Wednesday, December 01, 1971

DECEMBER 1971, TAMPERE

Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari. SEA Tampere [2]
The Railrodder. CA 1965. D: Gerald Potterton. Buster Keaton. SEA Tampere [2]
Skammen / Häpeä. SE 1968. D: Ingmar Bergman. Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann
Anatomy of a Murder / Erään murhan anatomia. US 1959. D: Otto Preminger. James Stewart. tv
Wagon Master / Rajarosvojen voittaja. US 1950. D: John Ford. SEA Tampere
Punahilkka / [Little Red Riding Hood]. FI 1968. D: Timo Bergholm. Kristiina Halkola. tv
Летят журавли / Kurjet lentävät / The Cranes Are Flying. SU 1957. D: Mihail Kalatozov. Tatjana Samoilova, Aleksei Batalov. teinikunta (the high school students' association) 16mm
Ordet / Sana / The Word. DK 1955. D: Carl Th. Dreyer. Kaj Munk
Les Diaboliques. tv [2]
Lifeboat / Pelastusvene. US 1943. D: Alfred Hitchcock. Tallulah Bankhead. tv
Elokuu / The Harvest Month. FI 1956. D: Matti Kassila. F.E. Sillanpää. tv
Gertrud / Gertrud. DK 1964. D: Carl Th. Dreyer. tv
Les bonnes femmes / Kuumat suhteet. FR 1960. D: Claude Chabrol. Stéphane Audran, Bernadette Lafont. tv
On the Bowery / Kadun orjat. US 1956. D: Lionel Rogosin. tv

Monday, November 01, 1971

NOVEMBER 1971, TAMPERE

Неотправленное письмо / Älä odota kirjettä / The Letter That Was Never Sent. SU 1960. D: Mihail Kalatozov. tv
Särkelä itte / [Särkelä In Person]. FI 1947. D: Toivo Särkkä. Ilmari Turja. Uuno Laakso. tv
Seven Women / Seitsemän naista. US 1965. D: John Ford. Anne Bancroft. SEA Tampere
Monihara / [Teen kanya 3: Monihara]. IN 1961. D: Satyajit Ray. Rabindranath Tagore. The third episode only, 50 min, was transmitted on 7 Nov 1971 on YLE TV2
Zywot Mateusza / Matteuksen päivät. PL 1967. D: Witold Leszcsynski. tv
Laura / Laura. US 1944. D: Otto Preminger. Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews. tv
Accident / Onnettomuus. GB 1967. D: Joseph Losey. Harold Pinter. Dirk Bogarde, Jacqueline Sassard, Stanley Baker, Delphine Seyrig. Olympia
Сорок первый / Tyttö ja vanki / The Forty-First. SU 1956. D: Grigori Tshuhrai. tv
Znaki na drodze / Paluutie. PL 1971. D: Andrzej Piotrowski. tv
Raymond Rohauer and Peter von Bagh re-introduced Buster Keaton at SEA, Tampere.
Out West. US 1918. D: Roscoe Arbuckle. Buster Keaton. SEA Tampere +
The Electric House. US 1922. D: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton. SEA Tampere +
Steamboat Bill, Jr. US 1928. D: Charles Reisner. Buster Keaton. SEA Tampere. Thunderous laughter in the screening, I had never heard such laughter, I almost fell on the floor myself.
Най-дългата нощ / Pitkä yö / The Longest Night, BG 1966. D: Vulo Radev. tv
The Patsy / Jerry neropattina. US 1964. Jerry Lewis. tv
Cops. US 1922. Buster Keaton. SEA Tampere
The Boat. US 1921. Buster Keaton. SEA Tampere
One Week. US 1920. Buster Keaton. SEA Tampere
Sherlock, Jr. US 1924. Buster Keaton. SEA Tampere

Friday, October 01, 1971

OCTOBER 1971, TAMPERE

Othon / Les Yeux ne veulent pas en tout temps se fermer, ou Peut-être qu'un jour Rome se permettra de choisir à son tour. DE/IT1970. D: Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet. My first film seen at SEA Tampere
L'eclisse. tv [2]
Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach. DE/IT 1968. D: Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet. SEA Tampere
The Canterville Ghost / Cantervillen kummitus. US 1943. D: Jules Dassin. Oscar Wilde. Charles Laughton. tv
Gentleman Jim / Seikkailujen mies: Gentleman Jim. US 1942. D: Raoul Walsh. Errol Flynn. tv
Underworld U.S.A. / Alamaailma USA. US 1960. D: Samuel Fuller. tv
Die Spinnen 1: Der goldene See / Hämähäkit 1: Kultainen järvi. DE 1919. D: Fritz Lang. SEA Tampere
Die Spinnen 2: Das Brillantenschiff / Hämähäkit 2: Timanttilaiva. DE 1919. D: Fritz Lang. SEA Tampere
The Ladies' Man / Jerry Lewis naisten miehenä. US 1961. tv
Gigi / Gigi. US 1958. D: Vincente Minnelli. Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan. tv
La Peau douce. tv [2]
Shinjuku dorobo nikki /Diary of a Shinjuku Burglar. JP 1969. SEA Tampere
The Damned / Kirotut. GB 1962. D: Joseph Losey. Stanley Baker
Spione / Vakoilija. DE 1928. D: Fritz Lang. SEA Tampere

Wednesday, September 01, 1971

SEPTEMBER 1971, TAMPERE

The Killing / Peli on menetetty. US 1956. D: Stanley Kubrick. Sterling Hayden. tv
Playtime / Playtime. FR 1965. D: Jacques Tati
A Kind of Loving / Eräänlaista rakkautta. GB 1962. D: John Schlesinger. tv
A double tour / Lukittu ovi. FR 1959. D: Claude Chabrol. tv
Queimada / Queimada. IT/FR 1970. D: Gillo Pontecorvo. Marlon Brando
Zhili byli staruk so staruhov / Oli kerran ukko ja akka. SU 1965. D: Grigori Chukrai / Tshuhrai. tv
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington / Herra Smith menee Washingtoniin. US 1939. D: Frank Capra. James Stewart. tv
Jussi Pussi / [Jussi Pussi]. Fi 1970. Spede Pasanen. D: Ere Kokkonen. Vesa-Matti Loiri. tv
Call Northside 777 / Soittakaa Northside 777. US 1947. D: Henry Hathaway. James Stewart. tv
Dead Reckoning / Kuumat paikat. US 1947. D: John Cromwell. Humphrey Bogart. tv

Sunday, August 01, 1971

AUGUST 1971, HELSINKI AND TALLINN

The Searchers / Etsijät. US 1956. D: John Ford. John Wayne. Cinema
Boomerang / Saarroksissa. US 1947. D: Elia Kazan. Dana Andrews. tv
The Ox-Bow Incident / Kuolemantuomiopaikka. US 1942. D: William Wellman. Dana Andrews. tv
Little Big Man / Pieni Suuri Mies. US 1971. D: Arthur Penn. Dustin Hoffman
The Chase / Armottomat. US 1965. D: Arthur Penn. Marlon Brando, Robert Redford, Jane Fonda
Corazón salvaje / Metsik süda. MX 1968. D: Tito Davison. Based on the radioplay and novel by the "Margaret Mitchell of the telenovela", Caridad Bravo Adams. A mother is brutally wronged, and her son becomes a pirate of the Caribbean in early 20th century. Seen in Tallinn, Estonia. The film had probably a spoken commentary in Estonian. The cinema was full, and the women were crying out loud.
Desperate Hours / Epätoivon hetkiä. US 1955. D: William Wyler. Humphrey Bogart. tv

Thursday, July 01, 1971

JULY 1971, HELSINKI


Gillo Pontecorvo: La battaglia di Algeri /معركة الجزائر  / Maarakat madinat al Jazaer / The Battle of Algiers (IT/DZ 1966). Gillo Pontecorvo directs.

Popiól i diament
/ Tuhkaa ja timanttia. PL 1958. D: Andrzej Wajda. Jerzy Andrzejewski. Zbigniew Cybulski. tv
The Fearless Vampire Killers
/ Vampyyrintappajat. US/GB 1967. D: Roman Polanski. Sharon Tate
Obyknovennyi fashism / Arkipäivän fasismi. SU 1964. D: Mihail Romm
La battaglia di Algeri
/معركة الجزائر  / Maarakat madinat al Jazaer / Taistelu Algeriasta. IT/DZ 1966. D: Gillo Pontecorvo
The Gunfighter
/ Ase kädessä. US 1950. D: Henry King. Gregory Peck. tv
Blowup. tv [2]
Man of the West
/ Mies lännestä. US 1958. D: Anthony Mann. Gary Cooper, Julie London. tv
Comanche Station
/ Kuoleman asema. US 1959. D: Budd Boetticher. Randolph Scott. tv

Tuesday, June 01, 1971

JUNE 1971, HELSINKI

Abismos de pasión / Humiseva harju. MX 1953. D: Luis Buñuel. Emily Brontë. Wagner
Western Union / He olivat urheita miehiä. US 1941. D: Fritz Lang. Randolph Scott. tv
Căldura / Nuoria ihmisiä. RO 1969. D: Șerban Creangă. tv
Szegénylegények / Kapinalliset. HU 1965. D: Miklós Jancsó. HYY
Apache / Viimeinen apassi. US 1954. D: Robert Aldrich. Burt Lancaster. tv
Hatari! / Hatari! US 1962. D: Howard Hawks. John Wayne
Vera Cruz / Vera Cruz. US 1954. D: Robert Aldrich. tv
They Robbed the Bank of England / Suuri pankkiryöstö. GB 1960. D: John Guillermin. tv
Johnny Guitar / Johnny Guitar. US 1954. D: Nicholas Ray. Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden. Cinema
Sabrina Fair / Kaunis Sabrina. US 1954. D: Billy Wilder. Humphrey Bogart, William Holden, Audrey Hepburn. tv

Saturday, May 01, 1971

MAY 1971, HELSINKI

A bout de souffle / Viimeiseen hengenvetoon. FR 1959. D: Jean-Luc Godard. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg. tv
Serata / The Party. RO 1971. D: Malvina Ursianu. SEA
Castelul condamnatilor / The Castle of the Doomed. RO 1969. D: Mihai Iakob. SEA
Nyár a hegyen / Kesä vuorella. HU 1967. D: Peter Bacsó. tv
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance / Mies, joka ampui Liberty Valancen. US 1961. D: John Ford. John Wayne, James Stewart. tv
Across the Bridge / Yli sillan. GB 1957. D: Ken Annakin. Graham Greene. Rod Steiger. tv
The Bohemian Girl / Kaksi mustalaista. US 1936. Laurel & Hardy. tv
Blotto / Juhlatuulella. US 1930. Laurel & Hardy
Beau Hunks / Sankarialokkaat. US 1931. Laurel & Hardy - these two shorts screened in a compilation called Sankarialokkaat juhlatuulella
Sluchayat Penleve / Slutshajat Penleve / Kolme tapausta elämästä. BG 1967. D: Georgi Stojanov. tv
The Ernie Game. tv [2]
Murphy's War / Murphyn sota. GB 1971. D: Peter Yates. Peter O'Toole
Katkera vuosi. SU 1968. A Soviet documentary on the Czech year 1968. HYY

Thursday, April 01, 1971

APRIL 1971, HELSINKI


F. W. Murnau: Nosferatu (DE 1922). In April 1971 I visited my first Murnau retrospective and saw seven films. I missed for instance Der letzte Mann, which was screened on a Saturday afternoon. Saturday was then a school day.
    I asked for permission from the class teacher to visit the screening. Permission was denied because participation in a divertissement was not a sufficient motive for absence from a school class.
    Most Murnau prints were inferior in 1971. Thanks to distinguished restorations, the situation improved tremendously by the end of the 1990s. For instance the print of Nosferatu seen in 1971 was positively underwhelming. I am not a fan of modern colouring to silent films, but Nosferatu absolutely requires blue toning for night scenes. Otherwise the vampire would walk in broad sunlight.
    Poster design: Albin Grau. Albin Grau was co-founder of Prana-Film, establisher of its Yin-Yang trademark, co-producer and production designer of Nosferatu and in charge of the promotional material. Because the film was based on Bram Stoker's Dracula without authorization, a court ruling ordered all prints destroyed. Prana Film did not survive.

O profeta da fome
/ The Prophet of Hunger. BR 1970. D: Maurice Capovila. SEA
Billy Liar / Uneksija Billy. GB 1963. D: John Schlesinger. Tom Courtenay. tv
Die Finanzen des Grossherzogs / Suurherttuan rahahuolet. DE 1923. D: F. W. Murnau. SEA
Padurea spânzuratilor / Tuomittujen metsä. RO 1964. D: Liviu Ciulei. tv
Schloss Vogelöd / Vogelödin linna. DE 1921. D: F. W. Murnau. SEA
Sunrise / Auringonnousu. US 1927. D: F. W. Murnau. SEA
Shonen / Poika. JP 1969. D: Nagisa Oshima
Faust / Faust. DE 1926. D: F. W. Murnau. SEA
Nosferatu. DE 1922. D: F. W. Murnau. SEA
Way Out West / Kaksi kulkuria. US 1937. Laurel & Hardy. tv
Tabu / Tabu – kiellettyä rakkautta. US 1931. D: F. W. Murnau. SEA
Tartuffe / Tartuffe. DE 1925. D: F. W. Murnau. SEA
Ansiktet / Kasvot / The Face / The Magician. SE 1958. D: Ingmar Bergman. [2] A meeting of freethinkers. Cinema. In the presence of Atos Wirtanen. I bought a remarkable book by Hilkka Rasku: Ingmar Bergman kasvoista kasvoihin ([Ingmar Bergman from Face to Face], 1970). I have never seen the rare book mentioned anywhere, but I have always cherished it. I resigned from church (the Evangelic Lutheran Church of Finland) as soon as I turned 16 in April 1971. I rejoined in 2016 in protest to the fashionable "Resign from Church" movement and in order to be able to pay church tax.

Monday, March 01, 1971

MARCH 1971, HELSINKI AND OTANIEMI

Sad Song of Yellow Skin. CA 1970. D: Michael Rubbo. Vietnam. Tampere Film Festival at Dipoli, Otaniemi
Tercer mundo, tercer guerra mundial / Third World, Third World War. CU 1970. D: Julio García Espinosa. Tampere Film Festival at Dipoli, Otaniemi
Ice. US 1970. D: Robert Kramer. SEA
La Règle du jeu. SEA [2]. tv [3]
Sansho dayu / Sansho the Bailiff. JP 1954. D: Kenji Mizoguchi. SEA
Sunset Boulevard / Auringonlaskun katu. US 1950. D: Billy Wilder. William Holden, Gloria Swanson. tv
The Birds / Linnut. US 1963. D: Alfred Hitchcock. Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor
La hora de los hornos II. AR 1968. D: Fernando E. Solanas, Octavio Getino. SEA
La hora de los hornos III. AR 1968. D: Fernando E. Solanas, Octavio Getino. SEA
Miehen tie / [The Way of a Man]. FI 1940. D: Nyrki Tapiovaara, Hugo Hytönen. F.E. Sillanpää. Erik Blomberg. Mirjami Kuosmanen. tv
79 primaveras. tv [2]
Le mani sulla città / Kaupungin valtias. IT 1963. D: Francesco Rosi. Rod Steiger. tv
Eloy. AR/CL 1969. D: Humberto Ríos. SEA
Yawar mallku / Blood of the Condor. BO 1969. D: Jorge Sanjinés. SEA
Swiss Miss / Kaksi tyrolilaista. US 1938. Laurel & Hardy. tv
Le Boucher / Teurastaja. FR 1969. D: Claude Chabrol. Michel Bouquet, Stéphane Audran
Go West / Päivä villissä lännessä. US 1940. The Marx Brothers. tv
El chacal de Nahueltoro / Jackal of Nahueltoro. CL/MX 1969. D: Miguel Littin. SEA

Monday, February 01, 1971

FEBRUARY 1971, HELSINKI

Arsenal / Arsenal. SU 1929. D: Alexander Dovzhenko. SEA
Oblomok imperii / Imperiumin sirpale. SU 1929. D: Friedrich Ermler. SEA
Kumonosu-jo / Seittien linna. JP 1957. D: Akira Kurosawa. Shakespeare. Toshiro Mifune. tv
Lola Montès / Lola Montès. FR/DE 1956. D: Max Ophuls. Martine Carol. SEA
The Circus / Sirkus. US 1928. Charles Chaplin
Podenie dinasty Romanovyh / Romanovien dynastian tuho. SU 1927. D: Eshfir Shub. SEA
High Noon. tv [2]
Kreivi / [The Count]. FI 1971. D: Peter von Bagh. Cinema
De verloedering van de Swieps / Liftarin vierailu. NL 1967. D: Erik Terpstra. tv
The Ernie Game / Ernie. CA 1967. D: Don Owen. Leonard Cohen. SEA
Neighbours. CA 1952. D: Norman McLaren
Citizen Kane. SEA. [2]
Lucía / Lucia. CU 1968. D: Humberto Solas. tv
The Magnificent Ambersons / Mahtavat Ambersonit. US 1942. D: Orson Welles. Booth Tarkington. SEA
Twentieth Century / 2o. vuosisata. US 1934. D: Howard Hawks. John Barrymore, Carole Lombard. tv
The Nutty Professor. tv [2]
Vie privée / Yksityiselämä. FR 1961. D: Louis Malle. Brigitte Bardot, Marcello Mastroianni. tv
Prividenije, katoroje ne vozvrashtshajetsa / Kummitus joka ei palaa. SU 1929. D: Abram Room. SEA
Sons of the Desert / Päivänpaisteisia pässinpäitä. US 1933. Laurel & Hardy. tv
Cien años de lucha: 1868-1968 / 1868-1969. CU 1969. D: Bernabé Hernández. Tampere Film Festival in Otaniemi. The first Tampere Film Festival selection I have seen

Sunday, January 31, 1971

JANUARY 1971, HELSINKI

Nazarín / Nazarin. MX 1959. D: Luis Buñuel. Benito Pérez Galdós. Francisco Rabal. tv
Tortilla Flat / Ystävyyden talo. US 1942. D: Victor Fleming. John Steinbeck. Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, John Garfield. tv
Laurel & Hardy: The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case, Twice Two, Night Owls, County Hospital. tv
Työmiehen päiväkirja / [A Worker's Diary]. FI 1967. D: Risto Jarva. Paul Osipow, Elina Salo. tv
Animal Farm / Eläinten vallankumous. GB 1954. D: John Halas & Joy Batchelor. George Orwell. tv
The Man from Laramie / Muukalainen Laramiesta. US 1955. D: Anthony Mann. James Stewart. tv
Rush to Judgment / Kiireinen tuomio. US 1967. D: Emile de Antonio. JFK. tv
There Was a Crooked Man / Lännen kieroin kaveri. US 1969. D: Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Kirk Douglas
To Catch a Thief / Varkaiden paratiisi. US 1955. D: Alfred Hitchcock. Cary Grant, Grace Kelly. tv
Teorema / Teorema. IT 1968. D: Pier Paolo Pasolini. Terence Stamp, Silvana Mangano, Massimo Girotti, Anne Wiazemsky
Tristana / Tristana. ES 1970. D: Luis Buñuel. Catherine Deneuve, Fernando Rey
Cul-de-sac / Umpikuja. GB 1966. D: Roman Polanski. Francoise Dorleac. tv
Mjortvye dushi / Kuolleet sielut. SU 1960. D: Leonid Trauberg. Nikolai Gogol. tv
Duminicá la ora 6 / Kello kuusi sunnuntaina. RO 1965. D: Lucian Pintilie. tv
The Hanging Tree / Hirsipuu. US 1959. D: Delmer Daves. Gary Cooper. tv
Scarface. US 1932. D: Howard Hawks. Paul Muni. SEA
Pardon Us / Mohikaanimonnit motissa. US 1931. Laurel & Hardy. tv
Les Diaboliques / Pirulliset. FR 1954. D: Henri-Georges Clouzot. Boileau & Narcejac. Simone Signoret, Charles Vanel, Paul Meurisse. Cinema

Friday, January 01, 1971

DECEMBER 1970, HELSINKI

LBJ / LBJ. CU 1968. D: Santiago Alvarez. tv
Det sjunde inseglet / Seitsemäs sinetti. SE 1957. D: Ingmar Bergman. Max von Sydow, Gunnar Björnstrand. SEA
Smultronstället. SEA [2]
Täällä Pohjantähden alla. tv [2]
It Happened Tomorrow / Tapahtui huomenna. US 1944. D: René Clair. tv
Ansiktet / Kasvot. SE 1958. D: Ingmar Bergman. Max von Sydow, Ingrid Thulin. SEA
Pähkähullu Suomi / [Crazy Finland]. FI 1967. D: Jukka Virtanen. Spede Pasanen. tv [2]
Idiot / Idiootti. SU 1958. D: Ivan Pyryev. Dostoyevsky. tv
Jalsaghar / Musiikkihuone. IN 1958. D: Satyajit Ray. tv
La Mort en ce jardin / Kuoleman puutarha. FR/MX 1956. D: Luis Buñuel. Georges Marchal, Simone Signoret, Michel Piccoli. Cinema
Saps at Sea / Lattapäiset lainehilla. US 1940. Laurel & Hardy. tv

NOVEMBER 1970, HELSINKI

A Walk in the Sun / He vaelsivat auringossa. US 1945. D: Lewis Milestone. abridged. film society
The Caine Mutiny / Cainen kapina. US 1954. D: Edward Dmytryk. Humphrey Bogart. tv
Les Parents terribles / Kauheat vanhemmat. FR 1948. D: Jean Cocteau. Jean Marais. film society
Fényes szelek /Vapauden tuulia. HU 1969. D: Miklós Jancsó. Cinema
Beyond the Law / Lain varjolla. US 1968. D: Norman Mailer. tv
Terra em transe / Valta ja kumous. BR 1967. D: Glauber Rocha. tv
Käpy selän alla. tv [2]
79 primaveras / 79 kevättä. CU 1969. D: Santiago Alvarez. film society
Aerograd / Aerograd. SU 1935. D: Alexander Dovzhenko. film society
Toni / Toni. FR 1935. D: Jean Renoir. tv
Il deserto rosso / Punainen erämaa. IT 1964. D: Michelangelo Antonioni. Monica Vitti, Richard Harris. film society
Soshun / Varhainen kevät. JP 1956. D: Yasujiro Ozu. tv
La dolce vita / Ihana elämä. IT 1959. D: Federico Fellini. Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg. tv

OCTOBER 1970, HELSINKI



Andy Warhol: Bike Boy (US 1967) with Joe Spencer as Joe the Motorcyclist. And Brigid Berlin, Ingrid Superstar, Ann Wehrer, Viva, Bettina Coffin and Valerie Solanas. Shot by Paul Morrissey. The Andy Warhol Factory sexploitation superbore was the first film I saw at a Finnish Film Archive screening.

Un chien andalou
. film society [2]
Los olvidados. film society [2]
Flickorna / Näyttelijättäret. SE 1968. D: Mai Zetterling. tv
Muerte de un burocrata. tv [2]
Ikiru / Ikiru - tuomittu. JP 1952. D: Akira Kurosawa. Takashi Shimura. Cinema
Okraina / Laitakaupunki. SU 1933. D: Boris Barnet. film society
Sanjuro /Samuraimiekka. JP 1962. D: Akira Kurosawa. Toshiro Mifune. Cinema
Ruusujen aika. film society [2]
Medea. IT 1970. D: Pier Paolo Pasolini. Maria Callas. Italian Cultural Week
Kuuma kissa? / [Hot Cat?]. FI 1968. D: Erkko Kivikoski. Kerttu-Kaarina Suosalmi. Maarita Mäkelä. tv
Judex / Judex. FR 1963. D: Georges Franju. film society
Bike Boy. US 1969. D: Andy Warhol. SEA = Suomen Elokuva-Arkisto r.y. / Finnish Film Archive. The first film I saw at SEA.
Charulata / Yksinäinen nainen. IN 1963. D: Satyajit Ray. Rabindranath Tagore. tv
L'Aveu / Tunnustus. FR 1970. D: Costa-Gavras. Artur London. Yves Montand, Simone Signoret
Love Happy / Sardiinimysteerio. US 1949. The Marx Brothers, Marilyn Monroe. film society
Prologue / Chicago -68. CA 1970. D: Robin Spry. William S. Burroughs, John Kenneth Galbraith, Jean Genet, Allen Ginsberg, Abbie Hoffman. tv
Porcile / Sikolätti. IT 1969. D: Pier Paolo Pasolini
I vitelloni / Vetelehtijät. IT 1953. D: Federico Fellini. Alberto Sordi. tv

SEPTEMBER 1970, HELSINKI


Julio García Espinosa: Las aventuras de Juan Quin Quin (CU 1967) starring Júlio Martinez (Quin Quin) and Adelaida Raymat (Teresa).

Touch of Evil
/ Pahan kosketus. US 1957. D: Orson Welles. Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh
La Guerre est finie / Sota on loppunut. tv [2]
La hora de los hornos I / Polttouunien aika. AR 1968. D: Fernando E. Solanas, Octavio Getino. tv
Eva / Eeva. FR/IT 1962. D: Joseph Losey. Jeanne Moreau, Stanley Baker
Persona / Naisen naamio - persona. SE 1966. D: Ingmar Bergman. Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullmann
La strada / Tie. IT 1954. D: Federico Fellini. Giulietta Masina, Anthony Quinn. tv
King and Country / Kuningas ja isänmaa. GB 1964. D: Joseph Losey. Dirk Bogarde, Tom Courtenay. tv
Anna Karenina / Anna Karenina. US 1935. D: Clarence Brown. Leo Tolstoy. Greta Garbo. tv
Lapulaismorsian / [The Bride from Lapua]. FI 1967. D: Mikko Niskanen. Kaj Chydenius. Kristiina Halkola, Kirsti Wallasvaara, Aulikki Oksanen, Pekka Laiho, Pekka Autiovuori, Heikki Kinnunen. tv
Stagecoach / Hyökkäys erämaassa. US 1939. D: John Ford. John Wayne. tv
Le Soupirant / Naista metsästämässä. FR 1962. Pierre Etaix. film society
La Voie lactée / Linnunrata. FR 1968. D: Luis Buñuel
Las aventuras de Juan Quin Quin / Quin Quinin seikkailut. CU 1967. D: Julio García Espinosa. tv
Knock on Any Door / Tuomion tie. US 1949. D: Nicholas Ray. Humphrey Bogart. tv
Zéro de conduite / Nolla käytöksessä. FR 1933. D: Jean Vigo. tv

JUNE, JULY, AUGUST 1970, HELSINKI

Luci del varietà / Varieteen valot. IT 1950. D: Alberto Lattuada, Federico Fellini. Giulietta Masina. tv
Laurel & Hardy: Early to Bed, That's My Wife, Liberty, The Finishing Touch, Leave 'em Laughing, Brats, Big Business, Laughing Gravy, Them Thar Hills, etc. tv
Shadow of a Doubt / Epäilyksen varjo. US 1943. D: Alfred Hitchcock. Joseph Cotten
Rozmarné léto /Hassu kesä. CZ 1968. D: Jiri Menzel. tv [2]
The Man in the White Suit / Valkopukuinen mies. GB 1951. D: Alexander Mackendrick. Alec Guinness. tv
Belle de jour / Päiväperho. FR 1967. D: Luis Buñuel. Catherine Deneuve

MAY 1970, HELSINKI

Une femme mariée / Aviovaimo. FR 1964. D: Jean-Luc Godard. Raoul Coutard. Beethoven's string quartets 7, 9, 10, 14, and 15. Macha Méril. film society?
Zaduszki / Taru rakkaudesta. PL 1962. D: Tadeusz Konwicki. tv
The Big Sleep / Syvä uni. US 1946. D: Howard Hawks. Raymond Chandler. Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall. tv
Jules et Jim / Jules ja Jim. FR 1961. D: Francois Truffaut. Jeanne Moreau. tv [2]
Horí, má panenko / Palaa, palaa! CZ 1967. D: Milos Forman. tv
Ket felidö a pokolban / Kaksi puoliaikaa helvettiin. HU 1961. D: Zoltan Fabri. tv
Strangers on a Train / Muukalaisia junassa. US 1951. D: Alfred Hitchcock. Patricia Highsmith, Raymond Chandler. Farley Granger, Robert Walker
Tirez sur la pianiste /Ampukaa pianistia. FR 1960. D: Francois Truffaut. Charles Aznavour. tv
Un chien andalou / Andalusialainen koira. FR 1928. D: Luis Buñuel, Salvador Dali
Los olvidados / Los olvidados - säälikää heitä. MX 1950. D: Luis Buñuel
La muerta de un burocrata / Byrokraatin kuolema. CU 1966. D: Tomas Gutierrez Alea. Suomi-Kuuba-Seura?
Midnight Cowboy / Keskiyön cowboy. US 1969. D: John Schlesinger. Nilsson. Jon Voight, Dustin Hoffman
The King and Four Queens / Kuningas ja neljä kuningatarta. US 1956. D: Raoul Walsh. Clark Gable. tv

APRIL 1970, HELSINKI

Intimní osvetlení / Kasvoista kasvoihin. CZ 1966. D: Ivan Passer. tv
Ole dole doff / Ole dole doff. SE 1968. D: Jan Troell. Per Oscarsson. film society
Hemsöborna / Hemsöläiset. SE 1955. D: Arne Mattsson. August Strindberg. tv
Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari / Tohtori Caligarin kabinetti. DE 1919. D: Robert Wiene. film society
Entr'acte / Entr'acte. FR 1924. D: René Clair. no music. film society
Entuziasm / Entusiasmi. SU 1930. D: Dziga Vertov. film society
Zabriskie Point / Zabriskie Point. US 1969. D: Michelangelo Antonioni. Pink Floyd. Mark Frechette, Daria Halprin. viewed at Cinema Elysée
Pleins feux sur l'assassin / Valokeila murhaajaan. FR 1961. D: Georges Franju. Boileau & Narcejac. tv
La Règle du jeu / Pelin säännöt. FR 1939. D: Jean Renoir
Eldorado / Eldorado. US 1966. D: Howard Hawks. John Wayne. film society
Le vieil homme et l'enfant / Me kaksi. FR 1967. D: Claude Berri. Michel Simon
Lenin v Polshe / Lenin w Polsce / Lenin Puolassa. SU/PL 1964. D: Sergei Yutkevich. SC: Yevgeni Gabrilovich. Maxim Strauch. tv
Masculin féminin / Maskuliini feminiini. FR 1965. D: Jean-Luc Godard. Jean-Pierre Léaud, Chantal Goya. film society

MARCH 1970, HELSINKI

Sedmikrasky / Tuhatkaunokit. CZ 1966. D: Vera Chytilova. Film society
La Guerre est finie / Sota on loppunut. FR 1965. D: Alain Resnais. Jorge Semprun. Yves Montand. film society
Dr. Strangelove / Tohtori Outolempi. GB 1964. D: Stanley Kubrick. Peter Sellers. film society
Le Samouraï / Ajojahti. FR 1967. D: Jean-Pierre Melville. Alain Delon. film society
Alphaville / Lemmy Caution - piru mieheksi. FR 1965. D: Jean-Luc Godard. Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina
The Servant / Palvelija. GB 1963. D: Joseph Losey. Harold Pinter. Dirk Bogarde, James Fox, Sarah Miles. tv
Deux ou trois choses que je sais d'elle / Aviovaimo Pariisissa. FR 1966. D: Jean-Luc Godard. Marina Vlady. film society?
Käpy selän alla / [A Cone Under the Back]. FI 1966. D: Mikko Niskanen. Kristiina Halkola, Kirsti Wallasvaara, Eero Melasniemi, Pekka Autiovuori. skdl
Lásky jedné plalovlásky / Vaaleaverikön rakkaus. CZ 1965. D: Milos Forman. tv
Le Mystère Picasso / Picasso - arvoitus. FR 1956. D: Henri-Georges Clouzot. Pablo Picasso. film society
Topaz / Topaz. US 1969. D: Alfred Hitchcock
L'eclisse / Kuumetta. IT 1962. D: Michelangelo Antonioni. Monica Vitti, Alain Delon. film society?
Hiroshima mon amour / Hiroshima rakastettuni. FR/JP 1959. D: Alain Resnais. Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada. tv
Onnenpeli / [A Game of Luck]. FI 1965. D: Risto Jarva. Eija Pokkinen, Kaisa Korhonen, Anneli Sauli, Heikki Partanen, Jaakko Pakkasvirta, Heikki Hämäläinen, Markku Annila. tv

FEBRUARY 1970, HELSINKI

Nobody Waved Goodbye / Miksi hylkäsitte minut? CA 1964. D: Don Owen. tv
El angel exterminador / Tuhon enkeli. MX 1962. D: Luis Buñuel. film society
The Gold Rush / Kultakuume. US 1925. Charles Chaplin. film society [2]
Cela s'appelle l'aurore / Veri kuohuu. FR 1955. D: Luis Buñuel. Georges Marchal, Lucia Bosè. film society
Blowup / Blow Up - erään suudelman jälkeen. GB 1966. D: Michelangelo Antonioni. David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Vera Miles, The Yardbirds
The Immortal Story / Histoire immortelle / Kuolematon tarina. FR 1968. D: Orson Welles. Jeanne Moreau. the original English version
Au hasard Balthazar / Balthazar. FR/SE 1965. D: Robert Bresson. film society
Orfeu do Carnaval / Orfeu negro / Musta Orfeus. BR/FR/IT 1959. film society
El / El - salattu totuus. MX 1952. D: Luis Buñuel. film society
Detstvo Gorkogo / Gorkin lapsuus. SU 1938. D: Mark Donskoi. Maxim Gorky
Fail-Safe / Pommin varjossa. US 1963. D: Sidney Lumet. Henry Fonda. film society
North by Northwest / Vaarallinen romanssi. US 1959. D: Alfred Hitchcock. tv [2]
Je t'aime, je t'aime / Rakastan sinua, rakastan sinua. FR 1968. D: Alain Resnais. film society
Une femme douce / Suloinen nainen. FR 1969. D: Robert Bresson. Dominique Sanda. Dostoyevsky. film society
Noz w wodzie / Veitsi vedessä. PL 1962. D: Roman Polanski. film society
Atentát / Seitsemän miestä aamunkoitteessa. CZ 1964. D: Jirí Sequens. tv
Varastettu kuolema / [Stolen Death]. FI 1938. D: Nyrki Tapiovaara. tv

FILMS SEEN IN 1969 IN HELSINKI


Vittorio De Sica: Ieri, oggi, domani / Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (IT/FR 1963) starring Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni in three episodes, here in the final episode "Mara" (Rome) with the cinema's funniest strip-tease performance, to the tune of "Abat-jour (Salomé)".

SEEN IN THE CINEMA EXCEPT THE ONES MARKED "TV"

Around the World in 80 Days / Maailman ympäri 80 päivässä. US 1956. Michael Todd. Jules Verne
My Darling Clementine / Aavikon laki. US 1946. D: John Ford. Henry Fonda. tv. at 13 years
High Noon / Sheriffi. US 1952. D: Fred Zinnemann. Gary Cooper
Skepp till Indialand / Laiva Intiaan. SE 1947. D: Ingmar Bergman. tv
La Marseillaise / Marseljeesi. FR 1937. D: Jean Renoir
L'amore / Rakkauden ihme. IT 1947. D: Roberto Rossellini. Anna Magnani. tv
Ieri, oggi, domani / Eilen, tänään, huomenna. IT/FR 1963. D: Vittorio De Sica. English version. Sophia Loren's feminine charm met with a viewer at a receptive age.
Ruusujen aika / [The Age of the Roses]. FI 1969. D: Risto Jarva
Näköradiomiehen ihmeelliset siekailut / [The Strange Adventures of the Television Man]. FI 1969. Spede Pasanen.
North by Northwest / Vaarallinen romanssi. US 1959. D: Alfred Hitchcock. Cary Grant, Eve-Marie Saint
Ostre sledovane vlaky / Tarkoin vartioidut junat. CZ 1966. D: Jiri Menzel. tv
Les quatre cents coups / 400 kepposta. FR 1959. D: Francois Truffaut. Jean-Pierre Léaud. tv
Nära livet / Elämän kynnyksellä. SE 1948. D: Ingmar Bergman. tv
Yellow Submarine / Keltainen sukellusvene. GB/US 1968. D: George Dunning. The Beatles
Ice Station Zebra / Jääasema Zebra. US 1968. D: John Sturges. Alistair MacLean. 70 mm. Viewed at Cinerama Savoy. The inauthenticity of the arctic milieu was evident to the Finnish viewer.
Letter from an Unknown Woman / Kirje tuntemattomalta naiselta. US 1948. D: Max Ophuls. Joan Fontaine. tv
City Lights / Kaupungin valot. US 1931. Charles Chaplin
Sebastian / Sebastian. GB 1968. D: David Greene. Dirk Bogarde
Orphée / Orfeus. FR 1949. D: Jean Cocteau. Jean Marais. tv
Le beau Serge / Ystävykset. FR 1958. D: Claude Chabrol. tv
Kesällä kello 5 / [At 5 O'Clock in the Summer]. FI 1963. D: Erkko Kivikoski. tv
Käyntikorttini / [My Business Card, Please]. FI 1964. D: Erkko Kivikoski. tv
Äl' yli päästä perhanaa / [Don't Let the Devil Cross the Bridge]. FI 1968. D: Matti Kassila. tv
Les Anges du péché / Synnin enkelit. FR 1943. D: Robert Bresson. tv
La Tête contre les murs / Pakkopaita. FR 1958. D: Georges Franju. tv
Psycho / Psyko. US 1960. D: Alfred Hitchcock. Janet Leigh, Anthony Perkins – The first time I saw Psycho, and I have never recovered. I still believe there must be a solution that Marion Crane is still alive.
Monte Carlo / Monte Carlo. US 1930. D: Ernst Lubitsch. Jeanette MacDonald, Jack Buchanan. tv
La Beauté du Diable / Paholaisen kauneus. FR/IT 1950. D: René Clair. Michel Simon, Gérard Philipe. tv
Jules et Jim / Jules ja Jim. FR 1961. D: Francois Truffaut. Jeanne Moreau
Model Shop / Valokuvamalli. FR/US 1968. D: Jacques Demy. Anouk Aimée, Gary Lockwood
How to Marry a Millionaire / Kuinka miljonääri naidaan. US 1953. D: Jean Negulesco. Probably my first Marilyn Monroe film, did not impress at all. Maybe I also saw The Seven Year Itch the same summer. tv
Le Testament du Docteur Cordelier / Tohtori Cordelierin testamentti. FR 1960. D: Jean Renoir. Jean-Louis Barrault. tv
Notorious / Notorious. US 1946. D: Alfred Hitchcock. Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman. Seen in a cinema by the Lapinlahden puistikko (Uusi Orion?)
The Human Desire / Ihmispeto. US 1954. D: Fritz Lang. Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame. tv
Sininen viikko / [The Blue Week]. FI 1954. D: Matti Kassila. Matti Oravisto, Gunvor Sandkvist. tv
Marnie / Marnie vaarallisella tiellä. US 1964. D: Alfred Hitchcock. Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery. My first film seen in a film society?
Der Blaue Engel / Sininen Enkeli. DE 1930. D: Josef von Sternberg. Marlene Dietrich, Emil Jannings. tv
To Be Or Not To Be / Ollako vai eikö olla. US 1942. D: Ernst Lubitsch. tv
The Knack / Temppu ja miten se tehdään. GB 1964. D: Richard Lester. Rita Tushingham. film society
Adhémar ou le jouet de la fatalité / Kohtalon leikkikalu. FR 1951. D+starring: Fernandel. SC: Sacha Guitry. Probably my first encounter with Fernandel and Sacha Guitry. tv
Lotna / Lotna - uhrimielen sankaruus. PL 1959. D: Andrzej Wajda. tv
La Fièvre monte à El Pao / Rakkauden ja vihan pyörteissä. FR/MX 1959. D: Luis Buñuel. Gérard Philipe, Maria Felix. tv
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof /Kissa kuumalla katolla. US 1958. D: Richard Brooks. Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor. Tennessee Williams. tv
Miracolo a Milano / Milanon ihme. IT 1951. D: Vittorio De Sica. film society
Guns in the Afternoon / Viheltävät luodit. US 1961. D: Sam Peckinpah. Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea. film society
M / M – kaupunki etsii murhaajaa. DE 1931. D: Fritz Lang. Peter Lorre. tv
The General / Kenraali. US 1926. Buster Keaton. film society
Wszystko na sprzedaz / Kaikki myytävänä. PL 1968. D: Andrzej Wajda
Odd Man Out / Neljän tuulen talo. GB 1947. D: Carol Reed. James Mason. film society
The Miracle Worker / Ihmeidentekijä. US 1961. D: Arthur Penn. Anne Bancroft. film society
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre / Sierra Madren aarre. US 1947. D: John Huston. Humphrey Bogart. B. Traven. tv
Det regnar på vår kärlek / Elämän sateessa. SE 1946. D: Ingmar Bergman. Birger Malmsten, Barbro Kollberg. tv
In the Year of the Pig / Sian vuosi. US 1968. D: Emile de Antonio. tv
Muerte de un ciclista / Polkupyöräilijän kuolema. ES 1955. D: Juan Antonio Bardem. film society
The Nutty Professor / Tri Jerry ja Mr. Hyde. US 1963. D: Jerry Lewis. film society
X-paroni / [The Baron X]. FI 1964. D: Risto Jarva, Spede Pasanen, Jaakko Pakkasjärvi. tv
Millipilleri / [The Million Pill]. FI 1966. Spede Pasanen. tv
Jungfrukällan / Neidonlähde. SE 1960. D: Ingmar Bergman. Max von Sydow, Birgitta Pettersson. film society
The Maltese Falcon / Maltan haukka. US 1941. D: John Huston. Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor. Dashiell Hammett
Le Doulos / Ilmiantaja. FR 1962. D: Jean-Pierre Melville. Jean-Paul Belmondo. film society
They Live by Night / He elävät öisin. US 1947. D: Nicholas Ray. Farley Granger. tv
The Ladykillers / Naisentappajat. GB 1955. D: Alexander Mackendrick. Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers. tv
Schicksal aus zweiter Hand / Sylvestro, selvänäkijä. DE 1949. D: Wolfgang Staudte. tv
Pierrot le fou / Hullu Pierrot. FR 1965. D: Jean-Luc Godard. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina. film society
Onnelliset leikit / [Happy Games]. FI 1964. D: Aito Mäkinen, Esko Elstelä. tv
Oktjabr / Lokakuu. SU 1927. D: Sergei Eisenstein
Rashomon / Rashomon. JP 1950. D: Akira Kurosawa. Toshiro Mifune. film society
Mouchette / Mouchette – raiskattu. FR 1967. D: Robert Bresson. tv
Il vangelo secondo Matteo / Matteuksen evankeliumi. IT 1964. D: Pier Paolo Pasolini. film society, with mother
Le Caporal épinglé / Karkaileva korpraali. FR 1961. D: Jean Renoir
Repulsion / Inho. GB 1965. D: Roman Polanski. Catherine Deneuve. tv
The Misfits / Sopeutumattomat. US 1960. D: John Huston. Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable. tv
Viva Zapata! / Viva Zapata! US 1951. D: Elia Kazan. Marlon Brando. tv
To Have and Have Not / Kirjava satama. US 1944. D: Howard Hawks. Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall. Ernest Hemingway. tv
Kultainen vasikka / [The Golden Calf]. FI 1961. D: Ritva Arvelo. Maria Jotuni. tv
La Chinoise / Kiinatar. FR 1967. D: Jean-Luc Godard. Anne Wiazemsky, Jean-Pierre Léaud. This and Made in USA were the only two Godard films I didn't like
Der Hauptmann von Köpenick / Köpenickin kapteeni. DE 1956. D: Helmut Käutner. Heinz Rühmann. Carl Zuckmayer. tv

JANUARY 1970, HELSINKI

La Peau douce / Pehmeä iho. FR 1964. Francois Truffaut. Jean Desailly, Francoise Dorléac
Z / Z - hän elää. FR 1969. D: Costa-Gavras. Yves Montand
The Men / Miehet. US 1950. D: Fred Zinnemann. Marlon Brando. tv
L'Atalante / L'Atalante. FR 1934. D: Jean Vigo. Michel Simon. tv
Casque d'or / Rakastajatar. FR 1952. D: Jacques Becker. D: Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani. tv
Foreign Correspondent / Ulkomaan kirjeenvaihtaja. US 1940. D: Alfred Hitchcock. Joel McCrea. tv
La notte / Yö. IT 1960. D: Michelangelo Antonioni. Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau, Monica Vitti. tv

RANDOM MEMORIES OF FILMS SEEN 1964-1968, TAMPERE AND HELSINKI

SPRING 1965 IN TAMPERE, SINCE AUTUMN 1965 IN HELSINKI
Tarzan's New York Adventure
/ Tarzan suurkaupungissa. US 1942
Tarzan and His Mate / Tarzan ja valkoinen nainen. US 1934. The first time I saw a nude woman on screen.
Fort Apache / Apassilinnake. US 1948. Probably my first John Ford movie
Rio Grande / Rio Grande. US 1950. D: John Ford
Gold Rush / Kultakuume. US 1925. Probably my first Charles Chaplin movie
Saboteur / Viidennen kolonnan mies. US 1942. Probably my first Alfred Hitchcock movie
Výnalez zkázy / Salaisuuksien saari. CZ 1947. D: Karel Zeman. Jules Verne
Mary Poppins / Maija Poppanen. US 1964. Walt Disney. P.L. Travers. Viewed in Helsinki, at Sininen Kuu
The Sword in the Stone / Miekka kivessä. US 1963. Walt Disney. King Arthur's tales
Rebecca / Rebecca. US 1940. D: Alfred Hitchcock
Heidi / Heidi. US 1937. Shirley Temple. D: Allan Dwan. Johanna Spyri. - And other Shirley Temple films on tv.
The African Queen / Afrikan Kuningatar. GB/US 1951. D: John Huston. Probably my first Humphrey Bogart movie. With Katharine Hepburn
Casablanca / Casablanca. US 1942. D: Michael Curtiz. Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman
Smultronstället / Mansikkapaikka. SE 1957. Probably my first Ingmar Bergman movie. The film that started my serious, life-long interest in the cinema. Seen in the cinema together with my father.
Citizen Kane / Citizen Kane. US 1940. Probably my first Orson Welles movie
I Confess / Minä tunnustan. US 1952. D: Alfred Hitchcock. Viewed in Helsinki on tv in May 1967 the same night I visited my mother and my newborn sister Anukaisa at the delivery hospital.
2001: A Space Odyssey / Avaruusseikkailu 2001. GB/US 1968. Probably my first Stanley Kubrick movie. Viewed in Helsinki at Cinerama Savoy
Här har du ditt liv / Tässä on elämäsi. SE 1966. D: Jan Troell. Eyvind Johnson. An important film for me then.
In the Heat of the Night / Yön kuumuudessa. US 1967. D: Norman Jewison. Starring Sidney Poitier. Probably the first anti-racist film, the first film of black pride I saw. Important.
Bend of the River /Maa vuorten takana. US 1952. Probably the first Anthony Mann / James Stewart film I saw. Engrossing.
The Glenn Miller Story / Kuutamoserenadi. US 1954. Anthony Mann / James Stewart
4 Oct 1964  The Mark of Zorro / Zorron merkki. US 1940. D: Rouben Mamoulian. Tyrone Power. tv. Yle TV1
+
several Tarzan films
+ Disney movies (including 20.000 Leagues Under the Sea / Sukellusveneellä maapallon ympäri. US 1954. D: Richard Fleischer. Jules Verne)
+ adventure films (King Solomon's Mines /Kuningas Salomon kaivokset, US 1950, D: Compton Bennett & Andrew Marton. H. Rider Haggard; Moby Dick / Valkoinen valas , GB 1956, D: John Huston. Herman Melville.
+ comedies (Charles Chaplin, Laurel & Hardy, Marx Brothers, maybe something from Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Jerry Lewis, the Danish duo Fy & Bi = Pat & Patachon = Majakka & Perävaunu, something from the Finnish duo Pekka & Pätkä)
+ a silent comedy compilation series on tv which started with a hilarious Keystone Kops clip: the policemen were dragged along the streets in a very long row by a speeding police car, and in an abrupt turn they wound around a pole like a chain of sausages
+ spectacles (The Great Race / Suuri kilpa-ajo. US 1965. D: Blake Edwards)
+ Finnish movies (Niskavuoren Heta / Heta from Niskavuori, FI 1952, D: Edvin Laine. Hella Wuolijoki. - Katariina ja Munkkiniemen kreivi / Katariina and the Count of Munkkiniemi, FI 1943, D: Ossi Elstelä. Regina Linnanheimo, Tauno Palo. - Seitsemän veljestä /Seven Brothers. FI 1939. D: Wilho Ilmari. Aleksis Kivi. - The Inspector Palmu films directed by Matti Kassila, based on Mika Waltari, starring Joel Rinne: Komisario Palmun erehdys / [The Rygseck Mystery], FI 1960. Kaasua, komisario Palmu! / [Who Murdered Mrs. Skrof?], FI 1961. Tähdet kertovat, komisario Palmu / [It's Written in the Stars, Inspector Palmu], FI 1962). - Vatsa sisään, rinta ulos! / [Belly In, Chest Out!], FI 1959, D: Aarne Tarkas, military farce with cross-dressing. - Skandaali tyttökoulussa / [Scandal at Girl School], FI 1960, D: Edvin Laine. - Pitkäjärveläiset / [The People of Pitkäjärvi], FI 1951, D: Wilho Ilmari. - Nummisuutarit / The Village Shoemakers. FI 1938. D: Wilho Ilmari. Aleksis Kivi. - Täällä Pohjantähden alla / Under the North Star. FI 1968. D: Edvin Laine. Väinö Linna. etc. etc.
+ The Old Man and the Sea / Vanhus ja meri. US 1958. D: John Sturges. Ernest Hemingway. Spencer Tracy. on tv
+ Professor Beware / Huomio, professori! US 1938. D: Elliott Nugent. My first Harold Lloyd film. TV1 20 Feb 1964
...
NB: in my childhood on tv silents were almost always shown at overspeed (25 fps), with the wrong gate (heads cut from the top, the left side of the image cropped), copied from terrible prints, and accompanied by a piano out of tune; the films were casually mutilated to fit tv slots; tv was black-and-white in my childhood

Tarzan Finds a Son!

Tarzanin poika. US 1939. Viewed in Tampere, 6 Dec 1964.

In Search of the Castaways

Kapteeni Grantin lapset. US 1962. Viewed in Tampere, between Sep-Dec 1964.

Tarzan and the Lost Safari

Tarzan ja kadonnut safari. GB 1957. Starring Gordon Scott. Viewed at Tampere, 27 Sep 1964.

Nikki, Wild Dog of the North


Jack Couffer & Don Haldane: Nikki, Wild Dog of the North (US/CA 1961). PC: Walt Disney Company. Based on the novel Nomads of the North (1919, Finnish translation: Salomaiden samoilijat) by James Oliver Curwood. It is the thrilling saga of the unlikely friendship of a malamute dog and a black bear cub in the Wild North in the Canadian Rockies. Shot on location in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada. Probably the first James Oliver Curwood movie I saw. To be compared with The Fox and the Hound.

Nikki, peloton koira. US/CA 1961. Viewed at Tampere, between May-September, 1964.

Tarzan's Secret Treasure [?]

Tarzanin salainen aarre [?]. US 1941. Viewed at Tampere, 7 May 1964. My first Tarzan film with Johnny Weissmuller.

[?Quasi-Tarzan]

[A film which we mistook for a Tarzan adventure]. Viewed at Tampere, 17 March 1964. This was a German adventure film on an island with coniferous forest. A sadistic violent scene with a knife heated in the fire. A big disappointment. Probably a film with misleading advertisement.

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Robin Hoodin seikkailut. US 1937. Viewed at Tampere, 1 March 1964.

The Hunting Instinct

Taavi Ankan tempaus. US 1961. Maybe a compilation of Disney shorts. Viewed at Tampere, 26 Jan 1964. The first film without parental presence, with guys (me, Asko, Pekka Lahtinen).

Tintin et le Mystère de la Toison d'Or

Tintti ja merirosvon aarre. FR/BG 1961. Viewed at Tampere, 8 Dec 1963.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Lumikki ja seitsemän kääpiötä. US 1937. Viewed in Kino-Palatsi, Tampere, 28 Jan 1963. The first feature film dubbed in Finnish, with Eeva-Kaarina Volanen as Snow White. The first film I saw.

A NOTE ON ENTRIES BEFORE 1971

This blog does not allow entries before 1971, therefore the entries of 1963-1970 are listed under 01/01/71.