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Tulitikkutehtaan Tyttö
''The Match Factory Girl'' () is a 1990 Finnish-Swedish film edited, written, co-produced, and directed by Aki Kaurismäki, the final installment of his Proletariat Trilogy, after his '' Shadows in Paradise'' and ''Ariel''. It follows Iris, a young, plain-looking factory worker living a lonely, impoverished and uneventful life in late 1980s Finland. Iris is played by Kati Outinen, who had appeared in a number of other Kaurismäki films. Plot Iris lives with her middle-aged mother and stepfather, who spend most of their time watching the news on television. They expect her to give them all of her match factory production line job earnings as well as do all the housework. She goes to dances but does not attract partners. She buys a highly coloured dress in the hope that this will increase her appeal. Seeing it, her parents call her a whore and demand she return it, but she defies them and wears it to a dance club. At the club, Iris meets Aarne, who thinks she is a prostitute becaus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aki Kaurismäki
Aki Olavi Kaurismäki (; born 4 April 1957) is a Finnish film director and screenwriter. He is best known for the award-winning '' Drifting Clouds'' (1996), ''The Man Without a Past'' (2002), ''Le Havre'' (2011) and ''The Other Side of Hope'' (2017), as well as for the mockumentary ''Leningrad Cowboys Go America'' (1989). He is described as Finland's best-known film director. Career After graduating in media studies from the University of Tampere, Kaurismäki worked as a bricklayer, postman, and dish-washer, long before pursuing his interest in cinema, first as a critic, and later as a screenwriter & director. He started his career as a co-screenwriter and actor in films made by his older brother, Mika Kaurismäki. He played the main role in Mika's film '' The Liar'' (1981). Together they founded the production company Villealfa Filmproductions and later the Midnight Sun Film Festival. His debut as an independent director was ''Crime and Punishment'' (1983), an adaptation of Dost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Reitinger
Richard Reitinger (born 1951) is a German screenwriter. He is known for co-writing the 1987 film ''Wings of Desire'' with Peter Handke and director Wim Wenders. As Handke submitted writings for the project, Reitinger assisted Wenders in scripting scenes around Handke's contributions. Reitinger later reunited with Wenders to write the ''Wings of Desire'' sequel ''Faraway, So Close!'' with Ulrich Ziegler, with Reitinger and Ziegler responsible for the bulk of the screenplay. ''Faraway, So Close!'' went on to win the Grand Prix at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. Originally from Munich, Reitinger later resided in Kleinmachnow and worked as an art director at Hamburg Media School. Filmography His films include: *''Wings of Desire'' (1987) *''The Match Factory Girl'' (1990) (actor) *''Faraway, So Close!'' (1993) *'' City of Angels'' (1998) (based on ''Wings of Desire'') *''SuperTex ''SuperTex'' is a 2003 English-language Dutch film directed by Jan Schütte and starring Stephen Mang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish Comedy-drama Films
Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also * Finish (other) * Finland (other) * Suomi (other) Suomi means ''Finland'' in Finnish. It may also refer to: *Finnish language * Suomi (surname) * Suomi, Minnesota, an unincorporated community * Suomi College, in Hancock, Michigan, now referred to as Finlandia University * Suomi Island, Western ... * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Aki Kaurismäki
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 Comedy-drama Films
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990s Finnish-language Films
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 Films
The year 1990 in film involved many significant events as shown below. Universal Pictures celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1990. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1990 by worldwide gross are as follows: Events * March 2 - ''The Hunt for Red October'' is released. It is the first film in Tom Clancy's "Jack Ryan" franchise and is met with critical and blockbuster commercial success. * March 23 – '' Pretty Woman'' is released and grosses $463 million, making Julia Roberts a worldwide star. * March 30 – ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' is released to massive box office success. At the time, it is the highest-grossing independent film in history. * May 25 – Universal Pictures unveils a new opening logo with music composed by James Horner, which debuts on '' Back to the Future Part III''. It is the first change to the Universal opening logo in 27 years. * June 1 – CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for CGI characters, used in '' Total Rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visions Of Europe (film)
''Visions of Europe'' is 2004 anthology film consisting of 25 short films by 25 different directors from Europe. References External links * 2004 comedy-drama films 2004 films Anthology films {{2000s-comedy-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Future Film
Future Film Ltd (Future Film Oy) is a Finnish-based home-video distribution company headquartered in Vaasa. From early to late 1990s they were best known as the distributors of children's animation. Future Film's releases were dubbed occasionally by Golden Voice OY (such as the wildly popular Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin) but most frequently they utilized the services of the infamous Agapio Racing Team. In recent years they have become prolific distributors of anime. Their releases include titles such as ''Love Hina'' and ''School Rumble'', ''Fruits Basket'', '' Berserk'', ''Ginga Densetsu Weed'' and so on. This move was possibly motivated by the popularity of the uncut DVD version of ''Nagareboshi Gin''. Also possibly due to this move, their current anime releases feature subtitles rather than dubbing, which is actually the preferred standard for most television programs and theatrical films in Finland. Additionally Future Film has been doing motion-picture home video releases since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blu-ray
The Blu-ray Disc (BD), often known simply as Blu-ray, is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 2005 and released on June 20, 2006 worldwide. It is designed to supersede the DVD format, and capable of storing several hours of high-definition video (HDTV 720p and 1080p). The main application of Blu-ray is as a medium for video material such as feature films and for the physical distribution of video games for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X. The name "Blu-ray" refers to the blue laser (which is actually a violet laser) used to read the disc, which allows information to be stored at a greater density than is possible with the longer-wavelength red laser used for DVDs. The polycarbonate disc is in diameter and thick, the same size as DVDs and CDs. Conventional or pre-BD-XL Blu-ray Discs contain 25 GB per layer, with dual-layer discs (50 GB) being the industry standard for feature-l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RogerEbert
''RogerEbert.com'' is an American film review website that archives reviews written by film critic Roger Ebert for the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' and also shares other critics' reviews and essays. The website, underwritten by the ''Chicago Sun-Times'', was launched in 2002. Ebert handpicked writers from around the world to contribute to the website. After Ebert died in 2013, the website was relaunched under Ebert Digital, a partnership founded between Ebert, his wife Chaz, and friend Josh Golden. Background Two months after Ebert's death, Chaz Ebert hired film and television critic Matt Zoller Seitz as editor-in-chief for the website because his IndieWire blog PressPlay shared multiple contributors with RogerEbert.com, and because both websites promoted each other's content. ''The Dissolve''s Noel Murray described the website's collection of Ebert reviews as "an invaluable resource, both for getting some front-line perspective on older movies, and for getting a better sense of who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Movies
''The Great Movies'' is the name of several publications, both online and in print, from the film critic Roger Ebert. The object was, as Ebert put it, to "make a tour of the landmarks of the first century of cinema." ''The Great Movies'' was published as four books: *''The Great Movies'', published in November 2003 (544 pages, Three Rivers Press, ) *''The Great Movies II'' published in February 2006 (517 pages, Three Rivers Press, ) *''The Great Movies III'', published in October 2011 (440 pages, University of Chicago Press, ) *''The Great Movies IV'', published in September 2016 (288 pages, University of Chicago Press, ) ''The Great Movies'' In his first collection, Ebert lists over one hundred films. * '' 2001: A Space Odyssey'' * ''The 400 Blows'' * '' 8 1⁄2'' * ''Aguirre, the Wrath of God'' * '' Ali: Fear Eats the Soul'' * ''All About Eve'' * ''The Apartment'' * ''Apocalypse Now'' * ''The Apu Trilogy'' * ''Battleship Potemkin'' * ''Beauty and the Beast'' * '' Belle de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
