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>> no. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪ >> anthony: 25 years later after the wall fell, what remains is obligated and unfinished. complicated by history and counter history, urban fabric and attempts to reorder it. berlin fascinates me. the people continues to be drawn to its darkness and its light. ♪ ♪ beautiful world ♪ ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ something good ♪ ♪ beautiful world. ♪ >> anthony: berlin is never berlin. they say. pounded into rub...

Starting to only wear black. and when i came to berlin, i was like, yes. here, i can be who i want to be and it almost felt magical. >> yeah. >> anthony: do you think the people who came here from other countries back in the weimar era and now, people are looking for a dark side? do you think? >> with the people looking into things they cannot do, they are looking for things that are forbidden. you told the people who have come and gone crazy. >> it is capturing peoples imaginations. people come...

>> no. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪ >> anthony: 25 years later after the wall fell, what remains is obligated and unfinished. complicated by history and counter history, urban fabric and attempts to reorder it. berlin fascinates me. the people continues to be drawn to its darkness and its light. ♪ ♪ beautiful world ♪

In Berlin, Anthony Bourdain encounters an extremely accepting society, teeming with unbridled creativity, despite a grim history; against the backdrop of...

>> anthony: sunday afternoon in berlin, the fleamarket is a place where artists and locals alike can find what they want and did not know they needed. >> adidas tracksuit. >> is a good look. frugal shoppers, we have some purchases in mind. >> this is usually where i take a cigarette break. >> anthony: it will help? >> what would you do if you had a five-year-old brain. the synapses are going like -- thank you. we spent one second with the records. >> anthony: oh, hell yeah. >> im mainly looking ...

Cabarets darkest news. he is the creator of a theatrical event that reimagines cabaret culture of the 20s with dark, brooding, sexual undertones. we meet at gross in west berlin. the promised 1920s style classic fair i was in this regard disappointed. the food was excellent, though. germany is cool with you know, coming to a our country to get high and party? [ laughter ] >> germany is berlin. >> anthony: berlin. >> and we say berlin is not a germany. i remember the first time i was in berlin wh...

Berlin has a reputation as a place you can come and be anything you want to, behave pretty much as you want and nobody is going to ask. is that true, do you think? and why? >> endemic art is still possible. it is really important. you can create here independently affording your little space and to what the [bleep] you want to do. it is still the cheapest and more affordable. maybe you dont get anywhere. maybe you dont make much money. you can age-friendly. no artist in new york city or paris or...

And free expression? >> was berlin was always very international. we had people who were flying in from all walks of life, artists from all genres were here and we were surrounded by east. the wall was a solid resistance and you need a strong enemy to build a stronger muscles and people who were living here had to improvise a lot. >> anthony: what is seen by many as a golden period, the weimar area was in fact music and culture and art in between two really awful events followed by the war time ...

>> really? >> yeah, champagne really works, obviously. >> anthony: i like this. it is a good match. cool place where you can come and see movies like this. the film premiered in berlin in 1927 presenting troubling issues of its time and it turns out hours, corporate greed, political corruption, social inequality, and in the figure, the dangerous and powerful role the individual activist an impressive culture. she is a little cross side. >> yeah, but is sexy you know? [ laughter ] >> anthony: her...

Prostitutes. how did you approach your subjects? do you establish a relationship? >> it is dependent on the situation. somewhere. others were exhibitionists. they had fights. but most of the time, i did not have any problems because of the situations. i better retreat or i get my ass kicked. an idea of how far you go. >> anthony: in recent years, he has been making films as well. shooting in abandoned spaces, so putting all of his taboo, all that is wrong, all that is right about berlin. with an...