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A character in this place proclaims that she wants to “make [the] world a little better” by completely ridding it of this place. In this place, a visitor teaches the concept of stoicism to Vera’s children, which Vera uses against that visitor by promising to stop smashing her porcelain figurines if she manages not to cry. A visitor to this town has a (*) heavy wheel and a small bell chained to her neck after she tries (10[1])to pay one of its citizens to smuggle her out. The end credits of the film in which this town appears features “Young Americans” over photos of impoverished Americans. All of the buildings in this town are depicted using chalk outlines of their frames on a near-empty soundstage. For 10 points, the Nicole Kidman-played Grace seeks refuge in what title Colorado town from an experimental 2003 Lars von Trier film? ■END■

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