Carts of Darkness (2008)
- Directed by
- Murray Siple
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h
- Rated
- 18A
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 15 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary follows homeless men in North Vancouver who race shopping carts down steep hills at high speeds as both a thrill and a way to collect bottles for money. The filmmaker, himself a quadriplegic after an accident, finds a connection with these outsiders and their risky pastime.
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What happens
Carts of Darkness is a 2008 documentary film produced by the National Film Board of Canada, written and directed by Murray Siple. The film follows a group of homeless men in North Vancouver who use shopping carts to collect bottles and cans to return for deposit refunds and to race down the city's steep slopes for thrills. The subjects control the carts using only their body weight and one foot during descents that cross intersections, with top speeds claimed to reach up to 70 km/h. Siple, a former director of extreme sports videos and an avid skateboarder and snowboarder, became a quadriplegic after a car accident in 1996. His first film after his accident, Carts of Darkness allowed the filmmaker to regain the excitement he had experienced with extreme sports and to relate to a fellow group of outsiders. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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