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 (four years ago) link
How's the new one?
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 5 January 2024 16:02 (two 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 (two 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 (two 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 (two 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 (two months ago) link
great soundtrack too
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 2 February 2024 08:42 (one month ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9W1n6kygmITakedan kehtolaulu (Takeda No Komoriuta)
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 2 February 2024 08:44 (one month ago) link