Meredith Danluck's The Ride, the latest production from Vice Films, captures the spectacle of modern bull riding while revealing a slice of small town Americana that is quickly fading away.
Bull riding was once the exclusive domain of rodeos. Now, busting bulls is a pro sport with its own league. Professional Bull Riders (Pbr) is like the Nascar circuit for dudes who ride bulls. Pbr tours large stadiums across the United States and Mexico with a fleet of 18 wheelers. Each show is huge spectacle in which bull riders are presented like rock stars. They emerge from elevated stages in a sea of laser lights and smoke to the cheers of adoring fans. The bull rides only last a few seconds, but the stakes are high with a $1 million prize for the winner of the year's best rider.
The Ride follows the 2008 Pbr tour, and uses the long build-up to the...
Bull riding was once the exclusive domain of rodeos. Now, busting bulls is a pro sport with its own league. Professional Bull Riders (Pbr) is like the Nascar circuit for dudes who ride bulls. Pbr tours large stadiums across the United States and Mexico with a fleet of 18 wheelers. Each show is huge spectacle in which bull riders are presented like rock stars. They emerge from elevated stages in a sea of laser lights and smoke to the cheers of adoring fans. The bull rides only last a few seconds, but the stakes are high with a $1 million prize for the winner of the year's best rider.
The Ride follows the 2008 Pbr tour, and uses the long build-up to the...
- 3/12/2010
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