Lights in the Dusk Quotes

  • Shift Manager: And what was your name?

    Koistinen: Koistinen. Just like before.

  • Bank Manager: [Bank manager is reviewing Koistinen's application for a small-business loan] Tell me, Koistinen... Are you some kind of comedian?

    Koistinen: Why?

    Bank Manager: Did you come to cheer us up? What are these papers? A trade school diploma... Did you think it will give you a loan of two hundred thousand - without any security, any guarantors?

    Koistinen: I'll guarantee it myself, until the company gets going and...

    Koistinen: [Interrupting him] Guarantees from trash like you are worthless.

    Koistinen: But I've got an account here.

    Bank Manager: I won't even take your application further. It's rejected. You're only wasting my time and yours. Go away.

  • Mirja: [Worried that Koistinen will squeal] He'll talk. He'll tell them about me.

    Lindholm: Koistinen will never betray you. He's loyal as a dog, a sentimental fool. My genius lies in understanding that.

Extended Reading
  • Katlyn 2022-04-22 07:01:49

    The red berries on the berry tree, as bright as blood...

  • Jayde 2022-03-20 09:02:49

    A lonely loser, an irresistible fate. Aki’s tunes everywhere (ports, factories, city photography; interior colors and lighting; actors’ performance methods, close-up usage, music...). The various actors in the Aki film who looked directly into the camera definitely learned from Ozu.