Reppuselkäinen mies ja laiha hevonen / A Man With a Rucksack and a Skinny Horse

Tapani Lundgren: Reppuselkäinen mies ja laiha hevonen / A Man With a Rucksack and a Skinny Horse (FI 1979) is based on a short story by Pentti Haanpää originally published in the collection Karavaani (1930).

FI © 1979 TTK / ETV. D+SC: Tapani Lundgren – based on the short story (1930) by Pentti Haanpää. DP: Raimo Paananen – b&w – 1:1,66. Starring Eero Tuomikoski (the man with the rucksack).
    11 min
    A digibeta projection in Cinema Orion, Helsinki, 1 October 2008.

The man with the rucksack sees a mistreated skinny horse, buys it with almost all the money he has, takes his Nagant and puts a bullet through the horse's head to save it from its misery.

"Enkä mä herätä sua" / [Nor Will I Wake You Up]

[Inte heller ska jag vecka dig]. FI 1983. PC: Koulu-TV, Yleisradio. D: Eero Tuomikoski. Based on the poems by Teemu Hirvilampi. DP: Pauli Sipiläinen. [M: Ari Taskinen?]. Starring Tomi Salmela (Pentti Jupiter Toikkanen), Teemu Hirvilammi (the man seeking Toikkanen). Reader of poems: Matti Pellonpää. 29 min. A digibeta (alas) of a 16 mm sepmag production viewed at Cinema Orion, Helsinki, 13 September 2008.

Presented by Markku Varjola: film as poem, poems in a new form, with many layers: the everyday and society, dreams, and philosophy.

The remarkable film has suicide as its theme. Aerial shots of Helsinki. Birds in slow motion. The girl with the cape. The man lying dead on the ground. In this play no dialogue is needed. The vista from Tähtitorninmäki. A play of the cards: life is over now. I don't want to play anymore. You ate your notes. The bloody hand. The helicopter shots. Japanese artificial hearts. The reflections in the window. Lucrative domestic flights available. Our computer can get you a friend for correspondence. Computer music and matter-of-fact commentators. The model in the window opens her eyes, and our boy takes her for a real woman. Metallic liquids in coffee cups. A rainy freeway at night. Shots of pure abstraction.

THE 1980S SEEN BY FINNISH CINEMA: SEMINAR DAY 1

The 1980s Seen by Finnish Cinema: the seminar day 1 at Cinema Orion, Helsinki, 13 September 2008. Organized by The Risto Jarva Society together with National Audiovisual Archive
13.00 Opened by Matti Kuortti and Eero Tammi
13.15 Hannu Waarala: Gold and Ashes of the 1980s Finnish Cinema
14.00 Markku Varjola: on Eero Tuomikoski, plus film Enkä mä herätä sua
15.00 In the Shadow of Korvenheimo - Anssi Mänttäri interviewed by Eero Tammi
16.00 Markku Toikka: An Actor in the 1980s Cinema