Two Wheels on Two Reels: A History of Biker Movies [Paperback]

Mike Seate (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 2001

For better or worse, the primary images most non-riders have of motorcyclists come from Hollywood. These images either reflect or exaggerate the reality of the two-wheeled experience. Writer and motorcyclist Mike Seate explores and explains the myths and misconceptions of riders and riding from the post-WWII restlessness of Marlon Brando's Wild One to Britain's Mods and Rockers battles, to the chopper operas of the sixties to today. Takes a long, critical look at the hits and misses of the biker movie canon.

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About the Author

Mike Seate, his wife Kim, and their two cats live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where his columns on city life and pop culture can be found in The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Mike has written film and arts reviews for In Pittsburgh Newsweekly and has contributed hundreds of motorcycle lifestyle features to numerous magazines including IronWorks, LongRiders and Iron Horse, as well as England's Classic Bike and Motor Cycle News. Mike owns three motorcycles and staunchly refuses to learn to drive an automobile, preferring to spend his off-bike time reading and watching biker movies on TV.

Product Details

• Paperback: 110 pages
• Publisher: Whitehorse Press (January 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1884313256
• ISBN-13: 978-1884313257
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 8.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #815,517 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Easy -reader, but biker movie guide, it ain't, February 18, 2007

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This review is from: Two Wheels on Two Reels: A History of Biker Movies (Paperback)

If you don't know, Mike Seate is a writer and editor for some of the worlds top motorcycle magazines. I bought this book on his credentials alone. He's a good story teller and I enjoyed the book, but it is not the definitive guide to biker movies. I collect bikesploitation films, and Mr. Seat doesn't mention half of them. He doesn't give much historical perspective for the films, except to say that they all fed into the biker paranoia of the 60's, and then made a conversion to biker as hero in the 80's (sort of art-imitates-life-imitates-art). If you want a thumbnail of the genre, this will provide that, but he doesn't stray much from the mainstream.