THRU THE WIRE

Aki Kaurismäki

The thirty-six-year old Finn Aki Kaurismäki (Orimattila, 1957) is a director as well as screenwriter, editor, actor, and producer. He is an ex-critic and organizer of a festival in Lapland. Kaurismäki was the great discovery of European cinema of the late 1980's. He made all his films inside of about a decade and at an unusual pace, especially for a country like Finland, even though some of his films were made abroad. All his films were produced by the production house that he runs with his brother Mika. They are low-cost, short in length, quick improvised, and carry a heavy intellectual charge.

FILMOGRAFIA

Saimaa-ilmiö (La sindrome del lago Saimaa, doc., 1981), Rikos ja rangaistus (Delitto e castigo, 1983), Calamari Union (1984), Rocky VI (cm, 1986), Varjoia paratiisissa (Ombre in paradiso, 1986), HamIet Iiike-maailmassa (Amleto si mette in affari, 1987), Thru the Wire (cm, 1987), Ariel (1988), Lenigrad Cowboys Go America (1989), La fiammiferaia (Tulitikkutehtaan tytlo, 1989), Ho affittato un killer (I Hired a Contract Killer, 1990), Vita da bohème (La vie de bohème, 1991), Those Were the Days (cm, 1992), These Boots (cm, 1993).