#edvin laine

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[stephanleyhes]

Jussi Jurkka in Musta rakkaus (dir. Edvin Laine, 1957)

[homospeksuaali]

Pitäisin ehkä huvittavana että täsmälleen samat kritiikit on Mollen lisäksi saaneet myös Edvin Laine, Kristian Smeds ja Väpä itse.

[bisonaari]

Alright, here's a not-so-serious guide on what ya need to do:

Step one: get a finnish flag. (Idk what to do with it but it feels like it's an important step)

Step two: light two blue and white candles by the window. (i've never done this but apparently it is a thing)

Step three: Watch Edvin Laine's 1955 movie adabtation of the Unknown soldier. While you're at it think about the veterans and the winter war.

Step four: watch people shake hands with the president. This will take a while, better have snacks. Commenting on the guests outfits is recommended and often the highlight. The media loves to do this.

Congratulations you've experienced a finnish independence day.

Alternative quests:

-Say "hyvää itsenäisyyspäivää!"

-Students' torch cavalcade

-Independence day military parade

-eat a pastry with finnish flag colors.

-Sing/listen to the national anthem.

-listen to Finlandia by Jean Sibelius

I am taking notes and I WILL celebrate

It could double as a quebec celebration since our flag it blue and white as well TWO BIRDS IN ONE STONE

[byneddiedingo]

Jarl Kulle and Bibi Andersson in The Devil's Eye (Ingmar Bergman, 1960)

Cast: Jarl Kulle, Bibi Andersson, Stig Järrel, Nils Poppe, Getrud Fridh, Sture Lagerwall, Georg Funkquist, Gunnar Sjöberg, Gunnar Björstrand. Screenplay: Ingmar Bergman, based on a radio play by Oluf Bang. Cinematography: Gunnar Fischer. Production design: Edvin Laine, P.A. Lundgren, Mario Soldati. Film editing: Oscar Rosander. Music: Eric Nordgren.  Molière, Mozart, Byron, Pushkin, Kierkegaard, Shaw, and Camus have all had their go at Don Juan, so why not Ingmar Bergman? This rather turgid and talky fantasy has the Don (Jarl Kulle) returning to Earth to seduce Britt-Marie (Bibi Andersson), a young woman whose virginity has caused a proverbial sty in the devil's (Stig Järrel) eye. That so much ado is made about the virginity of a woman about to be married in 1960's Sweden is only one of the problems with the movie's setup. She's the daughter of a vicar (Nils Poppe) in a small Swedish village whose wife, Renata (Gertrud Fridh), feels neglected and has sunk into a psychosomatic invalidism. When Don Juan arrives, he brings along his manservant, Pablo (Sture Lagerwall), who takes it on himself to seduce Renata. What starts out to be a sex farce turns into a disquisition on the nature of love. It's not helped by the archness of some of the performances, especially Andersson's. She's made up and costumed to look like the heroine of an early 1960s domestic sitcom like The Donna Reed Show, and it's hardly plausible that she should choose her goofy fiancé, Jonas (Axel Düberg), over the brooding but intelligent Don. Bergman clashed with his longtime cinematographer Gunnar Fischer during filming, putting an end to their collaboration but opening the way to an even more fruitful one with Sven Nykvist.  

[notthestartbutfinfilm]

Blog #5 - The Unknown Soldier and The Known Author

A film made three times over the course of several decades is sure to draw the attention of anyone. The Unknown Soldier was first a book published in 1954 by author Väinö Linna. Interestingly, another of Linna's books was made into a Finnish movie much later on in 2009.

The Unknown Soldier has three versions. 1955, 1985, and 2017. This blog will be focused for the most part on the 1955 original film, so when the title is mentioned without a year, this is the one referenced.

Focusing on the Continuation War between Finland and the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1944, the film uses a mix of authentic film from the events depicted alongside the footage taken for the film. The editors did such a masterful job that it is at times nearly impossible to tell the difference.

The critical reception of the film was clear with the nomination for a BAFTA award in 1956, along with the six wins the film took home at the Jussi Awards. The film is still talked about today in film classes around the world.

Interestingly, when the film was shown in Russia for the first time it received a standing ovation from the audience. The film is shown in Finland every year on December 6th, Finland's Day of Independence.

When the film was remade in 2017, it brought modern film techniques into the fold in order to make the film even more visually stunning. The opening scene is a masterful display of transitional storytelling.

The ending scene perfectly parallels and brings the story full circle.

The difference between the films is striking and yet still familiar and recognizable to viewers of both versions, with colors used sparingly to help maintain the old and depressing atmosphere seen in the original black and white picture.

Sources:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/03/04/finland-russia-winter-war/

[kindafooey]

continuing my Unknown Soldier/Väinö Linna fangirl soliloquy here bc im currently too afraid of online friendships to dm anyone lol (sorry) but goddamn. so. I'm most familiar with Edvin Laine's film adaptation, and in that one I never cared much for Rokka bc he's portrayed as this like. somewhat sympathetic and grossly idealized kind of OP war machine who's a bit of a wild card but very inoffensively so. and then I watched Louhimies's adaptation and went oh he's a completely different character here. inch resting.

...and now reading the original text I have to say he's got to be one of the most multifaceted characters I've ever encountered in any piece of media. Maybe it's the contrast to Laine's adaptation that makes me appreciate extra hard how explicit Linna is about the fact that Rokka is a bit of a monster who takes genuine pleasure in slaughtering his enemies like cattle, all the while being this chatty social funguy who ends up becoming the spine of the troops' faltering morale. (I was also kind of shocked to learn that he's pretty much my age, lmao. idk why the movies have elected to age him up so much.)

also uh. this kind of deserves its own post but I'm kinda disturbed to have recognized a vile part of myself in Lehto that I don't think I've ever seen represented in fiction before, at least in such a painfully recognizable form. His character doesn't translate well into film because the little omniscient narrator/internal monologue thingy right before his death scene is so important to understanding where his actions come from, so I've never gotten a full sense of how he rolls from the movies only. ngl I'm a bit obsessed with this horrible violent hater of a man haha

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 12.23 (after 1950)

1950 – General Walton Walker dies in a jeep accident and is replaced by General Matthew Ridgway in the Eighth United States Army. 1954 – First successful kidney transplant is performed by J. Hartwell Harrison and Joseph Murray. 1955 – The first film adaptation of Väinö Linna's novel The Unknown Soldier, directed by Edvin Laine, premieres. 1960 – Hilkka Saarinen née Pylkkänen is murdered in the so-called "oven homicide" case in Krootila, Kokemäki, Finland. 1968 – The 82 sailors from the USS Pueblo are released after eleven months of internment in North Korea. 1970 – The North Tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York, New York is topped out at 417 metres (1,368 ft), making it the tallest building in the world. 1970 – The Democratic Republic of the Congo officially becomes a one-party state. 1972 – The Immaculate Reception is caught by Franco Harris to win the Pittsburgh Steelers their first ever playoff victory, after defeating the Oakland Raiders. 1972 – A 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes the Nicaraguan capital of Managua killing more than 10,000. 1972 – The 16 survivors of the Andes flight disaster are rescued after 73 days, surviving by cannibalism. 1978 – Alitalia Flight 4128 crashes into the Tyrrhenian Sea while on approach to Falcone Borsellino Airport in Palermo, Italy, killing 108. 1979 – Soviet–Afghan War: Soviet Union forces occupy Kabul, the Afghan capital. 1984 – After experiencing an engine fire, Aeroflot Flight 3519 attempts to make an emergency landing at Krasnoyarsk International Airport but crashes, killing 110 of the 111 people on board. 1986 – Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California becoming the first aircraft to fly non-stop around the world without aerial or ground refueling. 1990 – History of Slovenia: In a referendum, 88.5% of Slovenia's overall electorate vote for independence from Yugoslavia. 2002 – A U.S. MQ-1 Predator is shot down by an Iraqi MiG-25 in the first combat engagement between a drone and conventional aircraft. 2003 – An explosion at the PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field in Kai County, Chongqing, China, kills at least 234. 2005 – An Antonov An-140, Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 217 from Baku, Azerbaijan, to Aktau, Kazakhstan, heading across the Caspian Sea, crashes, killing 23 people. 2007 – An agreement is made for the Kingdom of Nepal to be abolished and the country to become a federal republic with the Prime Minister becoming head of state. 2008 – A coup d'état occurs in Guinea hours after the death of President Lansana Conté. 2015 – A bomb explodes at Istanbul's Sabiha Gökçen Airport, killing one airport cleaner. The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks claim responsibility for the attack four days later.

[violasmirabiles]

täällä pohjantähden alla -elokuvissa esiintyvät tuntematon sotilas -näyttelijät, osa 1: edvin laineen filmatisoinnit (1968/1970)

1. kaarlo halttunen (rahikainen / preeti leppänen, tpa 1968) // 2. tapio hämäläinen (salo / hellberg) // 3. pentti irjala (kaarna / preeti leppänen, akseli ja elina) // 4. jussi jurkka (lammio / siukola) // 5. kosti klemelä (vilho koskela / nimismies) // 6. aarne laine (korsumäki / kalle töyry) // 7. leevi linko (sinkkonen / artturi yllö) // 8. mikko niskanen (mielonen / sotatuomari) // 9. matti ranin (kariluoto / lauri salpakari) // 10. taneli rinne (ukkola / arvo töyry) // 11. veikko sinisalo (lahtinen / anttoo laurila)

+ erityinen kunniamaininta:

olavi ahonen (riitaoja / lauri kivioja (tpa 1968) / elias kankaanpää (akseli ja elina))!

[ruumiinlaulaja]

[birgittalady]

Joko on tuntematon katsomot valmiina?

[stephanleyhes]

Jussi Jurkka in Musta rakkaus (dir. Edvin Laine, 1957)

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@the-blue-fairie @fairytaleslive @themousefromfantasyland

Prinsessa Ruusunen (Sleeping Beauty) | dir. Edvin Laine (1949)

[mannersarewhatmatters]

Toivo Syrkkä, Sylvi 1944 

Based on the play by Minna Canth (1893)

[neroushalvaus]

Pakko kysyy Tuntsa!

@allergekko

Great minds etc etc :') Ei mutta kiitos! Tuntemattomasta mulla on onneksi vähemmän mutistavaa kuin noista aiemmista, varmaankin, koska se on kirjana enemmän tuollainen tiivis pakkaus. Mutta katsotaanpas...

5. Tämä ei ole mikään kritiikki, sanon vain että Tuntemattomassa on paljon todella tarkkanäköisiä sodanvastaisia kohtia ja niitä saisi olla vielä viisikymmentä kertaa enemmän.

4. Tämä ei ole näin yksinkertaista, mutta tämä on vain oma henkilökohtainen mielipiteeni: Kariluoto on hahmona vähän irrallinen muusta hahmokaartista eikä paljonkaan menetettäisi, jos se poistettaisiin.

3. Asioiden tarkastelua muidenkin kuin suomalaisten näkökulmasta saisi olla lisääkin, vaikka sitä on nytkin. Erityisesti Petroskoin naisten näkökulma muutenkin kuin suhteessa suomalaisiin miehiin olisi arvokas, vaikka on ehkä ihan hyvä, ettei Linna alkanut yrittää sitä liiaksi.

2. Kuten sanottu, Tuntematon on kyllä hyvällä tavalla sodanvastainen, mutta Suur-Suomen kritiikkiä saisi olla enemmänkin.

1. Raili Kotilaisen hahmo. Miten se Edvin Laine sanoikaan Linnalle, "vain koska joku lotta joskus torjui sinut, sinun ei tarvitse purkaa sitä kaikkiin lottiin", vai miten se meni? Joka tapauksessa, vaikka Kotilaisen hahmo on musta mielenkiintoinen ("'Kyllä sota on kauheata.' Lotta Raili Kotilainen muisti, että hän oli nainen ja että se niinkuin vaati tekemään tuon säälittelevän huomautuksen."), sen olemassaolo on tehnyt ihan oikeaa vahinkoa oikeille naisille ja vahvistanut lotista levitettyä "kenttähuoramyyttiä", jota ei todellakaan olisi tarvinnut vahvistaa. Eli joko tekisin Laineet ja poistaisin Kotilaisen kokonaan tai kirjoittaisin sen uudelleen (en kuitenkaan Louharityylillä... sarastie/kotilainen ja se ihme lottien kikatteluhillonsyöntikohtaus elää mun painajaisissani). Tähän myös lisättynä landen friidun ja muiden lottien käsittely, hmm, tiedättekös, ihmisinä. Se olisi kiva.

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Lähetä mulle fandom/sarja/kirja/musikaali/tms ja mä kerron top5 asiat, jotka siitä muuttaisin

[juupaja]

Täällä Pohjantähden alla (Edvin Laine, 1968)

"Kill the whole lot right here, children and all, but I'm not leaving my home"