John Hughes wrote:
>
> The movie sounds like Pathfinder, and it is available on video, at
> least
> here in Oz. (I saw it again just a few months ago). Its not based on
> the
> Kalevala, but is a cracking good ethnography/adventure story, just
> right for
> those who, like me, like their Gloranthan winters crisp and *very*
> deep.
You come up here and I'll show you a Crisp, Deep winter.... Oh, right, you are. Nevermind. Just make sure you bring warm socks. We promise to keep the wolves and polar bears and foxes at bay.
> The Finns *have* made at least two attempts to film portions of
> Kalevala.
> The first, "Sampo" was made in the late 50s. A more recent television
> dramatisation called "Age of Iron" has been shown here in Oz on SBS,
> and is
> worth looking out for in case it shows up again.
This sounds neat. A pity I'm stuck in the land of NTSC format TV. Sigh.
Jeff
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