SPECIFICATIONS

English Title : Naoko Is Trying to Teach Me How to Make 'Tonkatsu' in 1 Minute
Running Time: 1 minute
Genre: Experimental Documentary
Audio: Sound
Language: English
Format: DV
Year: 2006

 

 

CAST & CREW

Director: Sompot Chidgasornpongse

Starring: Naoko Tasaka

 

 

SYNOPSIS

 

A short video about culture, and how two of the most common issues, language and food, can become such struggles when combined. Philosophy, theory, politics? It's hard enough just to talk about our favourite food!

 

 

SELECTED SCREENINGS

2016 ‘Are We There Yet?’, DAM’N Cine Club, Bangkok, Thailand

2011 'Personal Ethnographies', Echo Park Film Center, CA, USA

2008 'Project 6', Bangkok-Phuket-Chiangmai, Thailand

2008 The 5th Bangkok Experimental Film Festival, Thailand

2007 Root & Culture gallery, Chicago, USA

2007 'Confronting Paradise', The Tank, NY, USA

2007 REDCAT: selected in CalArts School of Film/Video Showcase 2007, CA, USA