When you really want to do something, the whole world will make way for you. Munro Burt showed everyone what it means to be sincere!
BOOK
There is a book - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" was selected by Time Magazine as one of the 10 most influential books in the 1970s, regardless of the bugs in the Chinese translation, just in terms of content , definitely worth reading carefully. Maintenance, not repair, is the key to maintaining state, not only for motorcycles, machinery, but also for people and interpersonal relationships. Great wisdom and philosophy have always come from the everyday.
MOVIE
From books to movies, The World's Fastest Indian, based on a true story, tells the story of a late-year-old Bert Munro with his 1920 Indian motorcycle from Springfield, Massachusetts The car, spanning half the world, took a steamboat from the southernmost town in New Zealand, drove a classic car, and went to the Yanyuan Racecourse in Bonneville, Utah, to participate in a motorcycle racing competition, and created the fastest surface speed record, which no one has ever broken.
The film stars Hoperkins, who is my favorite character after Hannibal. Interestingly, Hopkins was 68 when the film was released, the same age as Munro Burt, the prototype in the film, when he set the record. It was never money or health that got in the way of a dream, Burt mortgaged his house and even worked as a cook-cleaner on a ferry in lieu of boat money in order to raise funds to go to America. Along the way, I met all kinds of strange and interesting people, such as transgender waiters, real Indians, widows living alone, Vietnam soldiers who hitchhiked... Burt, who was full of weather marks, was still an 18-year-old boy at heart.
In that legendary antique Indian, the suspension system of the vehicle still uses leaf springs from the 1920s; the brake system is also outdated by 40 years; the chain is rebuilt by Burt from the parts of the kitchen door; the fuel tank cap is made of brandy cork; anti-skid tires It was made with a neighbor's cleaver that carefully cut the tread pattern, and even the fine-grained cracks of the aging wheels were filled with only black shoe polish; no safety umbrella, no fireproof clothing, no decent protective gear... After winning the trial After the opportunity, Burt's childlike laughter spread from the screen to reality. Before the official start of the game, Burt took a heart attack medicine and one for his old friend Indian. In the eyes of others, this alternative, cute, optimistic and adventurous old man is gambling with his life. Only he knows that if he can't work hard for his dreams, he will live like a cabbage.
DEVOTED
This book, this movie, is all about doing one thing with all your heart and what you get. To borrow a phrase from Hopkins in the film: Being able to surpass everyone in an instant is more exciting than living a life in vain. This film was successfully selected into my top 10 movies!
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