jack kerouac's attitude towards sex and drugs was shocking at the time, but the film comes off as tamealles is one of brazil's best known directors. in 1998, he won the golden bear at the berlin film festival for "central station." the story of a young boy and an older woman who meet at the train station showed walter salles' interest in road movies early on. >> the more you get distance from your rudes, from the starting point, the more you possibly gain perspective on who you are -- the more you gain distance from your roots, you gain perspective on where you are, where you come from, and who you want to be. >> "on the road" has taken 55 years to get from page to screen, also an avid german. fans will soon get to see the film lives up to their expectations. >> we're going to watch that one. >> yes, we are. >> all right. stay with us. we will be back again at the top of the hour. >> you can find more on our website dw.de. see you soon. ♪ captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- ♪ ♪