Malcolm Smith

This documentary sets out to change the perception of motorcycle racing. Featuring stars of the sport such as Steve McQueen, a racer in his own right.

Mike Leigh announced himself as a unique, powerful new voice in British cinema with BLEAK MOMENTS, a stunning debut of understated melancholy. Adapting his own theatrical play for the screen, Leigh follows Sylvia (Anne Raitt) through a life of quiet desperation in suburban South London as she attends to her developmentally challenged sister (Sarah Stephenson) and attempts to forge romances with her awkward professorial boyfriend (Eric Allan) as well as a shy, guitar-strumming newsletter duplicator (Mike Bradwell). Uncomfortable silences, botched flirtations, and fleeting hints of warmth and humor punctuate Sylvia’s aching descent into solitude, compassionately portrayed by Leigh as symptomatic of humanity’s struggle to communicate and connect.

In this documentary on motorcycle racing, the sequel to ON ANY SUNDAY, interviews with various racing legends are combined with races in just about every possible environment: dirt, sand, hills, tracks, valleys - anywhere a motorcycle can function.