  The Match Factory Girl |
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Film/Video THE MATCH FACTORY GIRL (TULITIKKUTEHTAAN TYTTÖ) DIRECTED BY AKI KAURISMÄKI PRESCREENING LECTURE BY MARKKU KOSKI, 7 PM FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 2004, 7 PM $7 ($5 WALKER MEMBERS) AUDITORIUM 
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PRESCREENING LECTURE BY MARKKU KOSKI, 7:00 PM
Markku Koski is a free-lance journalist who specializes in cinema and popular culture. Koski holds a Master's degree in Sociology and Communications. Currently he is editor of the Finnish cinema magazine Filmihullu, and lecturer at the Lahti Polytechnic Institute of Design in Finland. Koski has published several Finnish-language books on Finnish popular culture including Olavi Virta (1978, with Peter von Bagh and Pekka Aanio), Armin vuodet (1982 with Leo Lindsten), Alemmat taiteet (1985), The Beatles (1986), Sorsa-diagnoosi (1989), Lööppikirja (2000 with Peter von Bagh), and Julkisia eläimiä (2001).
Peter von Bagh who had originally been scheduled to speak this evening could not be here due to a scheduling conflict.
THE MATCH FACTORY GIRL (TULITIKKUTEHTAAN TYTTÖ), 7:45 PM
This final film in his "Proletarian Trilogy" (the others being Shadows of Paradise and Ariel) is one of the funniest and most tragic of his career. Outinen stars as the factory worker trapped in a repetitive, mind-numbing job, browbeaten by her family, and exploited by her boyfriends. When she comes to terms with her tragic situation, she plots revenge with disturbing conviction. "Magnificent! . . . Heartbreaking until it turns outrageously funny" (The New York Times). 1989, Finland/Sweden, color, 35mm, in Finnish with English subtitles, 70 minutes..
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 I Hired A Contract Killer |
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HIRED A CONTRACT KILLER, 9:15 PM
After being fired from the company he's worked at for 30 years on his
50th birthday, Henri Boulanger decides he has nothing to live for. Lacking
the courage to do the deed himself, he hires a contract killer. While
waiting for the inevitable, he takes his first drink of whiskey and finds
the courage to fall in love with a woman for the first time. Just as everything
in his life begins to look better, he finds that the contract cannot be
canceled. 1990, Finland/Sweden, color, 35mm, in English, 80 minutes.
THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY THE FINNISH FILM
FOUNDATION WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO JAANA PUSKALA, ARETTA VÄHÄLÄ,
MARI PELTONEN, AKI KAURISMÄKI, HAIJE TULOKAS, ILKKA MERTSOLA (SPUTNIK
OY), THORSTEN SCHAUMANN (BAVARIA FILM), GARY PALMUCCI (KINO INTERNATIONAL),
AND BAM CINÉMATEK FOR ORGANIZING THE TRAVELING RETROSPECTIVE. PETER
VON BAGH AND ROGER CONNAH APPEAR COURTESY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF FINLAND/DAVID
AND NANCY SPEER PROFESSORSHIP IN FINNISH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA.
PHOTOS COURTESY THE FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION