With a selection of 10 films from his rich filmography, this publication focuses on the greatest Finnish documentarist, Arto Halonen, who, as the introductory comment by Dimitris Eipides mentions, “Having traveled for miles across the length and breadth of the Earth, from mythical Cuba to Tibet, "the roof of the world", and from the wild mountainsides of Kyrgyzstan to exotic Malaysia, Halonen attempts, through his work, to "unlock" the greatest mystery of nature: human beings”. With an interesting interview and three informative texts about his world by Peter Wintonick, Eero Tammi and Lilly M. Papayanni, this publication, edited by Laurien ten Houten, is a successful introduction to his work.
