Egy ironikus humanista. Hiány és túlzás Aki Kaurismäki filmjeiben
An Ironic Humanist. Lack and Excess in the Films of Aki Kaurismäki

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses how narrative and stylistic minimalism in the films of Aki Kaurismäki coexists with an excess of forms, colours, references, and nostalgic music. It argues that this tension produces the ironic, absurd, or “quirky” effect characteristic of his cinema and prevents sentimental representations of underclass characters. The study situates Kaurismäki’s humanism in his effort to rehumanise marginalised figures by rendering them visible within both social and film-historical contexts.

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