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| Aki
Kaurismäki |
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| Director
/ Screenwriter / Producer / Editor |
| 1957 - |
| Born April 4,
Orimattila, Finland |
| Key
Production Countries: Finland, Germany |
| Key Genres:
Road Movie, Comedy, Comedy Drama |
| Key
Collaborators: Timo
Salminen (Cinematographer), Kati Outinen (Leading Player), Matti Pellonpaa (Leading Player),
Elina Salo (Leading Player), Sakari Kuosmanen
(Leading Character Player), Esko Nikkari
(Character Player), Jukka Salmi (Production Designer), Silu Seppala (Character Player),
Kari Vaananen (Leading Player), Raija Talvio (Editor) |
| Highly
Recommended: The
Man Without a Past (2002) |
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Recommended: Ariel
(1988) |
| Worth
a Look: Leningrad
Cowboys Go America (1989), The Match Factory Girl (1990), Take Care of
Your Scarf, Tatjana (1994), Drifting
Clouds (1996) |
| Links:
[
IMDB ] [ All-Movie
Guide ] [
Film Reference ]
[ Strictly
Film School ] [ The
Kaurismäki Web Site ] [ A
Kaurismäki Homepage ] [
Virtual Finland Page ] |
| DVD's:
[ Amazon
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21st Century's Most Acclaimed Films:
The
Man Without a Past (2002) |
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"Kaurismäki's
ironic sense of humour lends his best work a wacky, off-the-wall
quality. Forming a production company in 1981 with brother Mika
(who has also directed several films), he quickly made a name
for himself with witty, irreverent, almost comic-strip-style
adventures, comedies and melodramas, plus one or two revisionist
versions of famous dramas (Crime and Punishment,
Hamlet Goes Business), which paid a little, if not much more
attention to the story." - David
Quinlan (Quinlan's Illustrated Guide to Film Directors, 1999) |
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"The films of
maverick Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki are mostly about
taciturn losers in soulless jobs in bleak surroundings. However,
their grimness is enlivened by his dry humour...Kaurismäki's
philosophy is summed up in a line from Drifting Clouds:
"Life is short and miserable. Be as merry as you can." -
Ronald Bergan (Film - Eyewitness Companions, 2006) |
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"He
worked as an artist, dishwasher, builder, postman and machinist
before collaborating with his elder brother, film-maker Mika
Kaurismäki; as a team, they became key figures in the
development of Finnish cinema...His films are characterized by
their deadpan humour, melancholy feel and sympathetic portrayals
of outsiders." -
(Chambers Film Factfinder, 2006) |
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