couldn't read this story without thinking of these films https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jan/22/uk-home-office-tells-stateless-man-go-home?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 22 January 2018 13:10 (six years ago) link
stunned that this is the only thread on kaurismaki on ilx
― flappy bird, Monday, 14 May 2018 04:37 (six years ago) link
loved The Other Side of Hope
its total absence from year-end discussion is a fuckin' crime
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Sunday, December 10, 2017 9:49 PM (five months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otmfm
― flappy bird, Friday, 18 May 2018 16:43 (six years ago) link
I need to watch Calamari Union.
― JoeStork, Friday, 18 May 2018 16:54 (six years ago) link
the Aki Kaurismäki poll
― flappy bird, Friday, 15 June 2018 04:43 (five years ago) link
NYC retro
http://metrograph.com/series/series/215/total-kaurismki-show
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 25 March 2019 17:59 (five years ago) link
Wow, nice. Odds are high that I'll check this out on Saturday, and scanning the schedule it looks like that day they're showing the only three I haven't seen (I think) - Crime & Punishment, Hamlet, and Calamari Union. Any recs on which one I should pick?
― One Eye Open, Monday, 25 March 2019 18:16 (five years ago) link
I've seen Hamlet, liked it. CU is on Vimeo.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 25 March 2019 18:26 (five years ago) link
ah man what a drag, I would've tried to come up to NYC for this but so soon. all 35mm! fuck me running
― flappy bird, Monday, 25 March 2019 18:38 (five years ago) link
Yeah I really wish I could be around to catch more of the color films in 35, like Drifting Clouds.
― One Eye Open, Monday, 25 March 2019 19:06 (five years ago) link
For those unable to get to NYC, this Region 2 blu ray set is available fairly cheaply, in the UK at least:
https://curzonartificialeye.com/the-aki-kaurism%C3%A4ki-collection/
― Ward Fowler, Monday, 25 March 2019 19:11 (five years ago) link
are they not showing La Vie de Boheme? It's got no dates next to it
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Monday, 25 March 2019 19:14 (five years ago) link
They must be... perhaps some scheduling dilemma soon to be resolved.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 14:31 (five years ago) link
actually, the Calamari Union that is on Vimeo is a cheap US remake! so I missed it. Fuck.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 5 April 2019 20:09 (five years ago) link
priority number one was drifting clouds but I couldn't make it because of exhibiting at Mocca festival. However, I am going to man without a past tonight.
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 9 April 2019 14:21 (five years ago) link
Drifting Clouds was a treat, but I was a little baffled by the boite ex machina that resolved things
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 10 April 2019 17:45 (five years ago) link
gonna try to make Juha tomw night
I made it to Match Factory Girl, which was wonderful in 35mm. On the big screen, I had a lot of fun being able to observe the micro-changes in expression on Kati Outinen's face. As always with AK I discovered some laff moments that I'd never noticed before.
― One Eye Open, Wednesday, 10 April 2019 17:59 (five years ago) link
How's the new one?
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 5 January 2024 16:02 (four months ago) link
Same Aki, different day. I loved it & laughed a lot, easily top ten of the year for me.
― waste of compute (One Eye Open), Friday, 5 January 2024 16:21 (four months ago) link
would be interested to know the bingo score per this threadIn every Aki Kaurismäki film ever
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Friday, 5 January 2024 17:15 (four months ago) link
The female lead is the spitting image of a young Kati Outinen, even
― waste of compute (One Eye Open), Friday, 5 January 2024 18:14 (four months ago) link
Yeah, it really is objectively Just Another Kaurismaki Film but somehow this one really hit with me - the warmth and the no-nonsense portrayal of how the working class gets fucked over and the lobby cards.
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 5 January 2024 21:47 (four months ago) link
great soundtrack too
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 2 February 2024 08:42 (three months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9W1n6kygmITakedan kehtolaulu (Takeda No Komoriuta)
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 2 February 2024 08:44 (three months ago) link
really loved FALLEN LEAVES, particularly the first three-fourths or so. sort of felt that the end was a bit too tidy but it’s a small complaint
― brony james (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 24 April 2024 22:33 (one month ago) link