- Cutting The Pattern is a look into the lives of two eleven year-olds spending a summer weekend fighting off boredom. It was based on my own memories of a cherished childhood in Iowa during the 60s and 70s, when the only structure to our play was having enough matches for the afternoon, and how to get your bike-chain back on in a hurry.—Anonymous
- With puberty still a wildfire on the distant horizon, two best friends are in an all-out war against boredom during a summer weekend in the American Midwest of the early 70s. Jeffrey, age 10, leaves the tranquility of his quiet home and protective older sister to spend the weekend at his best friend Walter's, where he hovers on the periphery of a world of unfamiliar emotional intensity and drama. Walter's world of older brothers gives Jeffrey a glimpse of the chaotic, unruly and excitingly lawless life that waits for him. Cutting The Pattern is a dreamy montage of coveted memories from Kao's childhood. Considered sacred by the film-maker, he presents a child's first, uninformed looks at the social environment that will inevitably shape their being, as they grow out of the purity and uniqueness of childhood and into the sloppy, romantic calamity of adult life.
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