A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
March 24, 2017
Original Title:
RIDE OR DIE
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 5
Through reclaimed, remixed, and reinterpreted footage from the Fast & Furious franchise, this video piece explores the on and off-screen relationship between Vin Diesel and Paul Walker, who passed away in a car accident on November 30, 2013. Across six panels, we follow the two men and their fictional counterparts as they race and rescue one another over and over again on a last ride that, thanks to cinema, can extend into infinity. Vin sings a Rihanna ballad to his now fallen friend, who exists within movies but is no longer with us in reality.
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