THE FILM
Summer 2008. Three Australian experimental musicians (Chris Cobilis, Predrag Delibasich, Stina Thomas) travel to Tokyo for a tour. There they perform their music and do what all tourists do: eat, drink, go sightseeing, take photos, befriend strangers and battle the humidity. The camera quietly observes these goings-on, occasionally straying off path to witness the tiny and magical moments of everyday Tokyo. Told in a series of fragments and full of heart and humour, Three Hams in a Can adopts a minimalist approach to documenting the tour and the strange, yet familiar world the musicians enter.
"Part music documentary, part home movie, part meditation on the nature of friendship, this gentle, humorous film sees McGrath following his subjects to concerts, to after show drinks, to tourist sites, and to a barbeque in their honour. Along the way no chairs are thrown, no hotel rooms are smashed, and nobody is arrested."
- Jack Sargeant, Revelation Perth International Film Festival
