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Video teaser - For the Love of Mud cyclocross film

Documentary is by Benedict Campbell, who shot 2012 ToB film, It Ain't About Cav...

A British film maker is following followed up his documentary about the 2012 Tour of Britain with one that explores all aspects of the cyclocross scene from a Rapha Super Cross event in the UK through to the biggest Continental races.

Benedict Campbell, who spent two decades working as a photographer in the advertising industry, says he’ll be working over the winter on the film, called For the Love of Mud.

In the meantime, he’s posted this teaser to Vimeo.

"FOR THE LOVE OF MUD" TEASER-1 from benedict campbell on Vimeo.

Here’s Campbell’s earlier film, It Ain’t About Cav, which followed last year’s Tour or Britain.

"IT AIN'T ABOUT CAV" THE FILM from benedict campbell on Vimeo.

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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WolfieSmith | 10 years ago
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I love Benedict's films but he needs to resist the slo mo a little. It's video's equivalent of HDR - so seductive but to be used sparingly. He makes Sam Peckinpah seem concise. Slo mo should be used to emphasise an action - not as a default speed for most of the action.

Most of this trailer is people in Lycra carrying bikes up a steep hill veryyyyyyyy slowlyyyyyyy. I don't care if it's a classic event. It's no more CX than chasing a cheese down a hill is fell running. All it is is hill walking with a bike instead of a back pack.

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scrapper | 10 years ago
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Looks Fantastic !!

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