Aki is a great artist. I actually grew up in the same town in Southern-Finland where Aki spends his summers at. I've had a few short chats with him when I've visited that town, a very interesting person.
Proof positive that throwing millions of dollars at films is not necessary ; Aki makes films on a shoestring (and it shows) but the story is always told with great tenderness and skill. A true master.
Excellent interview, thank you for posting this. I've gotten really hooked on Kaurismaki movies lately. I'm popping one a day, sometimes two if there's time. They're utterly engrossing, funny and heartbreaking. The ideas in the last five or so minutes of "The Match Factory Girl" alone would have been enough to fuel two or three Hollywood movies, but they would have begun just where Kaurismaki ended. We've all seen enough movies like that, there was no point in going further.
what the fuck i saw literally the same interview what is this a different universe? literally, the same just a different environment wtf is happening reality fucks me up, man...
He said to call proletarians the characters in his proletariat trilogy is not correct as proletarians are a pretty specific social class. These are well below proletarians, they are straight out losers.
