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Ariel Shadows in Paradise

Preceded by Rocky VI

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Feb 18, 2004 7:00 PM
$6 students (tickets required)
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A minimalist road movie (Ariel, 1988), a tragicomic romance (Shadows of Paradise, 1986), and a short spoof of all things Stallone. The minimalist road movie Ariel (74 mins.) established Kaurismaki's reputation on the international film scene and was voted the Best Foreign Film of the Year by the National Society of Film Critics.

Shadows of Paradise (76 mins.), the first film in the "proletarian trilogy" that also includes Ariel and The Match Factory Girl, is a tragicomedy about a wary romance between a garbage truck driver and supermarket cashier.

The short Rocky VI (1986; 9 mins.) mocks everything Stallone-related.

Season Support

Support for the 2003-04 film/video season provided by the Rohauer Collection Foundation and the Corporate Annual Fund of the Wexner Center Foundation.

Contemporary films, international films, and visiting filmmakers presentations presented with support from the Ohio Arts Council.

Series Credits

Series organized by BAMcinematek, Brooklyn.

Special thanks to The Finnish Film Foundation, Jaana Puskala, Aretta Vahala and Mari Peltonen, Aki Kaurismaki, Haije Tulokas and Ilkka Mertsola (Sputnik Oy), Thorsten Schaumann (Bavaria Film), and Gary Palmucci (Kino International).
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Past

Ariel Shadows in Paradise

Feb 18, 2004 7:00 PM EST
$6 students (tickets required)
$4 members
Become a Member