tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post873462329011735311..comments2024-03-07T23:09:10.207-08:00Comments on Taliesin meets the vampires: Valkoinen Peura – reviewTaliesin_ttlghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10105263634442191232noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post-62953316428958224472011-06-09T11:11:50.130-07:002011-06-09T11:11:50.130-07:00Halek, no problem - glad you discovered it and enj...Halek, no problem - glad you discovered it and enjoyed it.<br /><br />I agree re the regions. I have my players region free and - on PC - VLC ignores region codes as many of the films I want to see are region 1 and region 3 (asia, bar Japan which is region 2)often has interesting films available before 1&2Taliesin_ttlghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10105263634442191232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post-3438838710468699002011-06-09T10:40:55.168-07:002011-06-09T10:40:55.168-07:00Thank you for making me aware of this film by list...Thank you for making me aware of this film by listing it in your top 100. Frankly, I probably would have never heard of it otherwise. <br /><br />Not only does Valkoinen Peura look wonderful as cinema it also preserves a sense of mystery, which is the real basis of the supernatural. (Speaking as an atheist fan of supernatural fiction.) <br /><br />Aside: DVD regions are an utter travesty. I obtained a copy of Valkoinen Peura through Amazon, and it cost me a bit more (still worth it) because it's region 2. Even the American film The Addiction is region 2! Of course, over on the other side of the Atlantic movie viewers have irrationally constrained access to region 1-only movies. Oh well.<br /><br />HalekAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post-84872001039727629642009-09-18T22:39:38.720-07:002009-09-18T22:39:38.720-07:00AV - it isn't a pure vampire flick, but it cer...AV - it isn't a pure vampire flick, but it certainly has elements - clearly the attacks are by her and with fangs though we don't see them (a reindeer couldn't injure a man like that is mentioned), there is the witchcraft element and the shapeshifter element that seems (on the surface) slightly lycanthropic.<br /><br />I'm classing it in as an unusual vamp story. Interestingly I have just discovered that a Finnish remake is on the cards, scant details <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1194241/" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Taliesin_ttlghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10105263634442191232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post-35208665711346218752009-09-18T13:51:59.058-07:002009-09-18T13:51:59.058-07:00This is quite interesting, because, if this is ind...This is quite interesting, because, if this is indeed a vampire flick...then its depiction of fangs predates even those shown in <i>Drakula İstanbul'da</i> (1953).<br /><br />Of course, this fills the gap between Max Schreck donning them in <i>Nosferatu</i> (1922).Anthony Hogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08647370834507823458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post-53786817141671331642009-09-18T09:30:14.740-07:002009-09-18T09:30:14.740-07:00It is, it has a starkness that is peculiar to Scan...It is, it has a starkness that is peculiar to Scandanavian films and yet a beauty within thatTaliesin_ttlghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10105263634442191232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post-54844727683518559302009-09-18T09:13:25.965-07:002009-09-18T09:13:25.965-07:00Sounds fascinating!Sounds fascinating!Zahir Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14533361554787004824noreply@blogger.com