Movies

Ariel (1988) Directed by Aki Kaurismaki. I've seen these Finnish movies on the library shelf occasionally and finally decided to give one a try. This is a rather bleak, yet strangely calm, look at life on the lower edge of society where Stoic Finns do what they have to do without worrying about ethics. Somewhere in Finland people may be happy and beautiful but not here. Can Finland really be this dismal? Not much dialog, and almost every detail was something I had never seen anything quite like before. This same story could have been made into a John Garfield movie and been a real thriller - yet this never gets exciting at all, not the half-assed crimes, the prison break, nothing. Kaurismaki is on my list of people to see more movies by. 9/10