This one feels...
...like an early Jarmusch (think Mystery Train fe), i don't know why, perhaps it's the poetic calmness, the music, even the cinematoraphy looks like Robby Müller.
And i like this feeling a lot, great movie!
Yeah, Jarmusch and Kaurismäki have worked together some time ago...
shareJarmusch and Kaurismäki are long-time friends, I guess partly because they have a similar taste in making films. The final episode of Jarmusch's "Night on Earth" is a tribute to Kaurismäki; it takes place in Helsinki and features four actors who have all appeared in Kaurismäki's films before.
Had God created man to respond to authority, he should first exist.
I KNEW there was something familiar about that scene and this movie! Cool. Will be giving Kaurismäki's film a second look later this week :o)
Do The Mussolini! Headkick!
Agree absolutely. 'Poetic calmness' (give or take the initial beating) - that really appealed to me, so that after 15 minutes I said out loud (to no-one else) "I'm absolutely loving this!" The cinematography was stunning too - some great shots like the woman hanging out the washing – and the dialogue was great too. Not hilarious, as has been discussed elsewhere on here, but wry and witty - a touch of Tarantino, perhaps...
"Wait till they get a load of me!"