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Bohemian Life [DVD]

Matti Pellonpää (Actor), Evelyne Didi (Actor), Aki Kaurismäki (Director) | Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over | Format: DVD
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  • Actors: Matti Pellonpää, Evelyne Didi, André Wilms, Kari Väänänen, Christine Murillo
  • Directors: Aki Kaurismäki
  • Writers: Aki Kaurismäki, Henri Murger
  • Producers: Aki Kaurismäki, Francis Boespflug, Klaus Heydemann, Paula Oinonen
  • Format: PAL
  • Language: French
  • Subtitles: Danish, English, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: SandrewMetronome
  • Run Time: 100 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • ASIN: B000BGPGYS
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 235,430 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The discreet charme of the bohème 21 Aug 2007
By Florian Sparwasser
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If you know and appreciate the better known movies made by Jim Jarmush, you are very likely to love this early work of Aki Kaurismäki. I think some of the actors even appeared in the Helsinki sequence of Jim Jarmush's Night on Earth.

The story of this black & white movie develops in a scenery that is typical for both Jarmush and Kaurismäki: The flats and places frequented by economically poor but artistically ambitious and in some way romantic leftists. There, Kaurismäki adds the unique sense of parody and social criticism of the late Luis Bunuel - which manifests itself perfectly in Bunuels The discreet Charme of the Bourgeoisie. I think the title "Vie de Bohème" has to be understood as a reference to this masterpiece.

Kaurismäki cements the styles of those two great directors through his own sense for the absurd and bizarre. The result is some kind of a surrealistic study of a milieu that probably does not exist in this way but inside our heads. On the one hand, it serves to exercice social criticism, on the other hand it presents the human beings as intrinsically egoistic and materialistic. Or is it what the situation makes them be?

But, as is always the case in the movies of Aki Kaurismäki, the characters have managed to keep their lovely romantic, humorous and sometimes childish essence. It shines through again and again, until it becomes dominant when the bitter ending is unavoidable...
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4.0 out of 5 stars Dry and Wry, you'll find yourself thinking about it for days 12 Jun 1999
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
If you have not seen the films of Ari Kaurismaki (Leningrad Cowboys go America is the one most likely to turn up in Blockbuster), you are really missing a unique international film experience. Like Jim Jarmusch, who placed a vignette of his in "Night on Earth", Kaurismauki's films move at a liesurely pace, yet every frame is full of meaning. Anyone who has visited Bohemia or its fringes will appreciate the 3 hapless protaginists in "La Boheme". Their very survival, let alone their success as artists, seems to hang on dumb luck. When their luck is good, or mildly unfortunate, the film is wryly funny. When their luck turns bad, the film projects a certain sadness that never turns to bathos. La Boheme is as beautifully filmed black and white as I've seen in a modern film.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Beatiful, Quiet and Hilarious 7 Aug 2002
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
A relaxed feeling, wonderful sound and music, beautiful cinematography, unusual Paris locations and... its hilarious.I've seen many films from all over the world - I keep coming back to this one. No matter how many times I've seen it I find something new. Very different from Aki Kaurismaki's "Leningrad Cowboys". Cameo apperances by Louis Malle and Sam Fuller. Matti Pellonpaa, who plays Rodolfo in the film, died not too long after the release. One of my all-time favorite films.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly faithful to its source material 16 Dec 2007
By Andres C. Salama - Published on Amazon.com
Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki's black and white adaptation of Scene de la Vie de Boheme (originally a non fiction book by Henri de Murger dealing with the lives of the starving bohemian artists of the Paris of the first decades of the 19th century, and later a famous opera by Puccini) is surprisingly faithful to its source material, despite its modern settings. The place is still Paris, and the film closely follows both the book and the opera, with the proud but poor artists living at the day to day to survive in the city of lights. We even have the famous burning of the manuscripts to get some heat during the cold winter. The late Matti Pellonpaa, a Kaurismaki regular, stars as Rodolfo, as well as other less known, but equally fine actors (the actress playing Mimi, however, fails to create an impression). There are a couple of cameos by Nouvelle Vague faves Jean-Pierre Leaud and Samuel Fuller. Note: Later, Rent, a less accomplished modern retelling of La Vie de Boheme, this time set on New York City, was also produced, first on stage, and later on film.
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