This is my favorite Kaurismaki film--tragedy with black humor.
Dialog, as usual, is plain and there is very little of it.
The film is beautifully shot. Camera stays static, giving space for colors and lighting.
Kati Outinen's performance is amazing. Her eyes are somehow able to express the deepest sadness and longing. Her suffering feels real, one feels this urge to step into the film to just say a kind word to her, to try to make her feel better.
Kaurismaki plays here with his audience's mind. He said in an interview that the amount of rat poison Iris gives to the ones who have done wrong to her is actually not enough to kill anybody--meaning that is us who send Iris to prison for committing this horrible series of murders.
One shouldn't let the film's simple face fool oneself--it is much more than a story of wrongdoing and revenge.
Soundtrack fits perfectly to the atmosphere and it has an important role in telling the story, as well as explaining Iris's emotions and motives throughout the film.
Dialog, as usual, is plain and there is very little of it.
The film is beautifully shot. Camera stays static, giving space for colors and lighting.
Kati Outinen's performance is amazing. Her eyes are somehow able to express the deepest sadness and longing. Her suffering feels real, one feels this urge to step into the film to just say a kind word to her, to try to make her feel better.
Kaurismaki plays here with his audience's mind. He said in an interview that the amount of rat poison Iris gives to the ones who have done wrong to her is actually not enough to kill anybody--meaning that is us who send Iris to prison for committing this horrible series of murders.
One shouldn't let the film's simple face fool oneself--it is much more than a story of wrongdoing and revenge.
Soundtrack fits perfectly to the atmosphere and it has an important role in telling the story, as well as explaining Iris's emotions and motives throughout the film.