4/10
Early effort by the Scott brothers
12 May 2016
Warning: Spoilers
"Boy and Bicycle" is a 25-minute short film from over 50 years ago. It is in black-and-white, but has sound and it was written and directed by Ridley Scott with his brother Tony playing the only character in here. Both went on to become really successful filmmakers, especially Ridley Scott. Tony Scott sadly is not alive anymore after he decided to end his life following a terminal cancer diagnosis. But he left us a decent body of work too. However, I would not really count this one here to his finest achievements. It is pretty obvious the duo was still getting used to the genre of film and making movies in general. The story is pretty forgettable I must say, but the movie occasionally delivers in terms of the atmospheric direction it takes. I cannot say I enjoyed this enough to let me recommend it, but it was not a disastrous watch either. Overall, a thumbs down from me.
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