Eclipse Series 12: Aki Kaurismäki’s Proletariat Trilogy

“Another one of my favorite series that he did is this DVD down here called the Proletariat Trilogy. These three films have become three of my favorite movies in the last couple years. I have to give a shout out to my friend Melissa Messer for first showing me Shadows in Paradise, which has jumped into my top 10.”

“It's just because we know very little current Aki Kaurismäki's work again.”

“I wanted to find some Kaurismäki film. He's one of the greatest poets and greatest genius of history of cinema. He used to say, 'In my country, in winter, days are short, it's all light, so we are sad, so we drink. But in summer, days are long, we are happy, so we drink.'”