http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/ BikingToronto Forum Topic: VEER documentary tonight at CineCycle en Sun, 19 May 2013 06:50:50 +0000 http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/topic.php?id=249#post-552 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:26:54 +0000 joe 552@http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/ <p><a href="http://torontoist.com/2009/08/life_is_a_bicycle.php#_login">Torontist has a nice little preview</a> of the <a href="http://www.rabble.ca/whatsup/veer-documentary">VEER documentary</a> showing tonight at CineCycle:</p> <p><ul><li><br /> <em><br /> Tonight at CineCycle, the <a href="http://www.torontocat.ca/main/">Toronto Coalition for Active Transportation</a> presents a screening of VEER, a critically approved documentary that examines Portland’s (at times) wacky bike culture and shows that for many, two wheels aren’t just a choice of transportation; they’re a way of life.</p> <p>...</p> <p>By and by, VEER combines politics, drama, art, and general tomfoolery to paint a colourful sociological picture of communities that have sprouted from the rising tide of cyclists. It’s got a lot of heart; at times, it may even have too much—try not to snigger when a spaced out Zoobomber sermonizes about the capacity for bikes to incite revolution and “change the world,” or when a bike repair shop owner extols two-wheelers as “a fundamental common-thread between human beings.” Still, there are legit issues raised here that resonate beyond Portland. And for all of you cycle fetishists that don’t do subtext, the film’s many slow-motion, tastefully soundtracked montages of Zoobombers riding around town are essentially top-shelf bike porn.</em></li></ul></p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.rabble.ca/whatsup/veer-documentary">VEER</a> screens at CineCycle (behind 129 Spadina Avenue) tonight at 8 p.m. Tickets are $8.</strong> </p>