The Films of Aki Kaurismäki: Ludic Engagements

ISBN-13: 9781501363160 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 240 str.

Austin Thomas

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List of Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction Thomas Austin Part 1: Time and Space Chapter 1: Temporality in Kaurismäki: Anachronism, Allusion, Tableau Thomas Austin Chapter 2: Three Ecologies of Kaurismäki Pietari Kääpä Chapter 3: Beyond the Edges of the Frame: The Invisible in Aki Kaurismäki’s Films Lara Perski Chapter 4: Kaurismäki and Japan Eija Niskanen Part 2: Tone and Point of View Chapter 5: The Camera’s Ironic Point of View: Notes on Strange and Comic Elements in the Films of Aki Kaurismäki Jaakko Seppälä Chapter 6: Dreamers and Other Sentimental Fools: Money, Solidarity and Ambivalent Populism in the Films of Aki Kaurismäki Panos Kompatsiaris Chapter 7: The Cultural Techniques of Gesture in Aki Kaurismäki’s Proletarian Trilogy Angelos Koutsourakis Chapter 8: Kaurismäki’s Musical Moments: Genre, Irony, Utopia, Redemption Andrew Nestingen Part 3: Performance Chapter 9: Levels of typification in Aki Kaurismäki’s Drifting Clouds Henry Bacon Chapter 10: Masquerading, Underacting, and Screen Performances in Hamlet Goes Business Ulrike Hanstein Chapter 11: Deadpan Dogs: Kaurismäki’s Canine Comedies Michael Lawrence Filmography Bibliography Index