The Cyclist
( aka 'Bicycleran' or 'Docharkheh Savar' )
by
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Iran 1987
"The Cyclist (1987) is perhaps the best film in the series. It is cinematically more sophisticated than Boycott as Makhmalbaf makes beautiful use of backlighting and camera dollying. Ateh, nicknamed Nassim (Moharram Zaynalzadeh), is an impoverished Afghan immigrant whose wife is dying from a serious illness. Unable to find any other job to pay for her medical bills, he agrees to a circus act in which he will ride a bicycle in a small circle for an entire week straight. He has to deal with a riot getting in his way and sabotage as betting whether he will make it becomes intense, but simply staying awake on the bicycle becomes the most monumental task. His young son hands him food and drink, and he props his eyes open with toothpicks in his ride that may determine life and death for his wife."
by George
Wu
Excerpt taken from CultureVulture.net
Ferdosi Multimedia Region 0 DVD
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| Distribution | Ferdosi Multimedia Region 0 - NTSC |
| Runtime | 1:13:21 minutes |
| Video | 1.33:1.00
Original Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 4.49 mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s |
| Bitrate: Artificial Eye |
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| Audio | Farsi (Mono) |
| Subtitles | English, ( non removable ) |
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| Comments: |
Well,
were can we start... an obvious bootleg, done, most likely in somebody's
basement computer. The picture quality is atrocious, as is the sound.
Although there are chapters, I could never reach the end of them as the
disc failed at 38:00 minutes: "The DVD disc might have been damaged so as to inhibit playback operation."
No
Extras, No Menu. Non-removable subs. The film is short by 20 minutes of
its intended length. The quality is sub-par for a VHS tape. My advice is to avoid
this outfit ( www.iranianmovies.com
) like the plague. They are obviously bandits. I will be seeking my
money back, but purchasing this one disc has shown me what I wanted to
know. I give this disc 0 out of |
| DVD Release Date:
2002 Keep Case Chapters: ? |
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