueen also made a cameo appearance in the film.
Synopsis: At the beginning of the film, Brown tells us: "The value of a motorcycle is in how you use it." Then, in the next 90 minutes, he not only showed us the ever-changing use of motorcycles, but also tried to make us feel the charm of driving a motorcycle. There are individual scenes in the film where he strapped a camera to the front of a motorcycle (similar to the current gopro, 360). This method was not uncommon at the time, but it was unusual under Brown's meticulous design.
For example, there is a scene in which a motorcycle is speeding and tilting on the track, hitting the guardrail or even other racing cars from time to time. At this time, you will also unconsciously tilt your neck to the side. In another scene, a racing car roars through a desert covered with small bushes, and you can feel the oncoming trees and sand across the screen. This first-person viewing effect is sometimes even more intense than the sensory stimulation of 3D technology films.