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Synopsis: It may sound strange, but strictly speaking Boudewijn Büch was not particularly fond of traveling. Rather, it was his broad interest and insatiable curiosity that drove him to every corner of this globe. Traveling was often difficult for him, but he had no other choice. To find out more about his many different fascinations, he had to go out and out of the country. The camera came along. Nice for the viewer, soon, but also practical for Boudewijn, the great storyteller. Sometimes it seemed nothing more than 'put the camera down and turn it', on which Boudewijn briefly and without hesitation explained the most important facts, anecdotes and reasons for taking the viewer to the location in question. There was, incidentally, no script for this: a completely different story was told during a second or third take. At other times his head suddenly appeared in the frame and the storytelling traveler announced with a sense of drama what he would soon check in that Royal museum of Scotland or that American Museum of National History in New York. For the viewer, Boudewijn was actually always himself. Sometimes visibly annoyed, tired or disillusioned. More often you saw him beaming with a jaunty path through a tropical forest, or rather: walking a city.
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