The King
Viita Milja, Granö Veli
The King is about a miraculous incident in Somero, Finland. Local musician Rauli Badding Somerjoki sent his song “Lights” to Elvis in 1975. He hoped an artist he admired would perform it. Badding's song could have lifted Elvis' career to a new height, even revolutionized the history of music. Badding believed and waited, but got no answer from the USA. Elvis passed two years later, in 1977. It is told that peculiar potatoes were found in a field in Somero the same fall.
Production Year
2024
Duration
00:07:30
Tyyppi
Asiasana
Original Title
The King
English Title
The King
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Milja Viita (Author), Veli Granö (Author), Milja Viita (Cinematographer), Veli Granö (Cinematographer), Milja Viita (Director), Veli Granö (Director), Milja Viita (Editor), Veli Granö / Filemo Films (Producer), Milja Viita / Filemo Films (Producer), Veli Granö (Script), Milja Viita (Script), Veli Granö (Sound Design), Aila Rantanen (Actor), Kalervo Rantanen (Actor)
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Milja Viita's (b.1974) installations and films consist of experimental and documentary elements. Her works have been exhibited in e.g. Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Mänttä Art Festival and in film and media art festivals internationally. Milja Viita lives and works in Porvoo, Finland. She graduated with MFA degree in Time and Space Arts from the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki in 2005.
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Veli Granö is an internationally acclaimed and esteemed Finnish contemporary artists. Granö works with photography, installation and film. He has studied at Pori Art School in 1976–78 and Lahti Institute of Design and Fine Arts in 1983–86. He has worked as a teacher at the Lahti Institute of Design and Fine Arts, Aalto University of Art and Design, and the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, where he has also worked as a professor in Time and Space Arts in 2011 and 2014. In his art, Granö has often explored the theme of alternative realities. His works have been exhibited widely in solo and group exhibition, biennales and festivals Finland, Europe and USA since 1983.
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