Mika kaurismäki filmer

Helsinki: Otava.
Forss, Timo (2005): Väsynyt susi. He has named the Finnish language as the home of his thinking, and his dreams of writing seem to be alive and well.

Kaurismäki has often declared his love for books; in an interview with Peter von Bagh, a Finnish film scholar and director, he said, as if joking with a friend: “On average, they [books] don’t let you down and they allow more freedom of imagination than films, for example, which you, of course, won’t admit.” The dialogue in his films, the scripts published as books, his sharp statements in interviews, and his experiments towards literature clearly show that he is a true master of the Finnish language.

With Kaurismäki, the choice between film and literature does not seem a natural one; he is fond of them both.

Alongside The Other Side of Hope, it’s also the filmmaker’s most directly political film, charting as it does the fortunes of shoe-shiner Marcel (André Wilms) and his unexpected ward, a young Gabonese refugee named Idrissa (Blondin Miguel).

In his thank you speech, Kaurismäki said: “I want to thank all parties concerned for your trust. Exquisitely shot by longtime cinematographer Timo Salminen in silvery black and white, Juha may well be an exercise in pastiche, but it remains every bit the Kaurismäki picture. with Aki Kaurismäki)
Documentary about Finnish Rock, with Juice Leskinen,
Eppu Normaali and Hassisen Kone
THE LIAR (Valehtelija)
with Aki Kaurismäki, Pirkko Hämäläinen, Juuso Hirvikangas    Retrospectives:
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