#Finnish movie poster

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Les FELINS (1964) - ALAIN DELON MOVIE POSTERS (Part 9/20)

Also know as The Joy House and The Love Cage, this romantic drama / thriller reunited ALAIN DELON with Rene Clement (see Part 10) and co-starred Jane Fonda, hoping to make Delon a staple name in the US but the movie failed at the Box Office

Above are original movie posters from Belgium, Finland, Italy, Japan and the US (click on each image for details)

Director: Rene Clement Actors: Alain Delon, Jane Fonda

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[embbu]

ChoochooBoss's Magma event from August was themed "movie posters and movie scenes".

I decided to draw two posters referencing Finnish movies "Poika ja ilves" and "Pahat pojat".

The movie scene I was stuck on for a bit, before I ended up picking a scene from my favorite Disney movie "Emperor's New Groove".

[liljakonvalj]

I watched Disney's Robin Hood tonight, and here are some of my highlights:

This movie is so FUN. Even as an adult who has seen this movie so many times I laugh out loud multiple times when watching it

Prince John being fooled by The cross-dressing Robin Hood and little John because he cannot fathom the idea of Female robbers

Everything about their heist is fun- but especially kissing away the ring jewels, the entire conversation between Robin and prince John, Prince John's reflection in the ball, sir Hiss being stuck in a basket and the thieves colliding when running out with their bounty

We're really shown how wicked the sheriff is, stealing coins out of the cast of a cripple, the birthday gift from a kid and a beggar

Robin is very good with kids and gives the birthday boy a bow, arrow and even his own hat

Turns out both Marian and her Lady in waiting Kluck are also terrific with children and their little playing with the children is absolutely adorable

Marian having a wanted poster of her beloved in her room is so funny to me, I cannot get over it.

Robin being a horrible cook because he is thinking about his lady love 😍

The cartwheels he does when he hears that the winner of the archery competition will get a kiss from lady Marian!❤❤👌

Also he has zero chill during the competition. Someone with brain cells might think that he should mess up a couple of the shots to be more inconspicuous, but not him.

Cleaving the sheriff's arrow with his own is a Legendary TM moment though

The little turtle cheering for his dad was adorable. I really enjoyed the looks of all the contestants too!

Robin and Marian's love confessions when he's been found out 😭

Little John is literally saving the day multiple times during the aftermath of the contest while wearing a crop top. Also him just vibing with the prince, or "PJ", is a testament to his acting skills.

After the fight breaks out Robin and Marin agree to marry, where to go for their honeymoon and discuss their future number of children (robin:"We'll have six children". Marian: "no, a dozen at least") They both have zero chill and are so hot for each other, it would be sickening if i didn't love it so much

Lady Kluck literally being Player of the Game during the fight, every single thing she does is a win

The entire fighting sequence is a joy from start to finnish

The song "Love" while Robin and Marian just walk around in the forrest talking and being well ... in love 😭😍❤

The scene with the warerlillies, fireflies and the flower-ring while they gaze into each others eyes is the textbook definition of Romance

Much of the animation in A Phoney king of England is borrowed from earlier movies, but I like the little game I make of trying to remember wich animations are from which movie

I also like Friar Tuck's little theatre setup and Robin using his bow as a, well, bow when playing the violin

The song becoming such a hit in the town that Prince John raises the taxes even more, resulting in several people being put in jail (The jail part is not a favourite but the song being a hit is)

Friar Tuck absolutely losing it when the sheriff steals from the box for the Poor in his church.👏👏

The double take Robin does when he hears his friend is to be hanged on the morrow, first out of character then in character as the beggar.

(In the swedish version Trigger, who is suspicious of the beggar remarks that "han har en räv bakom örat" lit. trans ="he has a fox behind his ear" which means that he is up to something. I thought it was a fun pun considering Robin is a fox)

I view the whole breaking into the castle sequence each Christmas (as is tradition) but I always forget how much from the movie they cut out of the Christmas show

(The whole sequence with Robin masquerading as Nutsy, John freeing the prisoners and about half the fight/flight when they escape is cut from the Christmas show)

Trigger being unable to properly secure his crossbow is a great running gag. He calls his crossbow "gamla Bettan" in Swedish- probably translated: "Old Betsy". I wonder what he calls it in other languages?

And each time I watch I lament that Robin gets too greedy, just leave that last money sack that the prince is cradling in his arms!!

Robin (and little John) turning around to fetch the little bunny is so in character and kinda heartbreaking because Robin almost dies

Robin is really fearing for his life - especially in the burning tower

Robin's face after his escape and Skippy claims that he could've swum double the distance

Was the ending rushed? Yes. Do I care? No.

[hammill-goes-fogwalking]

Hello!

I see that your Finish movie brain rot is going very well. Would you be able to give three recommendations for a curious little fella? <3

-now as promised my very late answer, you know why, Mel-

beginning with a sparing background story to Aki Kaurismäki !!

[redacted] after I watched his brand new movie Fallen Leaves last January I completely fell for this film director, until now I watched 9 of his movies, hehe

**

… reasons why he, the one and only Aki Kaurismäki, stands out in the crowd

filming with a 35mm camera even in 2023

recurring motives

running gags (sunglasses, jukeboxes, vintage cars, alcohol, cigarettes, bars)

you TELEPORT INSIDE the scenes when you watch the films

after watching a Kaurismäki film you need time to get used to the real world

THE ACTOOOORRRSSS, RECURRING CHARACTERS &lt;- !!

their melancholic stares

minimalistic coolness

spontaneous acting

puts the spotlight on hidden beauty (what American/Hollywood movies have never heard of)

movie’s titles, especially the yellow letters on his posters

the FREAKIN SOUNDTRACKKKS!! 🇫🇮

the way he places the music in the scenes is pure art. This scene makes me scream out louddd (context: the woman has been thrown out of her parent’s home, then searches for a place to live in her brother’s apartment)

I MEAN WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON INSIDE THIS MAN’S MIND (*_*) SUCH A RANDOM MIND. Also shout-out to his brother who’s also a film director

last but not least: Leningrad Cowboys

**

one scene be like:

and then the next minute it’s:

(take three minutes and play this ^ song, you can literally smell the smoke of a musty rockabilly bar)

**

and now the starter pack for the curious little fella 🙈

Shadows in Paradise 1986

The Man without a Past 2002

Le Havre 2011 (as an introduction, modern cinema flair included)

actually Lights in the Dusk is the perfect movie for beginners but its not safe to find it in the internet; exept when you understand Turkish or Finnish

that’s it with my little detailed guide [silence fills the room]

[curtvilescomic]

I survived Poriconi 2023

Like said I left with Her to Pori for Poriconi, a comics, scifi, fantasy, horror, RPG convention. Free of charge one-day DIY punk attitude jamboree.

The place, culture house Annis is in my opinion better for it than the local main library. I had way too little time to shop and meet folks as someone who does construction work for living I had plenty to do aa all-around staff ( and me and Her did not expect to run the kitchen for everyone too) and doing interviews and hosting the most chaotic comics gameshow I know.

This is me, in the kilt, interviewing Milla Paloniemi about her comics career: 20th anniversary of Kiroileva Siili ( cursing hedgehog) and other works.

There was " the Stephen King of Finland" horror author Marko Hautala

He is great, the ponytailed gentleman on right interviewed by Vesa Kataisto. Hautala has work published in english and in german besides Finnish.

Kari Sihvonen did a scifi graffiti art wall.

They run beta-testing for new "Powerfantasy OSR on steroids" that I missed out but sounds good but one highlight I got to attend was viewing of two short films. The Batman fan film Crime Alley was not bad but to me the main attraction was 

This short nigh silent film about three generations of men, of War and of carage rock luchadore Superhero uniting these themes was great. See if you can.

We saw it presented by Black Peider himself

An absolute gem.

The Many faces of Phantom lecture by Petri Hiltunen was totally groovy and proof that factual can make people laugh out loud.

Managed to get far too little comics due working with running stuff but finally got Päiväkirjani ( My dear diary) comics by friend Mikael Mäkinen

Here telling folks to buy it. It tells about Mikael's day to day life living with ADHD, depression and fighting ninjas. As one does. And yes I am a side-character in #0 as " the one-eyed werewolfpirate" 

So now I am a comics character. Right.

Some comics, books, DVD movie and huge Batman Dark Knight Rises framed poster was the loot.

No injuries. I may have promised to do this again. And to do some comics.  I just do not learn. But that is fine 

[jemandtherobots]

the worst thing about living near a cinema is i walk past it several times a week and every time i get to be freshly disappointed in the barbie movie poster not using any of the pun potential for ken's name in the finnish language

[soulsanitarium]

Spain🇪🇸 Here's everything I found, organized by my favorites…

No 1. Netflix movie Akelarre - Coven (2020) Great and beautiful film, loads of history here⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (see my previous post about the real history behind this film)

No 2. Witches Mountain🏔El Monte de las Brujas (1972) could be a great movie, but the execution is so poor that it ruins the experience. A photographer takes an assignment in the Pyrenees just across the Spanish border, but soon has supernatural encounters (witches). Waiting for the re-make!

No 3. Witching & Bitching - Las Brujas de Zugarramurdi (2013) has received a controversial reception, I think it was fun and entertaining. The Caves of Zugarramurdi have a historical connection to the Basque witch trials in Navarra. Zugarramurdi is near what is now the French-Spanish border, where there is also a water stream (Olabidea or Infernuko erreka, "Hell's stream") was said to be the meeting place of the witches.

Perhaps here the most interesting seems to be the story of LaCelestina (1499) and I noticed that it was translated into Finnish in 2019 (going to get the book) 📖 The trials of the Basque witches conducted during the 16th and early 17th centuries had a significant effect on the development of Golden Age Spanish Literature.

Often considered the first European novel, La Celestina was profoundly influential in the development of European prose fiction and is valued by critics today as much for its greatness as literature as for its historical significance. No 4. La Celestina (1996) with Penelope Cruz is good - and very romantic- but not a great movie. I haven’t seen the older versions ( poster below).

No 5. I tried to watch 1984 film Akelarre- mixed documentary & fiction - but I found only few parts with translation, its content did not seem very science-based, but otherwise interesting.

Few witch trials facts from the area of 🇪🇸 :

TheSpanish inquisition rescued countless of ’witches’ from local legal witch processes (Henningsen 1980; Ankarloo & Clark 2002).

Yes, burning at the stake was used as a method of execution in Spain, unlike in most other countries (Levack 1987).

In Catalonia, the Inquisition was less respected and more people died (Ankarloo & Clark 2002).

The general discourse emphasizes the number of women as victims, but there are large regional differences. In Castile 70 % was women, but in in Aragón 70 % was men. (Schulte 2009)

Navarra is famous for the huge number of defendants, but the number of victims sentenced to death remained low due to the Inquisition.

From Zugarramurdi 6 people were burned alive, 4 women & 2 men, 13 died in prison during The Basque Witch Trials (Henningsen 1980)

*Places to see in Zugarramurdi: River Infernuko Erreka, Caves, Museum

[monsterintheballroom]

Finnish movie poster of "The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry" (2023)

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La TULIPE NOIRE (1964) - ALAIN DELON MOVIE POSTERS (Part 2/20)

The first movie of ALAIN DELON I have seen and one of my favorite swashbuckling movies. Delon is at the peak of its youthful beauty and charm even with a scarred face!

Above are original movie posters from Belgium, ex-Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Finland, Italy, Japan and Thailand (click on each image for details)

Director: Christian-Jaque Actors: Alain Delon, Virna Lisi, Francis Blanche

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[misireads]

I am Legend by Richard Matheson

[ physical book, read in finnish ]

one White American Man(TM) is apparently the only remaining human alive after a virus pandemic has turned everyone else into vampires (or just killed them). he has barricaded his house against the undead creatures and come up with all sorts of more or less clever ways to deal with the situation. eventually he starts scientifically researching why exactly the generic garlic, wooden staves etc stuff from fiction seem to actually work against the vampires. he has his ups and downs throughout the story, sometimes coping better, sometimes worse.

➕ it's pretty fun that reading this you think, ah okay, one of the run-of-the-mill post-apocalyptic survival zombie virus stories we all know. but this here is THE original zombie apocalypse novel! fascinating. and the zombies aren't zombies, they're vampires. i actually always thought this was a legit zombie story, all i knew about the book before was an edit of the will smith movie poster saying "i am leg: the last man on earth is not a toe." i haven't seen the movie by the way and don't intend to watch

➕ this is short and concise in a way i like. you get the feeling of time passing and robert's moods coming and going without hundreds and hundreds of pages. this took me like, four days to read. exactly what i like for my horror novels

➕ apart from already being the first ever of a lot of genre things, i thought it pretty innovative for an ordinary guy to try to scientifically prove all the generic vampire banishing stuff.

➕ i liked the ending, nice title drop as the last line there.

➖ this is so hopelessly american, reading as a european you just go, and the rest of the world? what happens in the rest of the world?? is this america only??? since it's never addressed in any way and one american town is consistently called the entire world in this, i assume americans are just out there dying and killing each other while the rest of the world is watching like yeaah… amurricans huh.

➖ the main character is just kind of… well. i felt no connection to him at any point, he's very White American Heterosexual Man coded. and i felt a lot like, for the sake of feeling the feelings that this story is trying to evoke, you are meant to relate to this man. so the story didn't do much for me in that sense. i was the most immersed in the dog part. then when ruth came in, it was very Whatever.

➖ speaking of the dog, why the fuck is he feeding it bowls of milk. who the fuck feeds dogs bowls of cow milk. it gives just about any animal diarrhea. you give animals water. idiot

➖ the details of just about anything are vague at best. i mean i came here from frankenstein that completely skips describing anything about how the monster even happens so i almost let it slide. almost. but it's very true this never goes into the specifics of where exactly robert gets all his supplies. how does he have so much food. so much garlic. how literally all the circumstances just happen to be so perfectly right for him.

➖ the finnish translation is another abomination, and it's not supposed to even be very old… but idk. the punctuation mistakes are out of control here. like, after a point it becomes more of a rule than exception that the punctuation is incorrect. i can not like nor respect a book like that

⭐ score: 3 -- another checkmark for my horror classics bingo card, but other than that… eh, it was nice reading another genre origin novel and i appreciate the "OoOoOoOO MAN IS ACTUALLY THE REAL MONSTER" theme in here (again coming here from frankenstein) but i wasn't hugely into the story. BUT i can't believe i read hell house from matheson before this. that's someone's fault for sure. like some "actually scary horror novels!!!" reddit recommendation thread's (neither is very scary IMO but this by far more than fucking hell house. jesus)

[deasbanker]

Weekend treat: make it to the last day of an art exhibition of Lautrec at Sompo Museum and pop in a Nordic festival after being disoriented in Shinjuku's underground maze!

21/9/2024

Since there is a duplicate of a poster by Lautrec on the wall of our living room, my dad persuaded me to go to an art exhibition about the painter together. We made it to the end of it just three days before. I was simply delighted to come to Tokyo for the first time in months and visit Sompo Museum of Art, which was refurbished, for the first time.

There were so many of his early sketches on display, and we could see his point of view in them. （For all his talent,）as most of them looked like children's scribbles in a notebook, I considered that anything left could become valuable objects in museums which we weren't allowed to touch nor take photos of as long as a person was notable. I mean, I recalled the 1964 essay "The Artworld" by Arthur Danto and imagined if I were acknowledged by the society, my letters to friends of mine would turn into exhibits; and pondered he must not have envisioned such would be seen by a lot of people in Japan.

Anyway, his depiction of humans was like a caricature, and he seemed to value shape of body parts in particular, I learned. Besides, I liked strong shading in his drawings of performers on stage. That succeeded in bringing an aura of cabarets.

On the other hand, most of his work is planar, so line and color shine out, which is committed well to his graphics in a modern way. Every poster looked fashionable, indeed. I took to his way of using and choosing color. Accent color in his pictures is usually in between vibrant and pale.

In my opinion, Japanese people tend to like Modern art in terms of color palette rather than religious paintings or Renaissance art. They including me seem to have a strong/subconscious desire for bright color.

Finally, the last room was the permanent exhibition dedicated to single piece of art, one of Gogh's Sunflowers. This was what I had been longing to see in person, because it and also inside this art museum actually appeared in a Detective Conan movie "Sunflowers of Inferno"（2015）. The painting was much bigger than I'd expected.

Vincent van Gogh "Sunflowers"（1888）

After this, dad and I stopped by a Nordic festival taking place in Keio Department Store, Shinjuku, on our way home. I enjoyed exploring the stands and looking Finnish kitchenware smelling the Scandinavian food cooking in the vicinity.

[jamesybrains55]

THEY AIN'T BLUFFING!!

Finnished watching "watch out, we're mad!" starring Terrence Hill and Bud Spencer. Pretty fun flick so it inspired me to make a parody movie poster, I reckon they would fist fight more in this flick as opposed to using fire power like every second

[agentstovring]

💙Smoshblr December Asks Day 18💛

What are your top 3 fave clothes, that you currently own? (can be faves for any reason, like comfort, smth you love to wear on special occasions, etc. 🤗)

Bonus: What are your top 3 fave accessories? (like jewelry, belts, bags, etc. 👜)

A dark grey crewneck sweatshirt with a print of a Dracula movie poster. It's about 3 sizes too big and my favorite thing to to wear on chilly autumn/winter evenings.

An off-white summer dress with yellow lemons and green leaves on it. It has straps, a sweetheart neckline, and buttons down the front.

A black hoodie with white designs. It's merch from the Finnish band The 69 Eyes; it has their name on the front, skulls on the sleeves, a huge ankh on the back, and the words Helsinki Vampires on the hood. I bought it 10+ years ago and still love wearing it.

Favorite accessories are probably A silver phonebooth charm my mom got me; many years ago she flew to London not knowing she was pregnant, and we count that as our first vacation together.

Counting footwear as accessories, I have a pair of whiskey-colored nubuck work boots that are my favorites for winter.

My toxic former job offered loyalty bonuses for every month you worked there. I saved every single one for 3 years and bought a yellow Tommy Hilfiger shoulder bag right before I quit.

Thank you for asking!

[curtvilescomic]

Ok it's 28th of April 2023

Besides being comics nerd I love movies. Being Finnish I would like to like Finnish movies too. Sadly there rarely is any reason for that. 

But there is one

Though in US the poster is

But only if you like old school destruction of nazis.

And the title? NOT the main characters name but Finnish idea

Emphasis on " never quit "

Go see it