Нашел в архивах старую, десятилетней, пожалуй, давности, статью с названием BOYS ON BIKES A Tribute To Cinema’s Leather-clad Two-wheeler’s Для подростков уже на протяжении многих десятилетий мотоциклы стали символом личной свободы. Все началось в 1954 году (на самом деле в 1953. Dal), когда Марлон Брандо снялся «The Wild One» * и привлек таким образом внимание […]

Biker movies. People either love ’em or hate ’em, and rarely is there any middle ground. Me, I love ’em. Some people love biker movies because they’re about freedom, some because they’re about mayhem. Me, I love ’em because they’re about freedom and mayhem. The following list is limited to films that feature real motorcycles: […]

The roots of the biker genre began in 1954 with «The Wild One», starring Marlon Brando. This was a Hollywood production and was a major hit among audiences. It introduced us to the bike riding rebel, which appealed so much to the alienated youth of the 1950’s. Years later in the late 1960s, Biker films […]

Ripped from Today’s Headlines: The Outlaw Biker Movie Cycle When the «Pissed Off Bastards of Bloomington» and the «Booze Fighters» descended upon the small Californian town of Hollister during the 1947 Fourth of July weekend, turning the main street into a drag strip, outlaw motorcycle gangs emerged as a new form of social menace. Their […]