Calamari Union
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Aki Kaurismäki |
| Produced by | Aki Kaurismäki |
| Written by | Aki Kaurismäki |
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| Music by |
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| Cinematography | Timo Salminen |
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Production company |
Villealfa Filmproductions |
| Distributed by | Finnkino |
Release date |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
| Country | Finland |
| Language | Finnish |
Calamari Union is a 1985 Finnish surreal[1] comedy film, the second full-length film by the director Aki Kaurismäki.
Cast
- Timo Eränkö
- Kari Heiskanen
- Asmo Hurula
- Sakke Järvenpää
- Sakari Kuosmanen
- Dave Lindholm
- Mikko Mattila
- Pate Mustajärvi
- Tuomari Nurmio
- Pirkka-Pekka Petelius
- Matti Pellonpää
- Pertti Sveholm
- Martti Syrjä
- Pantse Syrjä
- Markku Toikka
- Mato Valtonen
- Puntti Valtonen
- Kari Väänänen
Reception
An absurdist comedy,[2] the film is considered to be satirical cult classic.[3] Caryn James of The New York Times described the film as "gleefully absurdist", adding that Kaurismäki "takes over the American gangster film and flavors it with his improbable humor".[4] Others have drawn connections between The Saimaa Gesture and Calamari Union and the Finnish punk movement.[5]
References
- ↑ Kääpä, Pietari (January 2010). The National and Beyond: The Globalisation of Finnish Cinema in the Films of Aki and Mika Kaurismäki. Peter Lang. p. 76. ISBN 978-3-03911-966-0.
- ↑ Fotheringham, Richard; Jansohn, Christa; White, R. S. (2008). Shakespeare's World/world Shakespeares: The Selected Proceedings of the International Shakespeare Association World Congress Brisbane, 2006. Associated University Presse. p. 196. ISBN 978-0-87413-989-1.
- ↑ Thorsen, Isak; Andersson, Lars Gustaf (31 August 2012). Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema. Scarecrow Press. p. 233. ISBN 978-0-8108-5524-3.
- ↑ James, Caryn (August 23, 1990). "Calamari Union (1985) – From Tragedy to Absurdity With Finland's Prolific Upstart". The New York Times. Retrieved August 20, 2012.
- ↑ The Cinema of Aki Kaurismaki: Contrarian Stories. Columbia University Press. 20 August 2013. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-231-85041-4.
External links
- Calamari Union on IMDb
- Calamari Union at AllMovie
- Calamari Union at the British Board of Film Classification
- Calamari Union at the British Film Institute
- Calamari Union at Elonet (in Finnish)
- Calamari Union at Rotten Tomatoes
- Calamari Union at the Swedish Film Institute Database
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