Aki Kaurismdki's Proletariat Trilogy [3 Discs] [Criterion Collection]

Criterion Collection (3Pc)

Overview

"The poignant, deadpan films of Aki Kaurismäki are pitched somewhere in the wintry nether lands between comedy and tragedy. And rarely in his body of work has the line separating those genres seemed thinner than in what is often identified as his ""Proletariat Trilogy,"" Shadows in Paradise, Ariel, and The Match Factory Girl. In these three films, something like social-realist farces, Kaurismäki surveys the working-class outcasts of his native Finland with detached yet disarming amusement. Featuring commanding, off-key visual compositions and delightfully dour performances, the films in this triptych exemplify the talents of a unique and highly influential film artist. Films in this set: Shadows in Paradise (1986) Ariel (1988) The Match Factory Girl (1990)"

Product Details

Release Date:	09/23/2008
UPC:	0715515032025
Original Release:	2008
Rating:	NR
Source:	Criterion Collection
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	3:35:00
Sales rank:	723