  La Vie De Boheme |
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Film/Video LA VIE DE BOHEME DIRECTED BY AKI KAURISMÄKI SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 2004, 7 PM $7 ($5 WALKER MEMBERS) AUDITORIUM 
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Kaurismäki updates this classic tale of mid-19th-century bohemian life with his own take on the soused and hoary group of rakish artists and their sycophants. Filmed in luscious black and white, the film stays faithful to the classic story and features cameos by film legends Louis Malle, Sam Fuller, and Jean-Pierre Leaund. Winner of the Berlin Film Festival International Critics Prize. 1992, Finland/France/Sweden/Germany, BW, 35mm, in Finnish with English subtitles, 100 minutes.
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 Juha |
JUHA,
8:45 PM
This homage to the style of Scandinavian silent films tells a tale of
love and betrayal. While seemingly happy in their country home, Juha and
his wife Marja (Kati Outinen) are pulled into a love triangle. A slick
con man, stranded on their farm due to car trouble, hustles the naive
Marja to leave her husband for the promise of the big city--with tragic
results. "Moving . . . no other film by Kaurismäki has affected me
as much as this one," said Jonathon Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader.
1999, Finland, BW, 35mm, English intertitles, 78 minutes.
THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY THE FINNISH FILM
FOUNDATION WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO JAANA PUSKALA, ARETTA VÄHÄLÄ,
MARI PELTONEN, AKI KAURISMÄKI, HAIJE TULOKAS, ILKKA MERTSOLA (SPUTNIK
OY), THORSTEN SCHAUMANN (BAVARIA FILM), GARY PALMUCCI (KINO INTERNATIONAL),
AND BAM CINÉMATEK FOR ORGANIZING THE TRAVELING RETROSPECTIVE. PETER
VON BAGH AND ROGER CONNAH APPEAR COURTESY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF FINLAND/DAVID
AND NANCY SPEER PROFESSORSHIP IN FINNISH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA.
PHOTOS COURTESY THE FINISH FILM FOUNDATION