MadFish
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"Sans Sommation" is one of the movies classified as neo noir -movies which started to show up after the Hollywood golden age. 70's were the time when the dark movie landed to Europe and among Francois Truffaut and Jean-Pierre Melville - just to mention a couple - some other smaller directors made their versions of the moody atmospheric stories.
Bruno Gantillon's adaption is very faithful detective story where an old detective gets a new chance as he's been stuck between a bottle and bored wife for a long time. The writing is good and Gantillon successfully finds the old dark times mixed with some political lightning. The final conclusion is almost perfect, pure genre movie.
Bruno Gantillon's adaption is very faithful detective story where an old detective gets a new chance as he's been stuck between a bottle and bored wife for a long time. The writing is good and Gantillon successfully finds the old dark times mixed with some political lightning. The final conclusion is almost perfect, pure genre movie.
No one can question Vaino Linna's influence on Finnish movie. As it is incomparable to all other writers of the time and place, still some individuals have risen above other in the dusty line of time.
Next to Mika Waltari, Hella Wuolijoki (as he's called) can be held as one of those individuals. Wuolijoki's writings are mostly connected to Valentin Vaala as it also stands with "Loviisa, Niskavuoren nuori emanta".
Loviisa is an unofficial sequel to "Niskavuoren naiset" (1938) which was a real way-point of melodramatic movie-making in Nordic darkness. Actually Loviisa is a prequel as it deepens it's precursors ideals and moral responsibilities.
Vaala does his work very well again and the story works perfectly. Emma Vaananen's role deserves an extra mention as it can be compared to the later version where she plays her role again 10 years later.
This is the way sequels should be made.
Next to Mika Waltari, Hella Wuolijoki (as he's called) can be held as one of those individuals. Wuolijoki's writings are mostly connected to Valentin Vaala as it also stands with "Loviisa, Niskavuoren nuori emanta".
Loviisa is an unofficial sequel to "Niskavuoren naiset" (1938) which was a real way-point of melodramatic movie-making in Nordic darkness. Actually Loviisa is a prequel as it deepens it's precursors ideals and moral responsibilities.
Vaala does his work very well again and the story works perfectly. Emma Vaananen's role deserves an extra mention as it can be compared to the later version where she plays her role again 10 years later.
This is the way sequels should be made.
The filming of "Mieheke" (1936) is this time dressed in the clothing of a musical.
Some takes speed up to cheerful singing and that suits fine for professionals of the area and the nature of the fast farce. And why it wouldn't? Valentin Vaala is using the exact same lines and the shots look just the same as 20 years ago. The new filming brings actually nothing new to the story but it still keeps the hysterical atmosphere, like last time.
I would still prefer the fist version with its great cast even if "Minä ja mieheni morsian" reaches very near the original comedy's charming characters.
Some takes speed up to cheerful singing and that suits fine for professionals of the area and the nature of the fast farce. And why it wouldn't? Valentin Vaala is using the exact same lines and the shots look just the same as 20 years ago. The new filming brings actually nothing new to the story but it still keeps the hysterical atmosphere, like last time.
I would still prefer the fist version with its great cast even if "Minä ja mieheni morsian" reaches very near the original comedy's charming characters.