Desc: Chance Operations: Directed by Rob Smits. With Genpo Roshi, Ed White. The film is a personal record of what it means to be on the road. It is based on the classical novel by Jack Kerouac 'On the Road'. The filmmaker traveled through the United States visiting Detroit, Chicago, Denver, Salt Lake City and San Francisco, examining whether the unbiased and adventurous way of life that characterizes the novel still exists in today's America.