tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919027.post804032049035923655..comments2024-03-04T14:52:40.445+02:00Comments on pulpetti: Tuesday's Overlooked Films: Finnish Westerns, part twoUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919027.post-26419164933311262132013-04-24T17:13:41.136+03:002013-04-24T17:13:41.136+03:00Seems like I can't write based on my previous ...Seems like I can't write based on my previous examples... "The same with The Secret Valley of the Wild North I was talking about earlier got a pretty large opening theater" should've of course been "The same with The Secret Valley of the Wild North I was talking about earlier: it got a pretty large opening theater..."Jurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03021010310386744591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919027.post-86997051132608909042013-04-24T17:06:36.873+03:002013-04-24T17:06:36.873+03:00Anders: thanks for the links, I'll take a look...Anders: thanks for the links, I'll take a look. Did you know there's also a Danish western?<br /><br />Todd: most certainly not. There were no drive-in theaters to speak of Finland. The distribution system mighty also have been so different to be really able to compare. The two films of Spede Pasanen and the three Wild North films certainly received good distribution. <br /><br />The Unhanged seems to have opened with three copies in three cinemas in Helsinki alone, and in TV screenings it's had over 3,000,000 viewers in all! The same with The Secret Valley of the Wild North I was talking about earlier got a pretty large opening theater for its premiere and over 1,000,000 viewers when it was shown in TV in 1981. There wasn't much to do in Finland back in the day... Jurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03021010310386744591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919027.post-1758254025618454492013-04-24T06:57:41.665+03:002013-04-24T06:57:41.665+03:00So, not, on balance, the most sophisticated produc...So, not, on balance, the most sophisticated products of the Finnish film industry. Were these treated like the US drive-in theater films they somewhat resemble?Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919027.post-68449174808262818032013-04-24T00:27:00.602+03:002013-04-24T00:27:00.602+03:00I'm stunned by the amount of Finnish westerns....I'm stunned by the amount of Finnish westerns. AFAIK there has been exactly one Swedish; UNDER DITT PARASOLL (Under Your Parasol) which wasn't even a spoof of the genre but merely a very silly vehicle for then (1968) popular pop group Sven-Ingvars.<br /><br />In this clip they are still in Sweden:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oqGsyyBsio<br /><br />And here they have evidently traveled to Desperado City (uh-huh), US of A:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR8E3RQzSYc<br /><br />Directed by Ragnar Frisk, arguably the worst director of all time if you take quantity into consideration as well.<br /><br />At least DAY OF THE OUTLAW looks like it was shot in the interior of northern Sweden...Anders Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06164550847416446757noreply@blogger.com