2012 MUBI World Cup Voting, Match #7: Finland (The Way You Wanted Me) vs. Malaysia (Village People Radio Show)
Finland (The Way You Wanted Me) 1 Vs. Malaysia (Village People Radio Show) 0
Finland (The Way You Wanted Me) 0 – Malaysia (Village People Radio Show) 1
i liked how he used the flashes of light, like a visual static when tuning a radio. great cinematography.
I was just about to say how this seemed like something I’d seen in a dozen bad film student films and it seemed like a cliche. I guess I see now a little bit of why he might have used the technique though.
The Way You Wanted Me I thought this was a great film with a brilliant performance from the leading lady but they’re such familiar themes to me, was reminded of The Mother and the Whore, Brides of Christ, Somerset’s Maugham’s Rain, Breaking the Waves, Anna Karenina, Sophie in Razor’s Edge,.the Picture of Dorian Gray, Madam Bovary etc…
I got this The Docks of New York vibe that I liked a lot.
as in, did he mean to convey liberation or the final closing of the jaws of evil by that scene,/i>
Just showing that the only joys she gets are temporary and not of substance. In fact they are linked to what is bringing her down.
this Cup is a great program and those persons who found the films and made copies available to stream in flash (or download) deserve many props. I’ve looked for some of these titles for years, and others I’ve never even heard mentioned, intensifying surprises I’ll not soon forget.
Hurrah!
Oh I suppose I should get my vote in
Finland (The Way You Wanted Me) 1 – Malaysia (Village People Radio Show) 0
I’ve made comments elsewhere but both good films with a strong sense of place.
Finland (The Way You Wanted Me) 1 – Malaysia (Village People Radio Show) 0
Finland (The Way You Wanted Me) 0 – Malaysia (Village People Radio Show) 1
where is the unofficial scorekeeper!
Finland (The Way You Wanted Me) 1 – Malaysia (Village People Radio Show) 0
i make it 15-10 for finland, rohit!
how good was she?! when I think of her so young and determinedly joyous at the start with Aarne to her walking up those stairs. takes your breath away really
VOTING IS CLOSED
rickzard’s vote does not count because the films were not named
Final tally:
Finland (The Way You Wanted Me) – 14
Malaysia (Village People Radio Show) – 10
The winner is:
FINLAND!
Our land, our land, our Fatherland!
Ring out, dear word, oh sound!
No rising hill, or mountain grand,
No sloping dale, no northern strand,
There is, more loved, to be found,
Than this — our fathers’ ground.
Thy blossom, hidden now from sight,
Shall burst its bud ere long.
Lo! from our love, shall rise aright,
Thy sun, thy hope, thy joy, thy light,
And higher, once, more full and strong,
Shall ring Our Country’s song.
didn’t care for the film at all, but i commend it’s win. congrats Finland.
Cat
Finland (The Way You Wanted Me) 0 – Malaysia (Village People Radio Show) 1
i love both of these, but Village People Radio Show appealed to me a bit more. thanks to Angel, twodeadmagpies and Yuki for choosing these two!!