When cyclists cosplay as outlaws and it actually works.
Jan receives the group patch at the campfire, Herkules brews up some tea in the workshop and Sidney gets a mohawk haircut done by his father. The film shows fragments from an Oberhausen subculture in which symbols and practices of the outlaw motorbiker scene are transferred to cycling.
Direction
Hybrid doc approach that refuses easy categorization.
Cinematography
Gritty Oberhausen locations as accidental character.
Costume
DIY patches and mohawks as genuine self-expression.
Director
Felix Bartke
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Oberhausen has a documented history of working-class subcultural reappropriation, making this less random than it appears.
The 'scorpiorising' keyword refers to a deliberate aesthetic choice evoking 1970s outlaw biker films.
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