Bid is a self-styled urban commando determined to live outside the system and the law. A hustler in high end auto parts, he is homeless by choice. All his gear in a storage locker, he plies the city on a motorcycle, counting coup on the cops. Yve is Bid’s girl friend, bi-sexual, ambitious but without direction. Neither wants to compromise… but their friendship is about to go tragic.
Acting
DuVal's committed delusion as Bid, simultaneously pathetic and terrifying.
Direction
Nilsson's Dogme-inflected handheld desperation.
Director
Rob Nilsson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot on digital video in 2001, it predates the 'mumblecore' movement but shares its DNA of privileged white guys filming their own dysfunction.
The 'counting coup' reference reveals Bid's fantasy: appropriating Indigenous warrior traditions for his petty vendetta against traffic cops.
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