Calamari Union

Calamari Union
Film poster
Directed by Aki Kaurismäki
Produced by Aki Kaurismäki
Written by Aki Kaurismäki
Starring
Music by
  • Aki Kaurismäki
  • Mikko Mattila
  • Jone Takamäki
  • Casablanca Vox
Cinematography Timo Salminen
Edited by
  • Aki Kaurismäki
  • Raija Talvio
Production
company
Villealfa Filmproductions
Distributed by Finnkino
Release date
  • 8 February 1985 (1985-02-08)
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

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Thorsen, Isak; Andersson, Lars Gustaf (31 August 2012). Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema. Scarecrow Press. p. 233. ISBN 978-0-8108-5524-3.
  4. 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.
  5. The Cinema of Aki Kaurismaki: Contrarian Stories. Columbia University Press. 20 August 2013. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-231-85041-4.


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