Music
American
1964 · Directed by Kenneth Anger · 28 min
A short, brightly coloured film about a group of California motorcycle enthusiasts who tune their machines and dress for a night out. There is no dialogue and no conventional plot: pop songs and borrowed images turn everyday biker rituals into something stranger and more charged.
Why it matters in cinema history
A defining film of the American underground, it turned popular music, masculine image-making and found footage into a new kind of montage poem, and it became a touchstone for later filmmakers.
Watch with intention
Watch it as a piece of music-driven montage, where the meaning comes from what each cut places next to what.
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