Space Cowboy wrote:

If there was a video I missed it.

Not only video, but videos -- about 7 various download formats are
available as well as streaming options in Quicktime and Real, all under
the title screen shot. If you have broadband, just download the MPEG4
or MPEG1 file and see this thing in moving glory. It really is a
fascinating film.

There was a gallery of still shots
and at the dinner table the boy's face was blocked by a bowl which you
could assume was a handleless tea cup but if you noticed the
chopsticks it was obviously a rice bowl.

I see the still in question now. Yes, it is a rice bowl.

I didn't notice any tea
apperati in the shots.

Tea makes its appearance throughout the film. In fact, it opens with
shots of schoolchildren walking through tea fields. All in all, the
film is an effective tool for taking a pot shot at Alex's comments
below.

--crymad


crymad wrote in message ...
Space Cowboy wrote:

Why is he using chopsticks with his tea cup?


Is this during the dinner scene? I watched again, but didn't see what
you're referring to. If you can tell me at what time point this occurs,
I might be able to spot it.

--crymad


crymad wrote in message ...
Alex Chaihorsky wrote:

Japanese Tea Ceremony is
very deeply connected to the issues of Japanese national character,
self-conscience, traditions and traditional values. I made a statement that
I believe that the old Japanese traditional systems of values of which
Bushido is as central as imperial rule are coming.

I too was skeptical of this farfetched claim. But shocking evidence
recently unearthed proves shows that tea is indeed irrevocably linked
with the murderous and fanatical Japanese psyche. Filmed in 1941, just
shortly before the attacks on Pearl Harbor, this documentary provides a
glimpse into the secret world of Japanese militaristic indoctrination.
See the young boys of the day being shaped into the barbaric Kamikaze of
tomorrow. And it all begins...WITH A SIP OF TEA!

http://tinyurl.com/45alc

--crymad