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Matthias Heim
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all things Shakespeare & war, theatre & cinema aficionado, Swiss ex-academic, digital humanist interested in peculiar words, formidable plagiarism hunter, eLearning expert by day
There's no other Finnish dialogue in the scene that could enrich the one-liner. The other character, Helena (Mari Rantasila), doesn't say anything. Kaurismäki is certainly capable of a subtitle joke ... especially since he knew a film with this title would find an English audience.
January 4, 2024 at 11:29 AM
Always made me wonder, whether Kaurismäki introduced Hamlet in this way just for the subtitle joke - and even whether this Hamlet's gluttony was initially conceived for this joke.
January 4, 2024 at 11:26 AM
The subtitle translation is by Mikko Lyytikäinen (from the new Finnish Futurefilm blu-ray), but it's quasi-identical on the older Artificial-Eye DVD.
January 4, 2024 at 11:26 AM