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by Jill Robinson
Thu, November 22, 2007, 3:00 am PST

How does a traveler get a sense of the true nature of a place? Filmmakers Florian Thalhofer and Mark Simon chose to tour each other's countries (Germany and the United States, respectively), skip the tourist traps, and interview people. Each artist picked his route based on readers' suggestions. Florian traveled by motorbike. Mark drove a car. Together, they weave a story that shows us far more about each country than the average vacation would...

In Chemnitz, a huge bust of Karl Marx stirs talk of tolerance.
In Indiana, Eric and Erica tell the story of how they met.
In Radebeul, Lonely Man gets to the heart of the German fascination for films about Native Americans.
In Missouri, Jemy and Anton explain why they need their guns with them.
In Eisenach, Dmitry plays the accordion on a street corner.
In Iowa, a sheriff tells Florian to "be careful."
In Brandenburg, a retired minister shares some history.
In Louisiana, Dick spells out how we're all the same.

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Posted by vmarketics | Thu, November 22, 2007, 9:13 am PST

we dont see much of travel related films these days.
look forward to see the above ones soon.
thanks for the write-up.

www.vmarketics.com/bala

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