Teaser 016

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Teaser 016 from mike ambs on Vimeo.

Maybe someone better with words could explain why it is abandoned houses always feel so fascinating when on the road.

I used to spend hours in them on my first bike trip… Tim and I would drag our bikes off the road, make lunch while sitting on a dirty, glass-covered floor. I would poke through old dressers, look for things that used to be important to someone. Baseball cards. Magazines with notes scribbled on the margins.

It was late when Larry came across this old farm-house – he stopped, took a few pictures, wandered around the back and peaked inside… but there wasn’t enough light to really find your way around.

He was only there a few minutes, and then he was back on his bike… I wondered when I was filming this when the last time anyone payed any attention to this empty home.

  • What a great teaser! Now stop teasing! I want to see the full length movie! :)
  • Hey Lori - thanks! I'm glad you liked it - and I know, I know ;) I'm working on it.
  • I posted this up on my blog. Great work!

    http://www.zlogblog.com/2009/07/for-thousands-of-miles.html
  • Hey Zlog - thanks for posting this teaser on your site! :)
  • Love the footage, could have been a scene from twister.
  • Ooh :) you know, we never really had any close calls with twisters. On my first bike trip we had several scary moments... at one point Tim and I were hiding in the tubes of a kid's playground when an older couple demanded we "get the hell inside". About 30 seconds after we did big pieces of tree started racing down the streets like cars. It's was crazy.
  • where was this? It looks eerily similar to a spot on my trip to North Dakota. Amazing sunsets and plenty of abandoned shacks.
  • Hey Zlog :) You're right - it was shot a few miles outside of Tolna, North Dakota, where we ended up staying the night. We had quite a few unreal sunsets while working our way through ND.
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