{"id":14578,"date":"2016-10-25T11:45:16","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T15:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=14578"},"modified":"2016-10-25T11:45:16","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T15:45:16","slug":"orphan-film-the-white-reindeer-valkoinen-peura-1952","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=14578","title":{"rendered":"Orphan Film: The White Reindeer \/ Valkoinen peura (1952)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-14581\" src=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/WhiteReindeer1952_stamp.jpg\" alt=\"WhiteReindeer1952_stamp\" width=\"391\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/WhiteReindeer1952_stamp.jpg 391w, https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/WhiteReindeer1952_stamp-300x274.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" \/>Erik Blomberg and Mirjami Kuosmanen\u2019s little folk tale of drama and horror was a Grand Prize winner at Cannes in 1952, but a DVD release of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=14574\">The White Reindeer \/ Valkoinen peura<\/a> <\/strong>in North America\u2019s pretty much non-existent.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a cautionary story of a newlywed who just wants her husband to pay more attention in between herding reindeer in the harsh Finnish hills in peak winter. When her wish is granted, it\u2019s also corrupted with an increasingly uncontrollable ability to transform into a rare white reindeer that lures herders to isolated pockets where they soon lose their blood.<\/p>\n<p>Blomberg\u2019s knack with the camera also pays off with stunning B&amp;W cinematography, and Einar Englund\u2019s score is exquisite, and within its short 65 minute running time it delivers mood, horror, and a slice of romantic rustic Finland.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to a generous friend (Thanks, Joe!), I\u2019ve posted a review of the film from the French Region 2 PAL DVD, and it\u2019s a little gem that horror fans should hunt down until a label like Criterion might spotlight Blomberg and Kuosmanen\u2019s film in a deserved special edition Blu-ray (and if so, feel free to add an isolated score track, too).<\/p>\n<p><em>Coming next<\/em>: a review of Sidney Pollack\u2019s odd little tragic-drama <strong>Bonny Deerfield <\/strong>(1977), new on Blu from Twilight, and sporting a director commentary track that insanely was never present on Sony\u2019s Region 1 DVD.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark R. Hasan<\/strong>, Editor<br \/>\n<strong>KQEK.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Review of the little-known Finnish horror-drama The White Reindeer \/ Valkoinen peura (1952), directed by Erik Blomberg and co-written with actress Mirjami Kuosmanen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14580,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[4740,4738,2562,2563,4739,4741,4742],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/WhiteReindeer1952_featured.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8nuyW-3N8","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14578"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14578"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14584,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14578\/revisions\/14584"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}