Thursday, February 25, 2010

World's Largest

Showing at SXSW: World's Largest, directed by Amy Elliott and Elizabeth Donius

Synopsis from the movie's website:

Desperate for tourism, hundreds of small towns across the U.S.A. claim the "world's largest" something from 15-foot fiberglass strawberries to 40-foot concrete pheasants. Odd, funny and sometimes beautiful, the statues stand as testaments to the uniqueness and importance—the largeness—that all people feel, and need to feel, about their communities and their own existence. World's Largest, a feature documentary, visits 58 such sites and profiles Soap Lake, Washington's four-year struggle to build the World's Largest Lava Lamp. By documenting these roadside attractions, World's Largest captures the changing landscape of small-town America.

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