Just...the forms in his films are so perfect. Even his lesser films are so perfectly constructed.
― Shitschnitzel (admrl), Tuesday, 10 April 2012 00:17 (twelve years ago) link
liked Le Havre v much when i went to see it last night, and have now enjoyed reading the (too few!) posts on this thread (esp like tracer's comments about the way that the film's slightly elusive periodisation points to a larger universal/historical condition). the style of the film did strike me as v. bressonian - one of the v. first shots, of feet walking, seemed partic 'pickpockety' - but yeah, allied to that is kaurismaki's own beautiful whimsy and compassion. for a moment i thought that the 'miracle' at the end of the film was another 'lie' staged by arletty and the doctors for the husband's benefit, but the final scene w/ the cherry blossoms (v. Ozo-y!) seemed to suggest it was to be taken at 'face value'.
it was interesting seeing this film not long after seeing the Dardennes' The Kid With a Bike - two films about an adult unexpectedly caring for a vulnerable child, both with a great feel for location, and for the possibility of community, even now.
― Ward Fowler, Friday, 20 April 2012 08:02 (eleven years ago) link
Kaurismaki and Takeshi Kitano are my two favourite working directors and they have many similarities i think
― aboulia banks (Noodle Vague), Friday, 20 April 2012 10:21 (eleven years ago) link
Two Finns are in a bar. After hours of silence, one man raises his glass to the other and says, “Cheers.” The other man snaps back, “I didn’t come here for conversation.”
this is one of my fave jokes by the way altho in my version dude says something like "I thought we were drinking, not chatting"
― aboulia banks (Noodle Vague), Friday, 20 April 2012 12:43 (eleven years ago) link
That joke could make me move to Finland.
― Touché Gödel (ledge), Friday, 20 April 2012 13:18 (eleven years ago) link
nice. where does the joke come from?
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 08:15 (eleven 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), Monday, 11 December 2017 02:49 (six years ago) link
Agreed. I think he's so reliably great that people take him granted.
― Akdov Telmig (Ward Fowler), Monday, 11 December 2017 06:23 (six years ago) link
maybe he's not "serious" enough for some people
his movies never seem to get shown by the centrist dad arthouse clique in my city
― The Dearth of Stollen (Noodle Vague), Monday, 11 December 2017 11:14 (six years ago) link
this movie was amazing
sort of a diptych with le havre, really
it's like if jim jarmusch movies were actually good!
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 21 January 2018 01:23 (six years ago) link
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 (five years ago) link
― 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 (five years ago) link
I need to watch Calamari Union.
― JoeStork, Friday, 18 May 2018 16:54 (five 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 (three 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 (three 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 (three 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 (three 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 (three months ago) link
great soundtrack too
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 2 February 2024 08:42 (two months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9W1n6kygmITakedan kehtolaulu (Takeda No Komoriuta)
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 2 February 2024 08:44 (two months ago) link