On Any Sunday (1971)
Brown-Solar

Description

A documentary following the lives of motorcycle racers and racing enthusiasts, including actor Steve McQueen. First asking the question "Why do they do it?" this film looks at the people who devote (and sometimes risk) their lives to racing on tracks and off-road courses around the world.

Tags

Motorcycles, Racing, 1960s, 1970s, Oscar nomination

Collected reviews and ratings

10 Amazon user reviews

I don't like motorcycles but I do like this movie! Bruce Brown's ability to wrap a viewer up in a blanket of entertainment is uncanny.
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8.0 New York Times | Vincent Canby

"What kind of men are these?" Brown asks, and the answer comes not from what anyone says, but from the crazy, sensational motion of the film, which is, I feel, in its own way, a remarkable adventure, as simple and as unique to film as the picturization of movement.
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8.0 Enduro Motorcycles Blog

The amazing camera work and seventies production value, including the colors, the clothing, hairstyles, music, film stock, and especially the bikes, are beautiful to watch.
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7.5 Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

Despite the work that went into his film, and despite the desperately difficult experiences that professional motorcycle racers endure, he somehow makes the whole thing seem informal, casual, relaxed.
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