Sodankylä Forever
Masters of Cinema Under the Midnight Sun
2010-08-05 | 273 minutes
Plot Summary
The Midnight Sun Film Festival is held every June in the Finnish village of Sodankylä beyond the arctic circle — where the sun never sets. Founded by Aki and Mika Kaurismäki along with Anssi Mänttäri and Peter von Bagh in 1985, the festival has played host to an international who’s who of directors and each day begins with a two-hour discussion. To mark the festival’s silver anniversary, festival director Peter von Bagh edited together highlights from these dialogues to create an epic four-part choral history of cinema drawn from the anecdotes, insights, and wisdom of his all-star cast: Coppola, Fuller, Forman, Chabrol, Corman, Demy, Kieslowski, Kiarostami, Varda, Oliveira, Erice, Rouch, Gilliam, Jancso — and 64 more. Ranging across innumerable topics (war, censorship, movie stars, formative influences, America, neorealism) these voices, many now passed away, engage in a personal dialogue across the years that’s by turns charming, profound, hilarious and moving.
Cast
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Peter von BaghSelf
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Robert ParrishSelf
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Roy Ward BakerSelf
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Víctor EriceSelf
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Francis Ford CoppolaSelf
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Samuel FullerSelf
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Sergio SollimaSelf
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Miloš FormanSelf
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John BoormanSelf
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Roger CormanSelf
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Jean RouchSelf
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Manoel de OliveiraSelf
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Claude ChabrolSelf
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Jacques DemySelf
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Krzysztof KieślowskiSelf
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Abbas KiarostamiSelf
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Terry GilliamSelf
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Miklós JancsóSelf
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Jean-Pierre LéaudSelf
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João Bénard da CostaSelf
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