Hamlet liikemaailmassa (Hamlet Goes Business)
1987
**½
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Cast: Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Esko Salminen, Kati Outinen, Elina Salo, Esko Nikkari, Kari Väänänen, Puntti Valtonen, Mari Rantasila, Turo Pajala, Aake Kalliala
This black and white dark comedy reimagines Shakespeare's Hamlet in a contemporary corporate setting. Hamlet, a modern-day businessman, navigates betrayal and revenge after his uncle kills his father and marries his mother. Aki Kaurismäki's fourth feature must be the most plot-heavy work in his catalogue, and perhaps that is why it is not working. The director's emotionless deadpan style clashes with the complicated story about ambition and deceit, and it feels like the film is just going through the motions.
