Night on Earth - the Helsinki scene
Over at Ellie's blog I recently mentioned the Helsinki scene from Jim Jarmusch's film Night on Earth, and, thanks to YouTube, I thought I'd share it more broadly. He's one of my favourite directors and, at the risk of sounding like a complete wanker, I'll say that he's the only non-Finn I've ever seen who "gets it" about them.
Now I should also say that while the whole thing is sprinkled with a wonderfully touching sense of pathos, part 2 has a particularly sad story that is quite affecting, especially if you're at all sensitive about premature births. Stay with it if you can though. Enjoy.
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OMG!! Now I remember I did see this movie in college. Great acting - why didn't I see any of them after that film? Very convincing in that serious scene. This sounds strange, but the translation is quite believeable - that is, if they were trying to speak English I think the subtitles reflect exactly how they'd speak.
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Thanks for posting this!! I'm hoping to rent it again.