Boy and Bicycle

Interesting to see Ridley Scott develop his film making style. You can see the essence of his ability to cut action scenes together masterfully, even in his student film. It isn't really compelling or enthralling and is more experimentation than actual narrative. Still interesting to see, none the less.

Scott's student film is a naive coming of age experiment, starring his brother Tony. Actually, he would become a better filmmaker than his big brother. But at that time, Ridley was still promising, I guess, even in this short feature.

It's interesting to see where did Ridley Scott come from. This coming of age mumble-film might be the most artistic piece he did. There's some interesting editing and cinematography to see, on a student film level.

Alright. Definitely a meandering, teenage sort of work.

Visually a beautiful, leisurely day out on the English seaside. Nothing unfinished about this. And though the stream of consciousness narration is annoying, it also suggests that Scott could have turned into a better Truffaut, were it not for two decades of ads.

Nice to see some early work and the location and era has its charm.