Kitchen Stories

The idea's interesting in a quirky kind of way - Swedish study into kitchen use habits of single men involves the installation of observers (sitting on high chairs in the corners of kitchens) recording all of the movements of said single men (in Norway) and living in a caravan just outside the subjects' houses (one observer per subject, natch). Study motivated by ideals of scientific purity, meaning that there's not supposed to be any interaction between observer and subject. Film focuses on one particular pairing and the relationship that develops between the two. I found it a bit of a slog, though. It's sweet-natured and has a little bit to say about seeing the world from the perspective of others, etc (and I wondered if there were some national stereotypes involving Sweden and Norway being activated as well), but the film was too lacking in 'hooks' for me to get into it at any point.