A nameless man comes to town and gets beaten to death in the first possible moment. Here starts this epic drama, film or should we say a dream of lonely hearts with empty pockets under the big sky of our lords or should we say birds.
My last film was black and white and silent, which clearly shows that I am a man of business. However, going forward on that road would demand skipping out the picture next. What would we have then; a shadow. So, always ready for compromises, I decided to turn around and made this film here, which has loads of dialogues plus a variety of colours - not to mention other commercial values.
I have to admit, that deep in my subconscious, there might have been a hope that this step would make me seem normal, too. My social, economical and political views of the state of society, moral and love can hopefully be found from the film itself,
Sincerely Yours Aki Kaurismäki
Biography
Born 4.4.1957, but...
Films as director: 1981 THE SAIMAA GESTURE 1983 CRIME AND PUNISHMENT 1985 CALAMARI UNION 1986 SHADOWS IN PARADISE 1986 ROCKY VI (short) 1987 HAMLET GOES BUSINESS 1987 THRU THE WIRE (short) 1988 ARIEL 1989 LENINGRAD COWBOYS GO AMERICA 1989 THE MATCH FACTORY GIRL 1990 I HIRED A CONTRACT KILLER 1991 THOSE WERE THE DAYS (short) 1992 LA VIE DE BOHEME 1992 THESE BOOTS (short) 1993 TOTAL BALALAIKA SHOW (doc.) 1993 TAKE CARE OF YOUR SCARF, TATJANA 1994 LENINGRAD COWBOYS MEET MOSES 1996 DRIFTING CLOUDS 1998 JUHA 2002 DOGS HAVE NO HELL (episode in Ten Minutes Older —project) 2002 THE MAN WITHOUT A PAST
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