Aki Kaurismäki
2001 · 53 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 54 VOTES · DIR. Guy Girard
Overview
Renowned filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki, creator of The Man Without a Past (Grand Prix du Jury, 2002 Cannes Film Festival) and acclaimed films such as Ariel, Leningrad Cowboys Go America, and Drifting Clouds, is the subject of AKI KAURISMÄKI, the latest release from the Cinema, of Our Time series. The younger member of Finland's most prolific and irreverent filmmaking team, Kaurismäki, together with older brother Mika, virtually invented ""The New Finnish Cinema."" Since 1981, Kaurismäki has made twenty-two films, many of which are excerpted in this documentary.
Dialogue Timeline — 541 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:35 Is this the screenplay for your next movie?
00:03:11 to the classics of world history... ...world literature
00:05:01 But, everything being black and white they could do the job.
00:07:58 Maybe it's because I agree with Ingmar Bergman's statement that...
00:11:23 shoot 10 miles of junk and count on the editor to make it all right.
00:15:40 It's been God knows where
00:17:34 No one answers the phone, but it's found a home
00:18:55 one day I will pray to him for one chance.
00:21:11 I'll just say that...
00:22:47 I'd know a whole lot about customs I'd been raised with
00:24:17 They've never been told to anyone, they are secret.
00:25:57 on US territory
00:29:03 I can't continue because it's in my principles that
00:30:45 kill yourself or something but there's no explaining that
00:33:07 and at the edge of the clouds I see my happiness
00:35:47 Two days.
00:37:14 I think Aki-speak is such that it has humour and...
00:38:55 An interesting picture, what about it?
00:40:10 you'll begin to overlook larger injustice
00:43:19 there was food on the table and books in the shelf.
00:44:42 Have you ever been in prison?
00:48:12 Let's go, you dopes, the boat's leaving!
00:51:13 people treated each other better.
00:52:51 hurrying is unnecessary.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed541
Dialogue density10.2 lines / min
First line00:01:35
Final line00:52:51
Production Record
DirectorGuy Girard
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes54