today's blog is devoted entirely to the best bike movie ever made: Breaking Away. Today we visited some of the locations where the film was made and tried to recreate some of the scenes.
For those who have not seen the movie, here is a quick summary: Dave Stoller is an aspiring cyclist who learns that the best cyclists are Italian --- ok, the film was made 30 years ago. So he tries to turn himself into an Italian: he shaves his legs, sings opera and eats zucchini. He enchants an Indiana U coed, Katherine whom he calls Katarina, by singing to her in Italian in front of her sorority. There is a brawl between Dave and his friends and the frat boys at Indiana over Katarina which takes place at the student union bowling alley and the student beer hall. The matter is finally settled at a bike race between Dave and his friends and the frat boys. The local boys are known as cutters bcs their fathers all worked at the local quarry. Today we tried to recreate some of the scenes. Nini plays the role of Katarina.
Many thanks to the folks at Revoluation Bike and Bean for helping us find the locations and to Farm Bloomington for feeding us so well tonight. It was the best meal we have had on this trip.
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