'Little Deluxe Living' - a short film
Seven Samurai
'Little Deluxe Living' is a short
film (15 mins) about the contemporary rural idyll as played out in
England and in Japan.
Filmed during our residency in Japan and at Karen's home in the
iconic Lake District countryside, it features the village women of
Toge & two men, both obsessed with architectural heritage in
very different ways - David Tate and Karl
Bengs. David is the founder of Lilliput Lane in Cumbria
(makers of cute collectable house miniatures) and a passionate
advocate of British vernacular architecture. Karl is an emigre German
craftsman/designer who has devoted his working life to saving
traditional Japanese homes - building his own utopian village just
across the valley from Toge.
Photo: Nina Pope