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This \u201dmonument of 1950\u2019s Finnish Cinema\u201d (according to Kari Uusitalo) turned a whole new page in the history of our national culture. Simple revelry became anarchy and catchy songs became bombs flung at the self-important cultural elite. Even though Reino \u201cRepe\u201d Helismaa and his gang probably never intended to draw up such a manifesto, a war was declared.<\/span><\/p>\n

Director Jorma Nortimo masters light musical comedy as effortlessly as other genres from war evacuee stories (<\/span>Little Ilona and her Lambkin<\/span><\/i>) to Zapata Westerns (<\/span>Lord and Master<\/span><\/i>). He surely knew that immortalizing the sing-songs and the banter was serious business, and the caputuring of Pakarinen\u2019s classic symphonic polka \u201cVesihiisi sihisi hississ\u00e4\u201d didn\u2019t require any elaborate tricks, just one long and static shot.<\/span><\/p>\n

Even if At the Rovaniemi Fair wouldn\u2019t be included among the classics of world musicals (a colossal lapse of judgement!) no cinephile \u2013 Finnish or foregn \u2013 who has missed it will be taken seriously outside of greater Helsinki. So, if you haven\u2019t yet had the chance to witness the finest hour of rillumarei, you now have the opportunity to correct this shortcoming in the classiest way possible \u2013 in the middle of a sing-along crowd inebriated from the midnight sun and cinema.<\/span><\/p>\n

Petteri Kalliom\u00e4ki<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This \u201dmonument of 1950\u2019s Finnish Cinema\u201d (according to Kari Uusitalo) turned a whole new page in the history of our national culture. Simple revelry became anarchy and catchy songs became bombs flung at the self-important cultural elite. Even though Reino \u201cRepe\u201d Helismaa and his gang probably never intended to draw up such a manifesto, a… View Article<\/a>","protected":false},"featured_media":29114,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-29116","movies","type-movies","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","filters-35-mm-en","filters-karaoke-screening","filters-karaokenaytokset-en","filters-puhuttu-tai-tekstitetty-suomeksi-en","filters-special-screenings"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAt the Rovaniemi Fair — Midnight Sun Film Festival<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This \u201dmonument of 1950\u2019s Finnish Cinema\u201d (according to Kari Uusitalo) turned a whole new page in the history of our national culture. Simple revelry became anarchy and catchy songs became bombs flung at the self-important cultural elite. 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