Sampo

Sampo

Favorite films

  • Spirited Away
  • Minding the Gap
  • Paris, Texas
  • After Life

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  • Two Forests

  • Minding the Gap

  • Decalogue I

  • Once Upon a Time in a Forest

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  • Circus Tuomento

    Circus Tuomento

    Outsider art dealing with outsider art.

    As in all succesful documentaries, the presentation and the subject of the story mirrored each other in an interesting and meaningful way.

    I was completely convinced that the scrappy, ugly and technically poor filmmaking was not a calculated aesthetic decision, which amplified the impact of the film for me. It's amazing if it was calculated, because this specific kind of incompetence seems like it would be really hard to manufacture and would then paradoxically…

  • Women Talking

    Women Talking

    For some reason I had tears coming only from my left eye – but make no mistake, there was tears.

    This is not an especially inspired film, but the story still hits hard. I'm however a person who cries to statistics, so that should be taken into consideration.

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  • Once Upon a Time in a Forest

    Once Upon a Time in a Forest

    I should do less drugs and do more of whatever this is.

  • Layers of Lies

    Layers of Lies

    Making a movie is hard.

    Making a movie on a tiny budget is very hard.

    Making an action movie on a tiny budget is even harder.

    Making an action movie with a tiny budget in Iran is probably just pure stupidity.

    The action scenes had some great moments. Interesting to see what Sohrab does next, because he seems to be an unstoppable force – a bit like the character he's playing here.

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