The national and beyond
Subtitle: the globalisation of Finnish cinema in the films of Aki and Mika Kaurismaki
By: Pietari Kaapa.
Series: New studies in European cinema -- v. 12
Publisher: Peter Lang; Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften; Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9783039119660
Subjects: Kaurismäki, Aki, -- 1957- -- Criticism and interpretation; Kaurismäki, Mika -- Criticism and interpretation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

The cultural context of the Kaurismäkis: Finnish films for Finnish people? -- Developing post-national forms of cinema, 1981-1985. Displaced souls lost in Finland: the Kaurismäki's films as the cinema of the marginalised -- Between convergence and divergence: the transvergent cinemas of Aki and Mika Kaurismäki -- Life in a capitalist welfare state: marginal hope and dystopian prophecies -- Socio-economic exclusion and the fragmented individual. Aki  Kaurismäki's proletarian trilogy and Hamlet Liikemaailmassa -- Mika Kaurismäki's "life-politics trilogy" post-nationalism between the welfare state and global capitalism -- The international adventures of the kaurismakis. the search for post-national stability: Mika Kaurismäki's international films, 1987-1990 -- The problems of post-national integration: Aki Kaurismäki's international films, 1989-1992 -- Transnational travel and the difficulty of "home": projecting the post-national condition for an EU-integrated finland -- A return to home?: Aki Kaurismäki's Leningrad cowboys meet Moses, Total balalaika show and Pida Huivistasi Kiinni Tatjana -- A farewell to finland: Mika Kaurismäki's The last border and Tigrero, the film that was never made -- Conclusion.
Table of contents: title: The cultural context of the Kaurismäkis: Finnish films for Finnish people?; title: Developing post-national forms of cinema, 1981-1985. Displaced souls lost in Finland: the Kaurismäki's films as the cinema of the marginalised; title: Between convergence and divergence: the transvergent cinemas of Aki and Mika Kaurismäki; title: life in a capitalist welfare state: marginal hope and dystopian prophecies; title: Socio-economic exclusion and the fragmented individual. Aki Kaurismäki's proletarian trilogy and Hamlet Liikemaailmassa; title: Mika Kaurismäki's "life-politics trilogy" post-nationalism between the welfare state and global capitalism; title: The international adventures of the Kaurismäkis. The search for post-national stability: Mika Kaurismäki's international films, 1987-1990; title: The problems of post-national integration: Aki Kaurismäki's international films, 1989-1992; title: Transnational travel and the difficulty of "home": projecting the post-national condition for an EU-integrated Finland; title: A return to home: Aki Kaurismäki's Leningrad cowboys meet Moses, Total balalaika show and Pida Huivistasi Kiinni Tatjana; title: A farewell to Finland: Mika Kaurismäki's The last border and Tigrero, the film that was never made; title: Conclusion.