Niagara-ilmiö
Myllymäki Pasi Sleeping
The footage from Niagara Falls, shot by Myllymäki's partner Legenda Laakkonen, is accompanied by Myllymäki's voice-over lamenting over the vanishing forms of Finnish idiotism.
Production Year
1982
Duration
00:02:18
Tyyppi
Asiasana
experimental films, filming on narrow-gauge film, landscape, narrator, nature, travel, water, waterfalls
Original Title
Niagara-ilmiö
Finnish Title
Niagara-ilmiö
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Pasi Sleeping Myllymäki (Author), Risto Laakkonen (Cinematographer), Pasi Sleeping Myllymäki (Director)
Press Photos
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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