[Dl.cinematic]

Eu aş merge, totuşi, pe mâna lui Kaurismaki, adică 3 din cele 5 filme menţionate de mine.
Dar, pentru cei care vor să afle ceva mai multe detalii înainte să dea buzna în sala de spectacol, adaug mai jos trei mici cronici la filmele lui din festival. Sper să fie O.K. Dacă încalc vreun regulament, poţi şterge cu totul.
Deci:

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În ritm brazilian / Brasileirinho
Documentaire musical, de Mika Kaurismäki
[publicat în Le Figaro]

Amoureux de Rio de Janeiro, de ses ciels, de ses rythmes et de ses habitants, le cinéaste finlandais Mika Kaurismäki poursuit son exploration de l’âme musicale brésilienne en remontant a la source. Après Moro no Brasil (2002), Brasileirinho donne a voir et a entendre quelques maîtres actuels du choro. Le rythme national par excellence est né, a la fin du XIX siècle, de la rencontre entre les mesures afro-brésiliennes, les danses européennes et la mélancolie indienne. Il est a l’origine d’une musique de virtuoses qui dit a la fois la tristesse et la joie en laissant les interprètes s’envoler dans leurs improvisations jusqu’a la derrubada, le moment de l’échappée solitaire pour le soliste. Brasileirinho laisse aussi filer en toile de fond de très belles images de Rio. Sa bande originale (MK2 Music) est naturellement une merveille. (S.L.)
*** 3 étoiles (maximum) = excellent

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Muzica magică / Sonic Mirror
By Bonnie J. Gordon
Jul 5, 2007
[publicat în Hollywood Reporter]

Bottom Line: A feel-good world music documentary with the potential to be the next "Buena Vista Social Club."
Jazz rhythms are the basis of a universal language in musical documentary.

MUNICH -- From dirt-poor Brazilian kids to autistic adults in Switzerland to in-the-know Finnish jazz aficionados, Mika Kaurismaki's latest music documentary "Sonic Mirror" follows the legendary drummer and composer Billy Cobham as he unites them all through infectious, can't-stop-moving rhythm.

Beautifully photographed by Jacques Cheuiche with an eye to timeless images -- the crashing of waves, floating of snow and gnarled hands on a drumskin -- and spectacularly engineered and edited for sound by Uwe Dresch (also a producer and co-writer) and Oli Weiss, "Sonic Mirror" could become a classic for music lovers of all kinds, a film they will want to own in order to watch it again and again.

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Iubiri încrucişate / The House Of Branching Love / Haarautuvan rakkauden talo
By John Anderson
[publicat in Variety]

A hilarious and harrowing exercise in marriage prevention, Mika Kaurismaki's "The House of Branching Love" has been described as a Finnish "War of the Roses," but that's selling it short. Divorce may be at the comedy's chewy center, but there's a catalog's worth of unlikely characters, odd coincidences, venomous exchanges and lustful antics galloping through what is probably Kaurismaki's most polished production -- a departure from the dry, droll, low-tech fare for which he's better known. Stateside distribution will be tough, but adult themes and ribald humor could sell it, as could thesp Anna Easteden, a highly exportable Finnish resource.

"The House of Branching Love" (many branches, not much love) is a rare thing, a domestic comedy/underworld thriller in which there's no end of people following other people: Two blond cops on the trail of Wolffi, and then Juhani, turn out to be a couple who lost a child and came to Juhani for counseling. A related plot bombshell strikes the one off-key note in what is otherwise a broad, loud, comically vulgar but mostly cohesive movie that may be creating its own genre. One question: Was there supposed to be an ad for the Finnish lottery at the beginning of the print?

Production values are first-rate.