What a treat to see this lost Finnish gem in all its rediscovered and restored glory. Not to mention its full length of 5 hours! An essentially bleak epic of consistent failings. I was reminded a bit of Stroheim's Greed.
A longer story like this shows us how entrenched and inescapable this hell and poison are in this world. Even when things seem to go well, tragedy forever beckons. This feels like an early take on the broken man epic.
What a treat to see this lost Finnish gem in all its rediscovered and restored glory. Not to mention its full length of 5 hours! An essentially bleak epic of consistent failings. I was reminded a bit of Stroheim's Greed.
A longer story like this shows us how entrenched and inescapable this hell and poison are in this world. Even when things seem to go well, tragedy forever beckons. This feels like an early take on the broken man epic.
