Bourdain in Buddhist Lands and "Roadrunner"

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They should make a movie.

(YT Movies, Aug. 4, 2021) It's not where you go. It's what you leave behind... Chef, writer, adventurer, provocateur Anthony Bourdain lived his life unabashedly. Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain is an intimate, behind-the-scenes look at how an anonymous chef became a world-renowned cultural icon. From Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville, this unflinching look at Bourdain reverberates with his presence, in his own voice and in the way he indelibly impacted the world around him. Provider: NBC Universal. Rated: R.

Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain

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Bourdain in Buddhist Dambulla Cave Temple, Sri Lanka (Jason Laveris/FilmMagic/Getty)

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Giant Leshan Buddha, China (lionsroar.com)

(Travel + Leisure) After filming ten seasons of “Parts Unknown” (and numerous shows before that), Anthony Bourdain has heard every click-bait question in the book.

Asking for his travel advice feels a bit like quizzing a student with a photographic memory; the answers roll out before the questions take up any space in the air. He has one-liners already loaded in his holster.

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(He compares himself at a TSA checkpoint to a “recidivist criminal” who “goes limp and doesn’t resist”).

And he knows the tired questions he’s likely to hear. (By the way, he hates being asked, “What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten?”) [It had to be that time he was tricked into tasting warthog anus by Kalahari hunter-gatherers in Namibia, Africa:]

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But the man who is known for his pithy, often R-rated maxims speaks slowly and deferentially when asked about a place he’s visited, person who has guided him, or anything he’s learned from another culture.

He praises a strong work ethic and extols creativity. He has kind, thoughtful words for anything previously undiscovered, even [Hillbilly Heaven] West Virginia [home of the Buddhist Bhavana Society].

Before his new season of Parts Unknown even premieres on CNN, he is out filming the next. Bourdain spoke to Travel + Leisure from a motel in West Virginia coal country, a place he described as “beautiful and heart-breaking,” before embarking on a day of shooting. More