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  • Опубликовано: 6 май 2016
  • Episodical documentary on the global bicycle messenger community and their dream for a future city without cars. A celebration of the finest and most energy efficient vehicle possible: the bicycle.
    All protagonists are in the job for ten years or more and Mike, the godfather of messengers connects two worlds: The island and the city.
    The film journeys with the bicycle to different messenger playgrounds in Hamburg (Germany), New York City and Kyoto (Japan). Waiheke Island (New Zealand) resident Mike provides a good distance to reflect on human behaviour in the cities.
    The Godmachine, a film by Jan Steffen, 52'
    CHAPTERS IN THE FILM:
    title 2:03
    WHO OWNS THE CITY? 2:40
    WHEN I WAS ELEVEN 4:35
    LOOK AT ME 5:52
    SPACE FOR PLAY 8:25
    NO BRAKES, FIXED GEAR (THE TRACKBIKE) 14:29
    A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE 16:48
    MESSENGER'S DESTINY 20:21
    BROTHERHOOD 22:32
    HUSTLE FOR MONEY 23:44
    HOPE 28:07
    INSPIRED 31:12
    CAR DOOR BLUES 32:23
    INFINITY 37:09
    JUST A JOB (NIGHT GAMES) 37:52
    HAPPY 42:59
    MIKE'S EPILOGUE 45:41
    credits 50:28
    LAST 52:08

Комментарии • 41

  • @meropealcyone
    @meropealcyone 3 года назад +41

    I don't know how bike messengers ever make their deliveries with so many documentary film crews in the way.

    • @maere6278
      @maere6278 Год назад +2

      LOL

    • @hemanthrvn4661
      @hemanthrvn4661 Год назад +5

      Haha..
      but interestingly filming too is a part of the subculture

  • @humanerror3139
    @humanerror3139 6 лет назад +24

    Absolutely brilliant. Way of life. Way of thinking. Way of being. Ride bikes. Nuff said.

  • @chrismenzie7498
    @chrismenzie7498 3 года назад +6

    I've watched this video 12 times now. My kind of people!

  • @stewart8127
    @stewart8127 2 месяца назад +1

    That BQE willie B short cut killed Bronx Johnny. I never knew Squid had a wreck there. Bronx Johny we salute you brother.

  • @SoundSpeeding
    @SoundSpeeding 3 года назад +4

    @2:00 MIKE!! Remember him years and years ago when we used to work together as messengers in Auckland. Brings back the memories.

    • @Typomixer15
      @Typomixer15 3 года назад

      Sound Speed i have been trying to see if Mr. Nailer has done anything after the recording of this docu. You wouldnt happen to know if Mr. Nailer had some social media presence within the last 13 years?

    • @SoundSpeeding
      @SoundSpeeding 3 года назад

      @@Typomixer15 No, it has been around a decade ish or so since I've seen him around in Auckland

  • @davenet94
    @davenet94 Год назад +2

    'The whole of existence stopped and turned to silver'....woah..

  • @David_a_journeyman_curmudgeon
    @David_a_journeyman_curmudgeon 2 года назад +5

    I can't get enough. Thank you for uploading this!

  • @DMWBN3
    @DMWBN3 3 года назад +3

    Remember when The Toor de France 🇫🇷 came through my hometown in Brighton, England as a one off in the 90's. didn't realise the tremendous noise all those bikes made & great speed, whizzing past. It was in the mid to late 90's, memorable times.
    Miles a cool chap "look at me, look at ME"
    Got the job 👏🏼👏🏼😁

  • @BastardtheClown
    @BastardtheClown 3 года назад +1

    Mike is a top man!

  • @tolteke484
    @tolteke484 3 года назад +1

    Jeeez! Mike you ar a amazing person! Love that movie. Thank you so much for that inspiring feature.

  • @clayguinard3651
    @clayguinard3651 Год назад +2

    This guy that lost his job as a coach or whatever it is he was doing with the kids yeah he is a very profound human being

  • @BorisKraft
    @BorisKraft 11 месяцев назад

    Some amazing people, great documentary, and kudos to Oli & Jan.

  • @unchainmybrain
    @unchainmybrain 4 года назад +2

    Fascinating movie! Absolutely inspiring and magical.

  • @michaelkarpenko2711
    @michaelkarpenko2711 Год назад +1

    Heading to NYC June 14th-21st would love to ride with some of the messengers for a day.

    • @ronasaurus74
      @ronasaurus74 Год назад +1

      Whatever you do, remember that they are WORKING. They are not tourist guides. If you have not been a messenger somewhere else for a good period of time, not just a few months, do not expect them to be welcoming to an outsider, it is a community that is welcoming to their own from other places, but distrustful of outsiders, and believe me, they can tell if you walk the walk. Most importantly, do not try to follow a messenger around, through traffic. That gap they take may only exist for the moment it takes for them to take it, and they certainly don't want to be responsible for anyone's life but their own.

    • @BeastyBite
      @BeastyBite 11 месяцев назад

      bro be carefull those messengers shaped their skills by working in one of the worlds most intense cities. following an nyc messenger will kill either you, or worse you'll send a mom with her baby off the street.

  • @chrissantana2858
    @chrissantana2858 5 лет назад +4

    i wish more people could watch this

    • @marklewis1884
      @marklewis1884 Год назад

      You press the like button and the machine will recommend to more u tube subscribers ❤

  • @glenzigdan
    @glenzigdan 3 года назад +2

    Mike is cool

  • @hanskloss9482
    @hanskloss9482 2 года назад

    Those were great times

  • @Hillbilly_and_bike
    @Hillbilly_and_bike 2 года назад

    Meravellós!

  • @pedallinraw
    @pedallinraw 2 года назад

    The Bicycle 💚👊🏻

  • @saurabhmotta9624
    @saurabhmotta9624 3 года назад

    wow

  • @walnuttv1999
    @walnuttv1999 3 года назад

    Featured in top 10 videos of the day on walnut.tv/documentaries

  • @leduch
    @leduch 5 лет назад +2

    fun work money sport travel toy antidepresseur fitness feeling free education.......+more ! a way of living that what the bike can bring us njoylife getabike!

  • @felicetanka
    @felicetanka 3 года назад

    Whose foundation is the Roman wheel.

  • @marklewis1884
    @marklewis1884 Год назад

    If the bike is God machine the the Fixed weel bike is the supreme machine built whith sacred Geometry with a mix of DNA 🧬 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂🦄🦉

    • @BeastyBite
      @BeastyBite 11 месяцев назад +1

      fixed gear riders always so dramatic

  • @MouthVisuals
    @MouthVisuals 3 года назад +1

    How are these high bikes called, that are welded together from two frames? Is there a name for it?

  • @Argylenj
    @Argylenj 7 лет назад +2

    New Jersey is a state in the US! And Jersey City is the city sheesh!

  • @chris-ev1pd
    @chris-ev1pd 3 года назад

    Hamburg 🇩🇪

  • @becee7657
    @becee7657 7 лет назад

    Moin Jan, hier ist Boris aus Hamburg. Wir haben Deinen Film mal auf unserem Festival in Hamburg gezeigt. Es gibt jetzt Interesse auf einem Bike Festival in Polen. Bitte schick mal Deinen Kontakt an castro.ghp@gmail.com. Danke

  • @kris4645
    @kris4645 Год назад +3

    This idealizing of bicycles, yeah,a complete bs!! I ride every single day,365 days per year,not because I think that bike is something "God given" but because, I have a serious dislike of almost anything motorized!! Maybe not dirt bikes ☺️
    In all honesty, bicycle is a very uncomfortable device, nothing to be glorified! Our bodies are made for walking,not cycling!! I don't want more cyclists on the streets, because I don't like people very much! 🤣 I prefer just me,and the empty road or a trail! Greetings from the everyday cyclist from Croatia! Every single day, the whole year long! Peace ✌️😎

    • @BeastyBite
      @BeastyBite 11 месяцев назад

      1. the point is that a bike is something fundamental human because it's still powerd by your self nobody else.
      2. just because somthing has a motor, doesn't mean it's bad. you disklike the people driving it in your city.
      3. seems like you ride the wrong bike 365 days a year. go do a bikefit bro. bikes should not be uncomfortable.
      4. actually we are more build for cycling than sitiing so do a bikefit and live a normal life.
      5. more cyclists mean more public safety on bikes, less bike crime and more community. you're just pissed on your uncomfortable bike because you never did a bikefit.
      6. Go cycling in the croatian trails alone then. nobody forces you to be social. nobody needs you to be a hyper individualistic self centered tool aswell.

    • @stewart8127
      @stewart8127 7 месяцев назад

      Bicycles are non jarring like swimming not walking and running.

    • @fpdomain
      @fpdomain 6 месяцев назад

      you have your reasons and everyone has their reasons to ride a simple machine called Bicycle. Clearly you did not understood the concept of a documental movie. Nobody is trying to define anything for yourself or anyone else but just showing here personal perspectives, experiences, vibes etc.
      Nobody is like you and not everyone is like you but I guess you'll learn with age that the world doesn't go around your belly... not about yourself.
      Is beautiful to hear stories like this, and connect with people and meet their stories and souls.
      p.s.: I do completely affirm that I am not interested in your reply or engage further with this. Ride safe.