{"product_id":"the-long-landscape-a-filmmaker-cycles-the-american-west-paperback","title":"The Long Landscape: A Filmmaker Cycles the American West - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Delpeut\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCéline Linssen\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA filmmaker cycling across the United States reflects upon his connection to other passionate cyclists from 20th-century surrealism, adventuresome high-wheelers, science fiction, and philosophy in this charming and artful travel book.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor readers of Rebecca Lowe (\u003ci\u003eThe Slow Road to Tehran\u003c\/i\u003e), Robert Pirsig (\u003ci\u003eZen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance\u003c\/i\u003e), and Sara Dykman (\u003ci\u003eBicycling with Butterflies\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe challenge: to cycle from Disney's Epcot Center toward San Francisco -- a 4350 mile journey -- on the cusp of summer. In search of the mythological American West seamlessly represented in movies and literature, Delpeut and his beloved cycling companion instead discover a landscape rarely felt in its actual punishing weather and expanse. On their way through the South, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, the couple encounter a blistering and varied cast of characters. A philosophy emerges as they bicycle their way across America that unites the challenge, wonderment, discovery, and naiveté that brought them along these roads. Woven into their journey is the history of long-distance cycling in America, the 19th-century high-wheeler adventures, H.G. Wells's \u003ci\u003eWheels of Chance\u003c\/i\u003e, the sublime paintings of Mark Rothko, and Alfred Jarry's parody \u003ci\u003eSupermale\u003c\/i\u003e about the erotics of the machine age. On the day the author turns forty, the adventure culminates in Las Vegas, the ridiculous exaggeration of Manifest Destiny. But instead of becoming discouraged, he writes in a new introduction that this trip was the seed of a passion that has taken him and his still-beloved all over the world for decades since.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Peter Delpeut's \u003ci\u003eLong Landscape\u003c\/i\u003e is a rollicking ride across the United States. The book is a celebration of the nourishing potential of long distance cycling. Delpeut moves seamlessly between travel, film and cycling history, paying homage to the diary form. Imagine David Lynch's \u003ci\u003eWild at Heart\u003c\/i\u003e conversing with Bruce Chatwin's \u003ci\u003eIn Patagonia\u003c\/i\u003e and you get some sense of the vitality of this wonderful edition.\" --Dara Waldron, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eA Sheepdog Named Oscar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Delpeut\u003c\/b\u003e (b.1956) is a Dutch author and filmmaker. He has written four novels, several essay books on art and film, and two lyrical books about long distance cycling. For his debut novel in 2007 he was nominated for the Gerard Walschap Prize and awarded the Halewijn Prize. He makes films in many genres: found footage, documentary and features. Many of them are critically acclaimed and prizewinning films, including \u003ci\u003eLyrical Nitrate\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eFelice, Felice...\u003c\/i\u003e; and\u003ci\u003eThe Forbidden Quest\u003c\/i\u003e. Delpeut is represented by Film Secession, an FWA-award winning online film museum. He studied philosophy and film theory, graduating from the Dutch Film Academy in 1984. He served as editor for film magazines \u003ci\u003eSkrien\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVersus\u003c\/i\u003e. From 1988 to 1995 he worked as curator and deputy-director for the Netherlands Filmmuseum (now Eye), famous at the time for its revolutionary color preservations of films from the silent era. In 2005 a retrospective of his film work was presented in Washington D.C., New York and Berkeley. He currently lives in Amsterdam.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 19, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46288673865925,"sku":"9781954600829","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/rYZlPeGx7n9781954600829.webp?v=1780033973","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/the-long-landscape-a-filmmaker-cycles-the-american-west-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}