Fox Racing Presents Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
This fast-paced compilation of film clips illustrates in surprisingly  picturesque ways the startling tricks some of the best motorcycle riders in the  world can perform while sailing through space on the back of a dirt bike. After  kicking off with some vintage motocross films (perfectly complemented by Arlo  Guthrie singing "The Motorcycle Song"), the action (and soundtrack) throttles  forward to the modern era's artful and risky freestyle motocross. Riders make  impossibly high jumps on race courses, mountain trails, and desert hillsides.   The cinematography is generally quite striking, with camera angles chosen to  showcase expert riding techniques as well as some spectacular scenery, and the  soundtrack of thrashing rock and rap meshes well with the visuals. Wisely, the  main feature has no narration (which would have ruined the general effect), but  a bonus feature of interviews with the riders provides some insight into their  dangerous devotion to showing off in midair.--Robert J. McNamara