$25.39. Eclipse Series 12: Aki Kaurismäki’s Proletariat Trilogy The poignant, deadpan films of Aki Kaurismäki are pitched somewhere in the wintry nether lands between comedy and tragedy. Tulitikkutehtaan tyttö [The Match Factory Girl] (1990) Eclipse Series 12: Aki Kaurismäki’s Proletariat Trilogy: Eclipse Series 12: Aki Kaurismäki’s Proletariat Trilogy: 1068: 1068. SHADOWS IN PARADISE screens Wednesday, May 1 at 12:30 and 6:00. In this, The Match Factory Girl is the most determinist entry of the Proletariat Trilogy: there is no escape outside, there is only the life you can make for yourself. 5. Alone, Maria puts to use her beauty and ambition in order to find prosperity during Germany's "economic miracle" of the 1950s. 浪華悲歌 [Osaka Elegy] (1936) Eclipse Series 13: … Part of Aki Kaurismäki’s Proletariat Trilogy. Shadows in Paradise (1986) tells the shaky love story between a garbage collector and a grocery store clerk, played by two of Kaurismäki’s formidable troupe of regulars, Matti Pellonpää and Kati Outinen. His vision of Helsinki is critical and singularly unromantic. W DVD 9536. When it's all said and done, Aki Kaurismäki's Proletariat Trilogy - Eclipse Series 12 is a quirky tribute to the stoic persistence of the working class in the Baltic states. The three films we’re talking about in this episode are from the late 1980s and form what has come to be known as the Proletariat Trilogy due to their droll look at low-wage blue collar life on the fringe in Finland. / Street Date September 23, 2008 / 44.95 Starring Matti Pellonpää Cinematography Timo Salminen Art Direction Risto Karhula, Pertti Hilkamo, Heikki Ukkonen Film Editor Aki Kaurismäki, Raija Talvio Aki Kaurismaki communes with Finland's working class in his "Proletariat Trilogy," a collection of three muted, tragicomic portraits of characters drowning in mundane lives. Matti Pellonpää (I) on IMDb: Movies, Tv, Celebrities, and more... Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Golden Globes Emmys STARmeter Awards San Diego Comic-Con New York Comic-Con Sundance Film Festival Toronto Int'l Film Festival Awards Central Festival Central All Events 1 copy available at Lincoln Center. Aki Kaurismäki's Proletariat Trilogy (Shadows in Paradise / Ariel / The Match Factory Girl) For me, the Trilogy is perfect filmmaking--sad, humorous, ironic, dead pan, sometimes with a happy ending. In this episode, we talk about Eclipse Series 12: Aki Kaurismäki’s Proletariat Trilogy. Unable to remember his name or anything from his past life, he cannot get a job or an apartment, so he starts living on the outskirts of the city and slowly starts putting his life back on track. Alvar Aalto, technology and nature. W DVD 7564. Aki Kaurismäki's Proletariat Trilogy. With this one Kaurismäki started his long-term partnership with two of his most frequent and assiduous actors: the actor Matti Pellonpää and the actress Kati Outinen. Kaurismäki: “I decided to make a film that would make Robert Bresson seem like a director of epic action pictures.” 35mm print courtesy Finnish Film Foundation. Kaurismäki is a Finish film director whose most recent work is 2011’s Le Havre . 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