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Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (directed by William Greaves, 1968) This film really blew my mind, being a sort of meta-behind the scenes documentary (or whatever). There are three separate film crews: the first one is shooting a screen test for a sordid psychodrama-cum-soap opera type of film, called "Over the Cliff". They, in their turn, are filmed by the second crew, supposedly for a behind-the-scenes documentary. Then there's the third crew, shooting both the crews 1 & 2 and everything else that is happening on location. Perhaps it's a human experiment made up by William Greaves (1926 - 2014), playing the role of an incompetent director and bad screenwriter to get reactions from his actors and crew and thus setting in motion the whole creative impetus for this reality-TV before reality-TV work (or cinéma vérité as they used to call it). As an amateur/student filmmaker I could really relate to the situations and the interpersonal friction here. S...

Ruusujen aika - original trailer (1969) (CC: English subtitles) Ruusujen aika / A Time of Roses - restoration trailer by Deaf Crocodile (1969/2023) (English subtitles) Theme from Ruusujen aika / A Time of Roses by Otto Donner (1969) Otto Donner - 'Pääskytorni' (1969) Otto Donner - Suite from Ruusujen Aika (a.k.a. A Time of Roses , Finland 1969) Warning: spoilers. Tarja Markus (Anu) and Ritva Vepsä (Kisse). "Me tuijotamme menneisyyteen, suremme tulevaa aikaa..." "We stare at the past, mourn for the time to come..." Ruusujen aika ( A Time of Roses ) Director: Risto Jarva Country of origin: Finland (1969). Original length: 108 minutes. Production company: Filminor Oy. Premiere (Finland): 7 February 1969. Script: Peter von Bagh, Risto Jarva, Jaakko Pakkasvirta, Antti Peippo, Kullervo Kukkasjärvi, Titta Karakorpi, Seppo Palosaari. Editing: Jukka Mannerkorpi. Cinematography: Antti Peippo. Original mu...

Karvat (The Hair, 1974) - Opening and closing credits (English subtitles) Karvat - Trailer Warning: spoilers. Karvat Finland 1974 Director: Seppo Huunonen Screenwriter: Seppo Huunonen Based on Obsession (1962) by Lionel White Producer: Seppo Huunonen Music: Paroni Paakkunainen, Jorma Panula Cinematography: Kari Sohlberg Edited by: Erkki Seiro, Kristina Schulgin Production designer: Seppo Huunonen Production company: Eloseppo Oy Premiere (Finland): 26 July 1974 Length: 104 min Arja Virtanen and Mikko Majanlahti. The story of Karvat : Karvat ( "The Hair" ) is a 1974 Finnish erotic dark comedy thriller film written, produced and directed by Seppo Huunonen (1939 - 2023). It was loosely based on Lionel White 's 1962 suspense novel Obsession , like Jean-Luc Godard 's 1965 French film Pierrot le Fou . In Huunonen's version, Jean-Paul Belmondo was replaced by Mikko Majanlahti , an actor from the Tampere Wo...