"MARIANNA FILMS PRESENTS in cooperation with" "Singing has been the joy of my evenings" "Ajoy as wonderful as my dreams at night" "Singing has been the joy of my evenings" "Ajoy as wonderful as my dreams at night" "The pleasure that has made my days so bright" "And singing has been my work" "The pleasure that has made my days so bright" "And singing has been my work" "I was the nimble joker among my childhood friends." "I have comical quickness in me." "I was born with it." "It wears a cape of delight on her chest" "And a veil of fun on her shoulders" "You don't get rich doing this." "At least I don't." "Money burns in my pockets." "There isn't much left for my children." "I've told my children - that fond memories of their father is my legacy." "It is beautiful to die but merrier to live" "It is merry to wander wide and far" "It is beautiful to die but merrier to live" "It is merry to wander wide and far" "I've mainly focused on my projects - which could have been pretty demanding for my partners." "I haven't always thought about my partners' lives and wishes." "I can admit it now." "For a rascal with no worries" "It is merry to sing and bring joy to others and to sing for myself" "For a rascal with no worries" "It is merry to sing and bring joy to others and to sing for myself" "Everyone thinks that women always chase me." "I haven't seen one, damn it." "I've done all the hard work myself." "Let us enjoy life to the fullest" "Let us fill the rift of sorrow" "Let us enjoy life to the fullest" "Let us fill the rift of sorrow" "It is too late when we're at the gates of Hades" "And the dark bosom of earth is silent" "VESKU FR0M FINLAND" "I've experienced the beauty of a summer in Lapland - a couple of times, from the beginning to the end." "Poet Eino Leino compares it - to the shortness of human life." "It's hard and harsh but beautiful at its best." "It couldn't be more well said." "This is a wonderful world." "A fucking blast." "In Capri, I met a girl named China" "Everyone had told me she was beautiful" "She was an ugly tramp." "...beautiful... beautiful...!" "Okay, Puppe, collect yourself." "Even lords were mesmerized by her beautiful eyes, but she wanted me" "She wanted me" "I'm dying laughing." "I can't do this..." "Stop making faces." "The moon circles the earth and so do I..." "Now my rear end hurts..." "Fell on the cobblestones." "right on my butt... incredibly painful..." "The Co-op Elanto theater." "I feel nostalgic." "This is where it all began." "They had an ad in the Elanto magazine - looking for young, enthusiastic and possibly talented people - for a musical with youngsters." "My brother Pekka and I went to the audition - at the Elanto clubhouse, which was on Kalevantie." "We were chosen." "Then I met Paavo Hukkinen, a location scout, who told me - that Niskanen wanted me to audition - for Jake's role in his film The Boys." "That's the road I'm still on." "Jake!" " What is it, Immu?" "There are Germans at the station again." "Jake, wait." "I'm coming too." "Six months earlier, my father had borrowed a book from the library." "He asked me if I wanted to read it before he took it back." "The book was The Boys." ""Did you read the book?" he asked." ""Yes," I said." ""It would make a great film." "I'd like to play a role like Jake's."" "Six months later, thanks to the musical I was in, " "I was asked to play the role." "It was unreal." "I was asked to come to the production company office." "The director, cinematographer and location scout were there." "I was almost there." "They were going to make a decision." "Mikko said that in the final scene, " "I would run after a train and my mother would be on the train." "There was a narrow corridor, and the men sat on one side." "I imagined I was running after a train and shouted "Mother!" three times." "First time I shouted loud." "The last time I shouted quietly." "Mikko asked me why, as the train was already far away." "I looked at Mikko and said - that Jake has lost hope." "That's when I knew I had sold myself to Mikko." "Mother!" "Mother!" "Hi, Lily." "Here you are." "Thank you." "How pretty." "I'll go get us coffee." " Great." "My dad never got a chance to study." "He fought in all the wars." "He thought it was important that we'd finish school." "He hoped I would become an engineer." "He was an artist himself." "He built great violins, - yet he would've liked his son to become an engineer." "He didn't think I could make a living doing what I do now." "At school, Vesa-Matti wasn't mischievous - but was always close when others were." "Huopalahti sports field." "This is a dear place to me." "When summer vacation started, " "I would come here four, five times a week." "I'd come here in the morning." "I would count the number of laps when the track was 300 meters, - and run 10 000 meters." "I commentated my run and always won at the end." "I never lost." "Folks, this is very exciting." "10 000 meters at the Olympic Games." "...winning from the very beginning he's fighting he's fighting he takes the gold." "He takes the gold..." "Dad got tickets to the soccer final between Hungary and Yugoslavia - at the Olympics in Helsinki." "I was six or seven." "I sat behind the goal, with 60 000 people around me." "I didn't know you could have so many people in one place at the same time." "People's admiration was the spark that made me want to entertain." "The goalie blocked the penalty kick, and I realized that was my thing." "As a goalie, I would give myself a nine or a ten." "That was my first calling." "We boxed at the community hall." "The team was called Haagan Haka." "They started calling me Vessa-Matti, vessa meaning toilet, - but I managed to change it to Vesku." "We had fist fights and pushed and shoved each other - and I've been called Vesku ever since." "Music came into the picture early on." "I would sing with the boys before we went out to play." "They had quite good voices, and we'd sing all kinds of songs." "I used to listen to Billie Holiday and remember thinking, " "I wish I could just find my own sound." "I wouldn't ask for anything else." "My grades were really good up until the third grade." "And that's the grade I got stuck in." "I became interested in art - and experienced the exhilariting feeling of discovering the opposite sex." "If I'm totally honest, I've worked this hard - and invested so much in this " "so that I could only get laid easier." "This is better when it comes to proportions." "You can use a measure to get the proportions are right." "Your drawing is a bit..." "The neck is a bit misshaped." "The head is a bit too big." "You might want to erase it." "Use a light stroke." "That looks like a newborn child." "Draw the arm again." "When we were filming, " "Mikko said I should apply to the Theatre Academy." "I'd already thought about it myself." "Mikko coached me." "I went to the exams and read in the paper that I'd been accepted." "In the 30s, they founded the Academic Karelia Society here." "30 years later, we had the premiere ofLapualaisooppera." "It was intuitive and paradoxical." "Young people sang about nonviolence, - yet Vesku was known for his fists already in the 60s." "He was quick to react." "Sometimes he would have his arm in a cast - but he would still sing about nonviolence." "REHEARSAL" "God damn it!" "On these plains, God damn it, we do not blaspheme God!" "Our northern fatherland can only be saved by Ostrobothnia" "Hi!" " Hello!" "My hall." " Right." ""God damn it!" "On these plains..."" "A critic wrote that a skinny milksop shouts:" ""God damn it, on these plains."" "But you believed in me, in my energy." "It could be a milksop." "Or anybody anywhere." "The opening song was crucial." "The question was, who could do it?" "Your voice and body language were just right." "Coming out from the depths to the front of the stage and all..." "You had it in you, - as an athlete, musician and actor." "When would a Finn be happier" "Than when he lives in his own cottage" "When would a Finnish woman rejoice more" "Than when she takes care of her own kitchen" "Finns love to work, indeed" "Finns will pay the price, indeed" "Finns will take anything, indeed" "If they can make a living on their own" "We wanted to be in the spotlight." "We wanted to tell stories." "So others gave us the content." " They gave us content all the time." "This was new stuff when we were active." "We held an Independence Day party - for alcoholics, homeless people and the so-called winos - at the Student House next door." "Why do so many of our men die in vain?" "Men full of hope, full of ideals" "Men full of fire too soon wane" "They all die, grow weary too early" "Elsewhere the gray-haired are full of fire" "Their souls glowing and brave" "Our boys are born ready to retire" "And young men are ripe for grave" "We did Porvaritanssit, a play, and you fell." " I wanted to fall - on my face here." "I knew it would be possible." "I put a bag of blood in my mouth." "I remember falling on my ass after the last somersault." "I jumped and bit the bag." "It almost hit the people in the first row." "Aarre Elo saw it - and wanted to create The Finnish Championships in falling." "I'm sure you all know my next guest." "Welcome!" "This is Vesku Loiri." "What fun could we come up with?" "How about we start hitting each other?" "Hitting each other?" "Why?" "We'd give the media something to write about." "Not a bad idea." "But which one of us starts?" "Me?" " Because it was your idea?" "I'm the father of the idea." " True." "Go ahead." "With insults?" " Sure." "Pig." " What?" " Pig." "Pig?" "That's what I was going to say." " Say something else." "I can't come up with anything." " Otter." "Okay, we'll leave it at that." "That was fun, indeed." "I started doing comedy, - and it started to take more and more of my time - outside theater." "I did a lot of comedy for TV, - a series called jatkoaika, for example." "The older actors warned me and said - that people expected me to become a..." "They said that my dramatic insight was too good - for doing nonsense like that." "Pertti "Spede" Pasanen, is that you?" "What's up?" " Hello." "Mrs. Pasanen, right?" "Hello." "You realize how great..." "That TV thing must be difficult." "It's okay, thanks." "You've got some funny stuff coming up?" " Sure..." "Having a night off?" " Yes." "Thanks for your visit." "In some interviews, " "I've said that comedians are pretty nasty men, and women - and that they have a short fuse." "You remember me?" "I was thinking if you could..." "Can you come over to our table?" "There is a lady who is a big fan." "I want to sit here." " Should we move to your table?" "It's an insult, - when you're invited to a party, for example, - and you suddenly realize - that people are expecting you to entertain them." "I'll toast to Spede!" " Can you please..." "You're a man of the people." "And your wife, too." "Yes, my wife is, too." " Have some." "People expect comedians to be funny even in private." "That's why many comedians are pretty angry and sulk." "They think, " ""Don't you come and ask for a joke, or I'll..."" "Are you too good for my drink?" " No." "You're a real star now?" "It's gone to your head?" "It's not that." "Your colleague Simo is ten times better." "Stay out of the TV screen." "We used to prepare for writing the scripts at a hotel in Hyvinkää." "We would stay there for a week - before we actually began to write." "We'd discuss ideas." "Pertti wanted to go to the night clubs, but it was really difficult." "I've been in bars and among people a lot and..." "I've learned how to get rid of people who want to bother you - without hurting anybody's feelings." "Is your wife in the toilet?" " She went home, thanks to you." "I would've asked her for a dance." " She doesn't dance." "Listen, are you going to do your show or not?" "For the last time, go back to your table." " Don't start with me." "I've fought tougher guys than you." "Pertti had a short fuse." "I often told him to control himself, - or he'd find himself in the tabloids for punching somebody." "Instead, he would stomp on the person's foot." "His first glass downed She brought another round" "When the loveliest girl took a chance" "My name is Tamara It won't harm ya" "If you'd come with me and dance" "Ay caramba, that's when samba full of rhythm, was in fashion" "Get on your feet, old troll I want to show you the steps" "Right before the last call, a guy came up to me and asked, " ""Loiri, do you want to come and do a gig?"" ""What do you mean?" I asked." ""At my house," he said." ""No, it's bedtime," I said." ""Is it about money?" he asked." ""No, it's because it's almost three in the morning," I said." ""And who would I perform to?"" ""To my wife," he said." ""It would be so nice since she doesn't go out that much," he said." "I said, "No way."" "He offered me a thousand marks." "I said it wasn't enough." "He offered two thousand." "When he got to five thousand, I said yes." "And we left." "Jomi Limmonen came with me." "The man gave us drinks and asked us to wait." "Jomi never drank, but I had one." "Then he went to wake his wife up." "She came out in a nightgown, with rollers in her hair." ""Vesa-Matti Loiri, and I look like this!" And she started to cry." ""What are you doing here?" "I'm going to do a gig," I said." "I said, "Please sit down." She sat there in culture shock." "I sang "Nocturne" and..." "No, I don't think it was "Nocturne."" "I sang another love song and "Fateful Samba."" "She cried, and I did a couple of somersaults for her." "That's a comedian's life." "...a product people put in their hairs - when they want to look completely well-groomed." "Oh, shaving foam." "Here." "A product people put in their hair..." "Oh, shampoo." "Here you are." " I suppose that's what it is." "One, two, to the side, feet together." "One, two, to the side, feet together." "Oh my, I feel like I took the lead for a moment." "Alright." "One, two, to the side and feet together." "Oh no, now it's falling apart." "I must look pretty smart since everybody's looking." "Almost everybody." "But you get sweaty doing this." "Both Pertti and Vesku were stubborn." "If Vesku thinks there's a better way to do something, he'll say so." "That's how their arguments started." "They never fought over money." "Pertti appreciated Vesku's work and paid him well." "The trouble with the tax office was Vesku's own fault." "If you tell them to count your receipts, the tax office will remember." "Are you afraid I will find your money stash?" "We have a torture department in the tax office." "We'll find out." "I'm sure there is money everywhere." "There's no money at all." "The tax office has taken it all." "You're telling jokes so that I wouldn't search your house, right?" "It won't help." "I'll look everywhere." "No!" " Uh-huh, I think we found the stash." "If one thinks of Leino's poems, for example, "It Still Beats Proud" or " ""On a road, a man with no address, no cattle..."" "I had huge tax debts." "It was easy to identify with the poem." ""A free ride to prison might be too much for him"" ""As he has no fatherland, home village or kin"" "It is such a fine poem." "Tavastia rock music club was packed." "The backstage was full of friends and people wanted to congratulate me." "The bouncer came and said a guy named Hietanen wanted to see me." "I made those songs in the summer of 1 977." "I had heard Vesku sing "Summer of Lapland" and "Nocturne."" "They were composed by Chydenius." "I thought Vesku was the only person who could sing my songs." "He is so undeniably credible." "I've read a lot of Eino Leino ever since I was little." "The atmosphere after the gig was so good - that I ventured backstage to give him a tape of my songs." "I thanked you and you left." "I set the tapes here, and you called me a couple of days later." "You said you'd given me a collection of songs, - and wondered what I thought of them." "I thought, God dammit, I'd forgotten." "I told you a white lie - and asked you to call me the next day." "It was during the day and I had to find the bouncer." "We came here and found the tapes." "Had you not found them, I might have forgotten about the whole thing." "Really?" " It's possible." "It's possible that they'd have never been recorded." "Great." "I'm not afraid anymore The night is done" "The ravings of a lunatic no longer torture me" "I'm full of life, sorrow is gone" "Flowers, hills and the sky I see as before" "Like a surging flood Heavy waves of blood" "I feel I have the power to move mountains and then" "My thoughts carry me and I can dream again" "With a hand on my heart I say out loud" "To the world, to the defeated victor:" "It still beats proud!" "People warned me about doing comedy." "The world of entertainment was seen as cheap." "There would be no return." "They said I'd get hurt and lose myself." "I never believed it." "And through my Eino Leino records I could prove them wrong." "Bring me a mountain from Lapland" "And beneath it bury my heart" "It will still beat beneath the sand" "You will feel the earth's trembling start" "Tread on it, and it will prick your toe" "Freeze it, and in ice, its flowers grow" "Chain it, and its chains will break" "Capture it, and its captors it will take" "In its rocky arches a song of triumph chimes" "It is forever free, embracing new times" "It still beats proud!" "To cut the dear thread of life" "I know death comes this way" "Cold and pale tomorrow" "Is a strong, lusty man today" "Rest under ground, arms full of earth" "But over grave, over death" "Comes freedom to which his dear heart once beat" "It is alive and breathes even beneath the heavy ground" "On autumn nights its flame can sear" "What people do the tyrants fear" "It still beats proud!" "It beats" "I experience every song like a small play." "Sometimes I sing about something or somebody as Vesa-Matti Loiri." "But it's rare." "More often I take a role - and become the person singing about what he sees." "A boat is carried by the tide" "What awaits us at the end of the ride?" "Sins so dark loom over us" "Man glows like a brief spark Then the hearth turns dark" "Only a handful of ash remains" "Sins grow and new ones begin" "Sons are born with their fathers'sins" "Bosom full of chaff and stains" "What awaits us at the end of the ride?" "A boat is carried by the tide" "The whole world rocks in these quarters" "So limitless is the sea!" "Please hurry" "The clouds are mirrored in my quiet waters" "It is time to sleep, powerful God" "And lay your white-haired head to rest" "Look how the shadows of death grow shorter" "Oh, I'm sorry." "I almost bumped Into you." " Bumped into me?" "Yes." " Oh, please do it." "Bump into me." "Oh, no." " Please." "I love bumping into people." "In this case, I demand it." "In that case, I'll bump into you just a little." "When Vesku was young, he had no trouble getting women." "Women would push themselves on him." "Sometimes I felt embarrassed for them." "He is famous and multi-talented." "They didn't know him, - yet they were ready to give themselves to him." "What man wouldn't like that?" "I could see his crooked smile." "Can you see how popular I am?" "I'm getting back my taste for women." "Butler, bring me more!" "What?" " Here we have a sample." "They could be younger, though." "You want a particular color?" " We'll take the whole spectrum." "You said I gave you a weak kiss, like an old man. - 0h my God!" "Let's do it properly on the pool table." " Here?" "Well no, I bet you're wearing pantyhose." " Really?" "I'm glad you came." "I agreed to write a series of interviews for Jaana magazine." "Naturally, I contacted Vesa-Matti Loiri and asked for an interview." "We did it at the Helsinki City Theatre - and I wanted to penetrate his brain." "I could feel a strong presence and I understood - that something strange was about to happen." "I looked up and saw Loiri but didn't know it was him." "I felt an emotional connection." "I had found a soul mate." "I had to get up and follow him." "These are mysterious things." "Someone just feels familiar to you." "Meeting a familiar soul - and remembering something in the past." "Or as if remembering." "Our conversations went on day and night, for weeks." "He let me, not only into his brain, - but into his world." "We had this incredible instant chemistry." "Like in the movies." "I could see his personality, his soul." "We went home together and talked the whole night." "Vesku told me all about his life, and a little more." "A man opening his world and saying " ""You understand, come with me" - is the greatest possible declaration of love for me." "He'll do anything for the ones close to him." "He'll surrender himself, both at work and in relationships." "Our relationship was very intense." "Around the world, once or twice." "Bye!" "Vesku is a night owl, and so am I. We lost the daily rhythm - and didn't know much about what was happening outside." "My blinds would be drawn for three days in a row." "I would come home from work at 4 PM - and he would be waking up." "I couldn't handle it anymore." "I had to choose." "Our love felt so strong that I had to see where it would take us." "I enjoyed it so much that I quit my day job." "But I did modeling on the side." "What is it?" " Lips, don't." "No." "What?" " I want to get rid of a reflex." "What reflex?" " You see, my eyes inform my brain - that the most beautiful woman in the world is nearby." "My nostrils inform my brain - that the most beautiful woman in the world smells lovely." "My lips take a most passionate kissing position, - and my head starts moving my lips towards her lips." "The chemistry between us was too much for some people." "It was touching to see how they tried to break it." "But they couldn't." "We got bullshit from the media - and even from people close to us." "Age was never a factor." "We had a 23-year age difference, but it wasn't a problem for us." "We felt we knew each other from before." "The media attack was so mean that I had to leave the country." ""As you can see, I've moved out."" ""I won't say where."" ""My lawyers will contact you." "Your ex-wife Elisabeth."" "This is so wrong." "Every time I believed this is it." "Something big and eternal." "And it can be something big, even if it didn't last." "We quickly moved in together." "I had just occupied a building." "I think Vesku was attracted to my anarchy and my survival instincts." "I wanted to find a place in the country - so we looked for one together." "We drove around in a Mini Morris and looked for a den." "They have all been eternal for me." "Every time I thought that this is it." "It's naïve and stupid." "People must have said, "There he goes again."" "But I believed in it myself." "I wanted to." "But I'm sure I'm not the easiest partner one can have." "I've marked all the spots that are sore and tender - with scotch tape." "I'll explain the figure." "Red tape: sore spots." "Blue tape: sensitive spots." "White tape: tender spots." "This way I'll find the right medicine." "I poke my finger in a spot." "I compare that to this figure." "It says "tender spot."" "Then I'll take the right medicine." "It works." "We moved to the country together." "I ended up staying here - and Vesku moved back into the city." "We once said in an interiew that it's strange we're not married." "We are so similar in some aspects, - that we'd fight all the time if we were a married couple." "I've had a number of daughters-in-law." "Pekka had only one woman, but Vesku had more." "The girls were..." "If I had told them - that Vesku is an artist..." "He doesn't go to work at eight - and come back at four." "You have to understand that." "But the girls were enthusiastic." "Nothing I said would have helped." "But then they ended up fighting over Vesku's lifestyle." ""Loitering"?" "So it's called loitering when a man sacrifices his sleep - and slaves away to support his family." "I don't understand a word you're saying." "Tell me where you've been!" "I was looking for a job." " Ajob..." "What job do you look for at night?" " A night watchman's job." "He can be a bit lazy sometimes, but not when it comes to work." "He works really hard." "Home is for relaxing." "First of all, just lying here, I pump eight liters of blood a minute." "My heart beats 100 times a minute." "1 50, if I move a little." "My liver produces tens, if not thousands, of enzymes, - needed for different vital functions." "At the same time, I breathe, - and my lungs produce oxygen from dirt and pollution - and my kidneys use the oxygen for producing red blood cells." "I need red blood cells." "I can't live without them." "Millions of things happen in me, and you say I do nothing." "I'm not adds with them, but my relationships often ended in strife." "Fine." "We'll get a divorce if that's what you want." "May this be the reward for having slaved away at your side." "Thank God that I didn't made more money for us to fight over." "Shut up." "It was inevitable, but it was also bitter." "It was bitter every time and then after some time, a relief." "I was young when I became a mother for the first time, 21 years." "There were a lot of poop diapers." "We had two little boys, two mini-Uunos." "Time flew when we admired them." "There was a lot going on." "And still is." "He was good with the children - and a little childish, too." "He played with them." "What shall we play today?" "How about hide-and-seek again?" "No!" " Yesterday we looked for you the whole day." "Come here, you little critter." "Uncle Nasse will go into an easy hiding place." "Count to 5000." "Start counting." "Hands over your eyes." "One, two..." " Two more!" " Three..." "He was no Uuno Turhapuro for us, but he's a child at heart." "He'd come up with things ordinary dads don't." "He isn't a good dad in a traditional way, - but in his way he's just great." "My children are very important to me." "Jenni and Joonas are grownups, but still." "Ukko and Sampo are young men." "It's great to be able to follow their lives up close." "He's the best dad ever." "We love him so much." "He's really reliable." "A good guy." "When I was young, I became angry at the tabloids." "Everybody knew about the divorce and other personal things - that might have been painful." "The divorce was tough." "I had no contact whatsoever with Jenni and Joonas." "No contact at all." "When I was eighteen, we stopped talking." "We didn't talk for six years." "I left and the kids stayed with their mom." "Dads are often blamed in a situation like this." "It was a quiet man's revenge." "I wanted to call but couldn't." "It just happened." "We traveled to Amsterdam together and had a straight talk." "A friend told us to go on a cruise - and not come back until we were friends again." "Everything was clear after two hours." "It was damn cool to be able to talk, - to be able to forgive and be forgiven." "We're both stubborn and couldn't admit it to each other." "Now we have." "I'm very happy." "I have four children who clearly love me - and who I love more than anything." "Jankku, my fifth child died in a car accident at 21 ." "Vesa-Matti was in Spain when he got the information." "He had to find a way to come home." "He got a plane ticket and got a seat - with a wall in front of him." "He said he cried the whole flight." "Vesku has had a lot of good in his life - and he has gotten many rewards, " "but as he sings, a singer's ransom is high..." "Losing both his wife and his son in car accidents - must have been the hardest." "And all Vesku's marriages ended in divorce." "But I don't think - he sees the divorces and the ends of his relationships as tragedies." "He has gotten a lot from these people and has also given a lot." "But losing loved ones has been tough." "I've tried to be there for him, - but there are no words for this." "I can still remember the oldTornator when" "You stepped on board, my dear old friend" "You left school and I wanted to come with you" "My parents told me to stay at home" "Standing on the pier I watched you sail out to sea" "We were both fifteen" "You took a stand You took your life in your hands" "You experienced it all I could only dream of it in vain" "An albatross gliding without rest might be" "Akin to your soul, it's not your fault" "In the blue sky you may soar free" "My dear old friend, an old salt" "My dear old friend, an old salt" "You wanted to see me." " Please sit down." "Oh, down, indeed." "But of course I will if you want, sir." "I did walk the length of the hallway, after all." "Let me get straight to the point." "You were hired on a two-month probationary basis." "Unfortunately those two months are over." " Oh my." "How time flies." "Has it really been two months?" "I would almost say it's a lie if I didn't hear it from you." "Try to see it from my point of view." "What would you do in my place?" "Oh, now I understand." "I appreciate it, sir." "What would I do in your place?" "An honest answer to an honest question." "Nose surgery." "That's what I would do." "My marriage to Pertti was a strange relationship." "A good relationship." "I got kicked by a horse" "Oh, how it hurt and caused me so much pain" "I got kicked" "I got kicked out by my boss" "Oh, how good it felt I got so much more free time" "I got kicked" "Vesku has never tolerated authority." "Pertti and Vesku had a love-hate relationship." "They needed each other, but they did know how to fight." "There are things I would've wanted to do - but couldn't because of Turhapuro and Spede's films." "If I'm honest, Spede didn't like me doing these things." "He thought it should've been enough for me - to do what we mastered in this country." "But it was never enough for me." "InSeven Brothers, - we could've been fighting and envying one another." "We've always had our separate territories." " That's right." "Each has his own territory." "There has never been any rivalry." "I felt a need to do long-term work as an actor." "I still miss it, as I've done so little theater." "I had a contract with a theater for six years - and appeared as a guest in a few roles." "In Seven Brothers, he played Tuomas who is solid as an old oak." "He did a really good job, - but sometimes he wanted to amuse the others by hitting on Aapo." "The audience didn't see it, but you had a pipe in his mouth and..." "Hessu Kinnunen laughed so easily..." " He had to leave the stage." "Vesku won't come to a rehearsal at 1 1 AM and finish at 3 PM - and then come back in the evening." "That's not what he wants." "If we do a film, he'll be there on time, - but the rhythm in theater doesn't suit him." "He wants to be free and choose his projects." "Spede often talked about artsy fartsy, - which for him often meant anything except his own work." "But he knew well what was good and what wasn't." "I would say he was quite selfish - and wanted to keep his crew together." "It was like whoring..." "Welcome, my wife made of gold." "Kind-hearted." "Gentle." "Handmade." "The way I like her." "The way I want her." "And The Iron Age, God damn..." " We didn't know what we got into!" "Kalevi came and woke me up." "He asked me to make Sampo." "He came and woke Ilmari up whose golden woman had rusted." "A robot is a robot." "Kalevi would slap me in the face, - and I could see you didn't exactly like it." "I told him to slap me harder, since I was a boxer." "He couldn't because we were good friends." "I said, "C'mon." "You slap like a faggot."" "Wake up!" " Then he hit me and I broke my tooth." "We did a retake." "I felt like I had sand in my mouth." "Building Sampo took a long time." "It took months - because we had to make it clear for ourselves what it was." "Enska Suominen and his men built it." "They drew sketches and time flew." "It got on our nerves, and one time when we were out in a bar, " "Vesku punched a table or something." "He completely smashed his hand." "Our worlds became distorted at one point or another." "I'm the Ping-Pong champion at Lapinlahti mental hospital." "It wasn't easy." "We played the first matches outside in the wind." "In the finals, you could play against the doctor in the hallway." "That match I couldn't lose." "That's how mad I am." "I." "I myself." "While sleeping, especially if you're having nightmares, - your dreams can be so artistic." "A complicated, realistic world." "Not even Tolstoy was able to come up with something like that." "Yet these dreams are not dreamed by writers, but by ordinary people." "Officials, penmen, priests." "First you try to make me believe that you are real." "That you exist." "And now you are assuring me that you arejust a dream." "We're all a little confused, thanks to your science." "Yesterday I laughed with the staff at an office." "They didn't want to print my story." "I said believing in God in our times is reactionary, - but that I'm the Devil." "You can believe in me." "They didn't." "At times, it took a toll on my mental health." "Yes, Dostoyevsky is full of mines if you start digging." "People often say it's naive - when actors say they've been trapped in a role." "It's not naive." "It's a terrible trap." " Your mind works on the role all the time." "You react the way your character would." " Exactly." "I went through a rough phase in one of my marriages because of a role." "Like my character, I became an anarchist." "Vesku loves people." "He's gone through a lot, including sorrow and losing loved ones." "Vesku wants to give all he can when he's on stage." "But he has his moments of hatred and bitterness." "When he drank, things would sometimes escalate - and he'd punch someone like Frederik, the singer, in the face or something." "Straight, only." "Straight, straight." "The straights will break him." "I know why you're back." " I started seeing the world in color." "You want your revenge from yourself." "You want one tough match more." " Why do you say that?" "I happen to know that's how it is." " Will you be in my corner if I do that?" "Of course." "Otherwise you'd get your ass kicked." "Purtsi told me to come and train." "There was no mention of matches." "Then he said, "You have a match in Lahti in two weeks."" "Fucking hell, I thought." "I could tell you were nervous when you got into the ring." "But it was great." " It was a tough spot." "You were already famous in Finland, - and it would be tough for anyone to step into the ring, - even if it was just to train." "It's tough." "But you rushed into the ring and gave it your all." "I boxed in the 75+kg class." " I'd say you'd have to lose some weight." "At my worst, I weighed 140 kg." " Really?" "My diabetes has messed everything up." "I didn't drink at all last summer." "I didn't lose a gram." "I've been real mad at you." "You were in top shape." "But then you started slipping." "If you lost a hundred grams a day." "It's not much, is it?" " No..." "How much would it be in a year?" " Well... 36 kilos." "How much would it be in ten years?" "430 kilos." "You'd lose yourself." "I started losing my sense of balance, since I'd lost sensation in my feet." "At this moment, I can't accept a film role if I have to walk in it." "That's the hard truth." "But I don't see this as something permanent, - even though it might be." "I have to exercise, no matter how hard it is." "I think I might start tomorrow." "Or the day after tomorrow, depending on the weather." "It might rain, so let's say in a couple days." "Next week." "I promise I'll start next week." "In Lapland, everything quickly blooms" "The ground, the grass, barley, and more" "In my mind this thought often looms when I look at what our people have had to endure" "Why does nothing here of beauty remain and loftier things are grounded?" "To so many people sanity bids adieu" "And those who can pluck the kantele are so few" "Elsewhere the gray-haired are full of fire" "Their souls glowing and brave" "Our boys are born ready to retire" "And young men are ripe for grave" "And myself?" "Why do I sit and brood?" "It is a sign of early old age." "Why don't I follow what's in my blood?" "Instead I'm resigned to their fate at this stage" "I'm so superstitious that if I haven't caught any fish, " "I know I have to sing "Summer of Lapland", - with great emotion." "Maiden Inari, or do you call a lake a Miss, or is it a Mrs.?" "It's a she anyway." "A pretty tough chick." "You have to sing with emotion." "You can't force it." "Then you'll get fish." "I think I forced it, since I'm not getting any fish." "For the first time in a long time, " "I'm singing material that was made for me." "In a way, this was also made for you." "It is a wedding waltz - and I made it for my daughter and my son-in-law." "We knew already then, - that my son-in-law was sick and might not have much time left." "There is some pain in it..." " A black spot." "Pain in the sound." "Back in 1997, I wanted to give this song to you." "I thought it would be your song." "Bog star, if I a mirky haze has filled your eyes with fear" "I will protect the sparkle in your gaze I will kiss away each tear" "This glowing moment filled with bliss will never fade, it's true" "Forever in your arms like this, I will always love you" "I will always love you" "They used the word "perfect" here." " Okay, let's get going then." "Hi." " Hi." "I have to have a smoke." "How's it going?" " I'm getting there..." "Terrible drugs, totally Zen Buddhist." "It's nice to get on the road." "I have a stamp on my forehead." "Everyone has an opinion of me." "It was getting hard for me to go out." "I would see people in the street, but I would look away." "I thought it wasn't normal." "since I didn't have a bad conscience or anything." "I was walking on Mannerheimintie - and decided that I would look everyone in the eye and smile - and then turn and look again and smile." "It felt good, but I noticed that some people were offended." "Especially when I turned and looked again." "They'd mumble, "What the hell is he doing?"" "Even though they had started it." ""Look, it's him."" "Some people started laughing when I turned and looked again." "They understood what it was about." "I was just testing my limits." "You know you've done a lot of shit, too." "You can never tell what someone has seen." "If he's seen the shit." "Whenever you're ready." " Alright." "Good afternoon, Provinssirock!" "YleX radio station is delighted and honored - to welcome to the stage a man who has made great music." "Are you ready?" "Great." "Ladies and gentlemen, " "Vesa-Matti Loiri!" "Finally." "Moss and bark can grow on one's heart" "They don't preach love They just play their part" "Healthy selfishness will give everything away" "The stupidity of followers do it just for display" "Does it matter where their nights are spent" "Love is their calling They're not discontent" "What kind of fate is held in store for a good man or woman" "Whose profession is amour" "To a hardened heart their love can bring" "The people they tend love's cruel sting" "Their cruelty and scorn always prevails" "Their wrists and ankles will be pierced by nails" "Does it matter where their nights are spent" "Love is their calling They're not discontent" "What kind of fate is held in store for a good man or woman" "Whose profession is amour" "Thank you." "It's been wonderful to be here and perform for you." "You can't imagine how good it feels." "Thank you." "Take care." "My mother asked me at one point - if I ever mourned Jankku's death." "I asked her if she felt I hadn't." "After that, my mother understood that I just don't show it." "When someone leaves this world in the wrong order, - when a twenty-year-old dies, your child dies, - it's something you can never overcome." "You can't understand it." "On the other hand..." "What can we do?" "I miss Jankku." "He enjoyed being here." "We used to come here a lot, especially in the winter." "We'd ice fish." "We were freezing, - but Jankku could've fished for hours." "Memories of him here are very vivid." "You'll never forget it but you can't get stuck in it either." "A number of our presidents used to visit Aino Kassinen." "She was the state clairvoyant." "Aino was my teacher, my Zen master." "We meditated and visited all kinds of worlds." "She always warned me and said - that I shouldn't touch anything there." "As an adult, I had tried to levitate through meditation, - but hadn't succeeded." "But then it happened." "I saw a fine cape made of stars behind me - and landed on the floor like a ski jumper - and went straight through." "I looked at the fire station - across the street from the apartment below." "I saw a broken-winged sparrow." "It was hobbling on the floor." "Even though I knew I shouldn't touch it, " "I took it in my hand." "It bit in my fingers and transformed itself - into some sort of a leather frog." "I tried to shake it off, but it just got bigger and bigger." "I finally managed to shake it off." "Many things I saw then - happened later in real life." "My son Jankku was five years old at the time." "The strangest thing was when I went home three days later, " "Jankku opened the door and said:" "That frog that bit Dad was weird." "We had experienced it together." "Like I said, " "I can fool some people, but I can't fool myself any longer." "It feels, after all, quite good." "I've always been able to be alone." "Loneliness and being alone are two completely different things." "Besides, here you are never alone." "You'll see a Siberian jay or a wolf." "I once saw a wolf in front of the house." "I was about to put a trash bag next to the porch steps, - when I heard the tapping of paws." "I said, "Whose little..." I didn't say the word "dog."" "A wolf was standing five meters from me." "We looked at each other, - and it turned away and started running south." "It trotted in the same rhythm as it had trotted here." "The sentence changed to "Whose little wolf you are?"" "It was a fine encounter." "It is a proud animal." "It wasn't afraid, it didn't startle." "There was nothing threatening." "It probably saw me as an extension to the trash bag." "Dammit, I'll prove to you " "I'm more than an extension to the trash bag!" "I had the premiere, first and second division games ahead of me - when I got a damn good pass and started running." "The defense was behind me." "I turned to see how close." "And then, a crash." "The goalie from the other team hit me sideways." "My foot got caught under him." "The snap was incredibly loud." "Both bones between the knee and the ankle broke." "It's a loud snap." "Later I heard - that I was almost brain dead for a couple of minutes." "I remember the stretchers being put on wheels." "I lost consciousness in the elevator." "When I woke up, I was lying on top of a brick wall." "There was a beautiful meadow sloping down on each side." "The slope was gentle, so I wouldn't get bruises if I fell off the bed." "I was on this side, so I knew I couldn't fall." "This was the so-called death side, and I wanted to go there." "The life of Vesa-Matti Loiri would continue on the other side." "I was so damn tired of being Vesa-Matti Loiri - that I wanted to go to the death side." "I spent five days in the oxygen tent in intensive care." "When I was ready to roll over to the death side, " "I had a dialogue." "I can't say I heard a particular voice, but I heard a question." ""You know you can go to that side."" ""The life of Vesa-Matti Loiri will end, - but life goes on."" ""As you might know, there are no limits."" ""You really think you can go there?"" ""You think you have accomplished your mission?"" "That feeling of shame." "Fuck..." "I quickly rolled over to the other side." "I sat up." "The tubes came out." "A nurse came and asked me if I'd recovered." "Yes, I've recovered." "That's when I started - being actively aware." "I've been lucky to have met mentors and..." "All my life I've been a smith with these hands." "I forged a woman when my woman died." "I made her myself." "And I made Sampo." "With these hands!" "With these hands!" "Was this all?" "Life." "It wasn't much." "I forged myself into a poor man." "I forged myself." "I've always done the impossible." "I've said, "I think it will work out."" "It won't work out." "Nothing will." "Never." "I wouldn't try again." "I would live another life." "No, I don't believe it." "I would do it all over again." "I couldn't come up with another life for myself." "You can't make your own life." "It makes you." "Directed, written and produced by MIKA KAURISMÄKI" "[StB] Releases 2010"