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Two Broad Arrows

Por Joe Hall • 19th August 2010 03:20pm • Publicado en Art & Design

The second of our trio of films made in conjunction with RSA takes inspiration from Irish racing legend Sean Kelly. Two Broad Arrows, a coming of age story, was written and directed by Adrian Moat who discusses his film below.

The idea was to make a short film that reflected the spirit and drive of Sean Kelly by relating him to the real world, not just the world of cycling. I wanted to capture a sense of possibility by using him as an example of a man that knows how to suffer, and to identify his spirit with the potential of youth.

So Two Broad Arrows is a coming of age story about a boy who is on the turn of manhood while being strangled by family tension. Through rage the boy discovers a bicycle and then finds himself in a position where he must try harder than he has ever tried before.

Although shot in Northumberland, and in Geordie tongue, the context of a rural farm and rolling green hills has strong echoes of Kelly’s early days in Ireland. Kelly was out of school and working as a bricklayer by the age of 16 before he picked up a bicycle and began winning local races. So I wanted the former scenes to establish working class frankness, earthy and real. For the predicament to relate to many kids out there who find it difficult to know what to do with themselves at this daunting and exciting age.

Two Broad Arrows is about confidence, discovery and learning how to try.

Two Broad Arrows will be screened at www.rapha.cc between Friday 20th and Saturday 21st August 2010.

Comentarios

Andrew Shaw

19th August 2010 10:09pm

Beautifully shot, great use of music/silence/ambient sound. Conveys the reason i cycle, freedom.

Billy Doherty

20th August 2010 01:48pm

This is second of two wonderful cycling films, that I have now watched and both films were magnificent. Really can't put into words the impact which A Throw of The Dice and Two Broad Arrows have had on me.
Thanks for making and showing these beautiful films.
All the best,
Billy Doherty (Drummer The Undertones)

Michael Coulter

20th August 2010 05:13pm

Lovely, lovely stuff. A beautifully shot, well told & engaging story.

Well done Rapha, RSA, Adrian & all the team.

15 minutes of pure joy.

Mike Coulter
FireFly Lanterne Rouger, 2005.

Artur Ciesielski

20th August 2010 08:12pm

Good stuff. Reminds me of when I used to ride in the Polish country side each day, on an older bike, to get some bread 20 mile from Chotum. Pure exhilaration: nothing else mattered.

Ad Vermaas

20th August 2010 09:28pm

Indeed, lovely, lovely stuff!

Are these really one-time only screenings of the films?? Or will we be able to buy a dvd in the Rapha-shop in due time? Hope so! Moreover, after all your efforts, more people should be able to see these films.

Thanks from the Netherlands.

Dave Wyman

22nd August 2010 06:27pm

The human mind has the capacity o to see patterns where none necessarily exist. Perhaps that's what I've done while watching Two Broad Arrows, create patters where there are none.

None-the-less, the shapes of arrows, sometimes two at a time, seem to litter the landscape of the film. I didn't notice this until I'd viewed the film a few times. Where are these arrows? In window frames, A-frame roofs, fences, signs; once I discovered one arrow, I began to see many.

If the arrows I've found in the film have been placed and ordered by design, was the intention a conscious one by Mr. Moat? Or were the included by means below the level of consciousness?

Whether the arrows exist or not, I find my perception of them adding another dimension to the film for me.

Tek-Nik D

23rd August 2010 11:02am

Where is the location where the film was shot? Scotland?

Dave Wyman

24th August 2010 08:41am

"Where is the location where the film was shot? Scotland?"

Close: N.E. England - Northumberland.

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