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One of the most highly anticipated mountain bike films ever. Double Down redefines what it means to push the limits. Featured are Bender’s 41 foot huck, his controversial drop in Deer Valley, as well as amazing trials footage of Mikey Mayhem and V-Dub. Crash footage of Krispy not included, he never crashed during the entire season of filming Double Down… we’ve upped our ante, now up your’s! Interviews: •Bender •Krispy •Gibb •Lance Canfield •Mikey Mayhem •V-Dub Bonus Material: •News Story – The complete news broadcast covering Bender’s controversial ride at Deer Valley, featuring interviews with Bender and Thor Wixom •Bonus Track – Three minutes of out-takes from Double Down set to a driving soundtrack! •Shapeshifting – Krispy meets his dream girl, Leigh Donovan, up close and personal. •Finger Trials – Phil Edlefsen demonstrates trial’s answer to finger bikes! •Freestyle Walking - Phil Edlefsen shows how he prepares for his trials riding. Ouch, that smarts!
Status
Released
Original Language
EN

Things are not going well in the depression-era town of Castle Gate. Mr. Ribaldi, a mysterious rich man with a disfigured face and an abrasive personality, has just bought and moved into a long-vacant mansion. Bonnie, an adolescent girl who loves to sing, ends up working for Ribaldi so that her family can stay in their house. But Ribaldi is quite an accomplished musician himself, and he is soon giving Bonnie voice lessons. Meanwhile, local businesses are being shut down by foreclosures, and the townspeople suspect Ribaldi is responsible.
"This piece, with the generic title Film, is a series of short videos built around one protocol: a snippet of news from a newspaper of the day, is rolled up and then placed on a black-inked surface. On making contact with the liquid, the roll opens and of Its own accord frees itself of the gesture that fashioned it. As it comes alive in this way, the sliver of paper reveals Its hitherto unexposed content; this unpredictable kinematics is evidence of the constant impermanence of news. As well as exploring a certain archaeology of cinema, the mechanism references the passage of time: the ink, whether it is poured or printed, is the ink of ongoing human history." –Ismaïl Bahri