[Leica] Composition

[Don Dory]

Very informative.

On Sun, Feb 18, 2024, 10:31 AM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:

> I sometimes write film reviews for a group in. I thought, as this is a
> photography list, some of you might like cinematography too, and this
> film fits into that category for me.
>
> Douglas
>
> Fallen Leaves (Aki Kaurismäki - director)
>
> I watched this last night on Mubi. I found it very uplifting and a joy
> in itself. I've seen a couple of his other films in the past, and mean
> to see them all. On the film, Finland, according to the Finns, can be a
> very buttoned up place and this is asserted by the Finns themselves in
> their own self-deprecating joke “How do you tell a Finnish introvert
> from a Finnish extrovert? When talking, the introvert looks down at his
> shoes, the extrovert looks at yours.”
>
> As a keen photographer myself, I was struck by the perfection of the
> cinematography. Every frame when the movie is paused is almost perfect
> as an individual picture, with marvellous composition and a wonderful
> way with colour. To add to that, the direction of Kaurismäki is so deft,
> it’s hard to fault.
>
> Everything is delivered in a delightfully droll deadpan manner, and the
> accompanying soundtrack is excellent. The stand-out performance is by
> the sister group Maustetytöt jauntily singing in bright voices the most
> depressing lyrics against the background of a seedy bar with a scattered
> audience of morose drinkers.
>
> It’s a traditional girl meets boy story, except they’re both well past
> their sell-by date, and the vicissitudes and pitfalls strewn across
> their path to a possible happy contentment are many – excess drink,
> joblessness, homelessness, illness and injury. With all that, it’s funny
> and the end is upbeat, and, as in all Kaurismäki’s work, it has a dog.
>
> I think it's worth a watch.
>
>
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