Movie: Sodankylä Forever

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Peter von Bagh
Peter von Bagh

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Robert Parrish
Robert Parrish

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Roy Ward Baker
Roy Ward Baker

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Víctor Erice
Víctor Erice

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Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola

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Samuel Fuller
Samuel Fuller

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Sergio Sollima
Sergio Sollima

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Miloš Forman
Miloš Forman

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John Boorman
John Boorman

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Roger Corman
Roger Corman

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    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.

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    2010-08-05

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    Masters of Cinema Under the Midnight Sun

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