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Carts of Darkness
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Carts of Darkness is a 2008 National Film Board of Canada documentary film by Murray Siple about a group of homeless men in the city of North Vancouver who use shopping carts to collect bottles and cans to return for money... and also to race down the city's steep slope for thrills.The men in the film control the carts using only their weight and one foot during descents that cross intersections, with top speeds claimed to be as high as 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 him to regain the excitement he had experienced with extreme sports and to relate to a fellow group of outsiders.It can be found and watched on YouTube. | |
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Barefoot Poverty | |
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Barefoot Poverty: Averted, Al makes sure to point out how important footwear is to cart racing and makes sure he always has usable sneakers. | |
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Shopping Cart of Homelessness | |
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Shopping Cart of Homelessness: Pretty much all the homeless men featured use shopping carts for everything they do. | |
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Bittersweet Ending | |
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Bittersweet Ending: The homeless men trust Siple enough to let him into their lives, Al takes him on a shopping cart ride down one of the steeper hills, and Ferg has a safe place to sleep... but the majority of the men are still homeless and Ferg is still an alcoholic. | |
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Drowning My Sorrows | |
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Drowning My Sorrows: Ferg is an alcoholic and mentions suicide at least once. | |
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Shopping Cart Antics | |
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Shopping Cart Antics: The entire film revolves around homeless people racing shopping carts down steep hills for thrills. | |
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Empty Fridge, Empty Life | |
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Empty Fridge, Empty Life: When Ferg gets his own home, he points out that his fridge is empty. | |
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Homeless Pigeon Person | |
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Homeless Pigeon Person: Ferg mentions having two pet skunks at one point. | |
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Thrill Seeker | |
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Thrill Seeker: The homeless men, as well as the director, are arguably looking for thrills. | |
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Lives in a Van | |
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Lives in a Van: Bob, the old man from the skate park, lives in what looks like an old, run down camper. | |
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Hobos | |
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Hobos: Much of the homeless men presented in this film keep themselves afloat by collecting bottles from garbage containers to sell and are otherwise unemployed. | |
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Wisdom from the Gutter | |
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Wisdom from the Gutter: All of the homeless men have tidbits of wisdom to give Siple, but Al takes the cake when he tells him than any amount drinking can affect his friends and family. | |
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Dream-Crushing Handicap | |
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Dream-Crushing Handicap: Siple loved extreme skateboarding and snowboarding, at least before his accident left him quadriplegic. | |
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Dark and Troubled Past | |
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Dark and Troubled Past: Al is arrested halfway through the film and Siple is never told why, aside from vague comments about theft. | |
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