The UK filmmaker Paul Bush is known for his stop-motion animations using repurposed objects. In his nostalgic short Ride, Bush finds his muse in the iconic motorcycles of the 1950s and ’60s. Steeped in biker nostalgia, the film builds a wild ride by combining images of dozens of classic motorcycles from a motorcycle museum in Portugal. As the whirlwind imagery of headlights, exhaust pipes, bolts and screws joins with the satisfying sputters and vrooms of a lightweight motorcycle engine, Bush builds a meticulous and delightful countryside ride. You can learn more about how the film was made on Bush’s Vimeo channel.
Gear up for a stylish celebration of vintage motorcycle design
Director: Paul Bush

videoSubcultures
To craftsmen, a motorcycle’s inner workings have their own kind of beauty
15 minutes

videoMaking
Stop, don’t go: stop-motion animation creates life from the stuff we throw away
2 minutes

videoSports and games
Thrill to the motorbike hellriders who make their living on the wall of death
9 minutes

videoCities
Time dilates and people flow in and out of each other in a hallucinatory urban commute
3 minutes

videoFilm and visual culture
Strap in for a delightfully disorienting dance of humans going places
6 minutes

videoProgress and modernity
‘Human might, majesty and mayhem’: a visual time capsule from 1965
13 minutes

videoAgeing and death
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16 minutes

videoArt
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2 minutes

videoHistory of technology
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9 minutes