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1. The Perfect Circle

1 year ago

Matthew Modine rides the streets of New York on a bicycle to tell everyone about "Bicycle For A Day."

"Bicycle For A Day" is a fun, open and proactive invitation designed to inspire individuals, communities, governments and corporations to take a step towards solving the current environmental issues. BFAD is a global initiative bringing together people who choose to ride a bicycle rather than use gas-powered motor vehicles.

BFAD will debut with small, VIP events during Summer / Fall 2008 that lead up to a gathering at The South Street Seaport in NYC, to mark the "official" BFAD day, September 20th.

This is not a bicycle race! BFAD is a day to demonstrate how doing ONE thing can help improve the environment.

bicycleforaday.org/

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Eugenia Loli-Queru 1 year ago

Good stuff there Matthew!
Matthew 1 year ago

thank you for the link!
Cinecycle 9 months ago

It was a pleasure working with you Matthew
Lets ride again this spring!
Soxiam 1 year ago

great video. thanks for sharing this on vimeo. feel free to visit us any time.
Matthew 1 year ago

thanks. will do!
mike ambs ☂ 1 year ago

Yea this was great :) Post more videos! Please :)
Blake Whitman 1 year ago

Great cause. Are you involved with Transportation Alternatives at all?

Welcome to Vimeo!
Matthew 1 year ago

yes. trans alt is a bfad supporter. great group doing great stuff all over nyc.
DaVincicode 1 year ago

Nice going Matthew. Nice to see you in the City on your bike. Liked the local small amazing bike shop scene. Where is that place? Well nice job in coming up with the concept of Bicycling for a day.
Michael Bushnell 1 year ago

That was kool, and good that your saving the earth. I think skateboarding is better tough, hah you should try it
Matthew 1 year ago

by all means, skate on sept 20th. walk, ride a bike, anything but gas powered vehicles. if you're in nyc, skate down to the south street seaport. should be an amazing gathering.
twigg 1 year ago

props.
Matthew 1 year ago

thanks twig.
Gustavo Ferelli 1 year ago

very good!!! oUHAoUAohA
Matthew 1 year ago

thanks.
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 1 year ago

this is really good i love this.
Matthew 1 year ago

thanks
ivan 1 year ago

Bicycle's with an homage to SK's "Full Metal" at the end...so much to love about this...video is the bomb diggity...cheers
Matthew 1 year ago

thanks ivan. would love to have everyone film themselves riding their bikes and yelling, "this is my bicycle..." could be an amazing way to get the global aspect of BFAD to happen. could post them here and elsewhere. good idea!
Andreas L. 1 year ago

Great one! Loved the end :)
Matthew 1 year ago

thanks. see my comment to ivan. what do you think? would you film one?
Andreas L. 1 year ago

Haha, nice idea! I'll hook myself up with a cam and register it and pass the voice to a couple of bicycle oriented blogs. May I suggest you to come up with a specific tag to be used to mark those videos so that it's going to be easy to search for them? Someone would easily make a "collage" with the funniest ones at some point.
Jan van der Meer 1 year ago

Andreas just to remind you, as a one man crew on the bike you can make use of the Jancam see: vimeo.com/1153750
Andreas L. 1 year ago

That's really amazing! Thank you for the head up
Sven Charleer 1 year ago

Great movie! Great initiative.

What brand of bike is that you have there? I love the design!
hb-videography 1 year ago

thanks for sharing, lovely video and great idea.
Matthew 1 year ago

thanks for all the props people. thank you. please visit the website, bicycleforaday.org and register. there is also a facebook and myspace page. really appreciate the help. sept 20th could be amazing.
[ indelible inc ] 1 year ago

That is my Matthew. There are so few like him because he is still his. Awesome seeing you here, Matt. You just made our day.

Keep it up!!!!!!!!!!!
Matthew 1 year ago

thanks for the props! thanks!
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Reza 1 year ago

very nice! on the technical side i loved the moving shots especially. can i ask though, what mic was used for this?
eladbari 1 year ago

wow! great short, and for a great cause :]
i loved the diversity between the bike and the city :]

gotta ask:
any idea what Camera was used+that frikkin Incredible Mic as well !?!
plz ? :]
Matthew 1 year ago

check out all the films on puma's i cycle site. the director is dan leeb. he may have the tech info (camera and mike there)
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Underground Planet 1 year ago

Great vid Matthew and great cause. Not sure what the deal is but in the tags it says "HD" and it's not showing up as HD on Vimeo. If it was HD ya might wanna look into it and possibly re-upload.

So not to divert from topic of the vid, but on a technical side the video looks great, shots, depth of field,edited well etc. Was wondering what it was shot on and what program it was edited with.

- Ray

lol, just noticed the comment before mine, seems I'm not the only curious one. =)
Matthew 1 year ago

check out all the films on puma's i cycle site. the director is dan leeb. he may have the tech info (camera and mike there)
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Sleepy003 1 year ago

Nice one, thanks for that, it's okay if you 'just happen' upon a bicycle shop on your journey ;)
Matthew 1 year ago

i had a bad wheel! had to stop just like if you ran outta gas or had a flat tire. the journey is the destination!
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Frederic Vercammen 1 year ago

Well done
Nice Vid
Patrick Satterfield 1 year ago

Man, that had just the right spirit. Full Metal Cyclist. Sweet!
Julian S. 1 year ago

Sweet!!! I ride my bicycle everywhere. (Well almost, except the freeway) Great idea nevertheless!
couch fest films 1 year ago

This is a beautifully shot movie. We are programming films for global issues. I think this movie would be a great fit. Please consider submitting:

couchfestfilms.com/

After I finished watching your movie, I turned off my computer and skipped away from work to ride my bike. Woo wee!
Gialdo Muller 1 year ago

powerful stuff there. and it's true, bicycles are man's best friend.
...makes me wanna ride my bike more.
mike ambs ☂ 1 year ago

Loved the "this is my bicycle, there are many like it" part :D
Pat 1 year ago

seems really cool. ill definitely try and do it. you should wear a helmet though.
Matthew 1 year ago

aaah. yeah. you're right. my bad.
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James Lane 1 year ago

great video. i liked that u were narrating on the bike. let me know the date i will most likely be riding anyway.
Matthew 1 year ago

cool. nyc is the launch. sept 20th, 2008
bicycleforaday.org
the goal is global.
throw it around and ask all your friends to jump on.
PEIKA 1 year ago

You need a Boomstick.
VendelasCity 1 year ago

What a cute video, Matthew! A fantastic idea, which I think would go over well here in the Windy City. Chicago's got a huge bicycling initiative as the city continues to Go Green. I don't own a bike yet but it's at the top of my list now that gas prices are so ridiculous. Love the idea of filming a "This is my Bike" video!

Peika invented Boomstick360.com
Matthew 1 year ago

love the boomstick! i just met with the chicago mayors office. next year, the plan is that bicycle for a day will be the mac-daddy closing party for bicycle month in chi town. chicago is the BEST! love that city. and perfect for dumping the car and cruising the two wheeler. did you ever see "wind"? i made a sail out of my t-shirt and sailed my bike on a runway in windover, utah. really fun! you could sail the lake front!
VendelasCity 1 year ago

Wow, you're really on top of the bicycle thing! Good for you for promoting awareness. I'm not surprised that Mayor Daly's office is on board with your idea since he's an avid cyclist himself. We're becoming more bike-friendly and recently, some of our buses were retrofitted with bike racks (do they do that in NY?) Haven't seen "Wind" but now you've piqued my curiosity. A sail out of a t-shirt? How industrious! Is "Wind" available on DVD?
VendelasCity 1 year ago

I found a trailer for "Wind" on imdb. Cool! A film about the America's Cup! The cinematography looks amazing. My brother's a professional sailor and we grew up on the ocean in NJ and CA, so I'm definitely going to rent this. How many takes did it take to shoot that scene with you riding the bike hands-free, holding up the t-shirt sail? You should definitely try that on the streets of New York (but be careful!)
assbach 1 year ago

very nice!
bikes rule
Nikolas Mason 1 year ago

I'm looking to move to New York City in a couple of years, and biking looks like it certainly could be a perfect way to get around. Excellent video, made me look forward to my move even more!
Michael Choi 1 year ago

Cool, I shot some clips riding the streets of Kyoto, it would be awsome if other countries would join the BFAD. Can I embed this vid to my friends in other countries?
Insulsia Productions 1 year ago

great job, and i totally support your cause! i never use the car unless i really need to... love my bike!
also, i loved the reference to full metal jacket :) very funny
Rodrigo Afonseca 1 year ago

awesome, very inspiring to me, and i'm goingo to buy my new best friend soon! thanks!
Erik Otto 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing Matthew, I am all about this. I do this in Philly for the very same reason!
Noisemaker Media 1 year ago

Awesome work, Matthew. Shot right in my backyard, NYC. I wish the city was a bicycle only type of town.
Esteban Ramirez 1 year ago

Great video. Makes me want to shake the dust off my bike and get riding again.

Thx for sharing Private Joker.
Josh Jenkins 1 year ago

I enjoy riding a bike, though the city I live in is not pedestrian friendly, and there are a lot of people who tend to speed and run red lights. But out in suburban neighborhoods, it's a good hangout for any of us on the go.
Jan van der Meer 1 year ago

Stunning shots but here in Holland, we spent livetimes on bikes. Even our taxicabs an police in action have bikes these days! I'll show you soon or come over and join. See for a set up for 'show yourself on the bikeshots': vimeo.com/1153750
newsuperhero 1 year ago

how did you get the shots ? were you ona bike too?
onur tukel 1 year ago

modine possesses the boyish curiosity and charisma of his character in VISION QUEST. he's using his celebrity to inspire positive change. it's a beautiful thing.
adonis 1 year ago

I Want To Ride My Bicycle
I Want To Ride My Bike...
rezlab 1 year ago

Good for the planet and good for physical & mental health. Keep riding.
Question Mark Productions 1 year ago

ssweett hey can you watch our video please

i like your vid
Connor Tomas O'Brien 1 year ago

Beautifully shot PSA/doco/slice-of-life.
Stylistically it reminds me of the VBS.tv docos.
I like the way that your message isn't "cars are bad" (as is the all-too-common theme in environmentalist docos), but rather the much more positive "bikes are awesome."
I ride a scooter but you've inspired me to bike around on the days when I've got some time to kill.
Sam Law 1 year ago

I really love both the idea and the direction of the scene, just one niggle I have to say is why no helmet?
Ashraf meer 1 year ago

Matthew, we don't see enough of you these days. Thanks for the video! Looking forward to riding with the "mob"
Hasan Ismail 1 year ago

I'm Singaporean and lived there a couple of years. I know the exact liberated feeling pedaling through Times Square and such. No better way to know your city (not just NY) and beat the traffic but to be on a bike. And now I'm in Holland, so it all came as a natural transition; sans the hotdogs. That city could sure use less honking and gas emission! Definitely a good cause Matt. Nice Simple bike! Need we mention it better be companied with a fat-ass Kryptonite lock? ;)
Nicholas Whitaker 1 year ago

Matthew,
Great job man. Good to see you out riding your bike again. I bumped into you years ago when i was still in film school, making copies of a storyboard at Village Copier. Used your copy card by accident, gave you mine in exchange. Exchanged a little funny banter and then you road off on your cruiser towards the west side.
Funny that i still remember that actually. I've been working for streetfilms.org and TA for a few years now shooting videos just like this.
I'd love to do a PSA with you for TA or streetfilms to promote bicycleforaday if your down. hit me up if your interested and keep up the great work!
Petr Pol. 1 year ago

It's really nice )
Mike Cyril Todd 1 year ago

Keeeep Keeep Keeeeeep.
Michael Dunlop 1 year ago

great job on the video.
Pablo Abarca 1 year ago

Inspiring!
Andres Victorero 1 year ago

Well done. Best regards from Spain.
Matt DL 1 year ago

Love it! I bike to work Mon-Fri in LA. Now I know about Sept 20. Wish there were bike weeks out there....
Znort 1 year ago

I'm late but I love it !
Best regards from France
Alexandre Jesus 11 months ago

Bom video... grande causa...
Parabéns
Scott Ewing 9 months ago

Got this video and your site linked from my facebook environmental group. Also created an event to take place on sept. 20th 2009 for your movement. Great idea Matt and Im glad you have taken it to the level you have. Excellent.

Scott Ewing
"Saving the world, one facebook member at a time"
0p0 9 months ago

cool! :D
danny yoo 9 months ago

"This is my bicycle! There are many like it, but this one is mine!... "

Matthew Modine = spotter. Daniel Leeb = shooter.
Crowny-Entertainment 7 months ago

great attitude!!!
Javier Omar 7 months ago

Im amazed. I really want to promove this kind of thinking in my place Aviles in Asturias, the Norh/Spain but the prefered to install bikes without a place or a way to bikes. I mean, the put off thirteen bikes locked in the street. I think is not the better way to do things. So we continue to make some pluralmeeting infront of our Ayuntament. So im a biker, living in barcelona and let me show you those document, from 1908, europafilmtreasures.eu/PY/245/fiche_technique.htm?ID=245 you might to look the people crossing the railway, its so funny! So let me know how you think guys, Thanks for all, and Rock and Ride a Bike as simple as possible. Seeya