15 Jokes
Myllymäki Pasi Sleeping
The catch of a visually minimalist film is in verbal lash. In the voice-over, Myllymäki articulates laconic statements about the Finnish narrow-film circles, followed by roars of laughter.
Production Year
1983
Duration
00:02:34
Tyyppi
Asiasana
audio tapes, cinema (art forms), criticism, experimental films, humour, laughter, minimalism, protests, resistance (politics), underground (styles)
Original Title
15 Vitsiä
English Title
15 Jokes
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Pasi Sleeping Myllymäki (Author), Pasi Sleeping Myllymäki (Cinematographer), Pasi Sleeping Myllymäki (Director), Pasi Sleeping Myllymäki (Editor)
Pasi Sleeping Myllymäki
Born: 1950
Pasi "Sleeping" Myllymäki is a Finnish filmmaker known for his alternative short films in the punk and underground scenes. Myllymäki graduated as a graphic designer from the Lahti Institute of Fine Arts and Design in 1976. Inspired by the DIY mentality of punk, he began making his own Super 8 shorts with the amateur cinematographer Risto Laakkonen. Between 1976–85 they produced nearly 50 short films. Between 1979–82, Myllymäki published a fanzine called “Maanalainen kaitaelokuva” (Underground DIY Cinema). The published articles were frenzied rants against the conservative values of 8 mm enthusiasts and manifestos that heralded a “new wave culture”. Myllymäki's underground short films have been screened e.g. at Image Forum Film Festival, Japan, and Venice Biennale 2017.
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