How did you come up with the idea for making the film?
Waraluck: Co-director David Reeve is my friend. He’s from the UK, and came to Bangkok in 2009. We had already made a short film together, but we wanted to make another film on the subject of Thailand. One day at Chatuchak Market, David saw an old man playing a violin and it struck him that the man was playing just because he wanted to play, and not because he wanted to make money or become famous.
When we listened to commercial music on Thai radio, we noticed that there were hundreds of songs based on almost the same melody. To show a wider range, we wanted to focus on people who play music for the sake of music.