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You're going to publish a book about his character Kake
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Tom of Finland

You're going to publish a bookabout his character Kake

You're going to publish a book
about his character Kake

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You're going to publish a book about his character Kake.
Duration
5 seconds
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33
Timestamp in Movie
01:26:48
Uploaded
Jul 13, 2025
Genres
biography, drama
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Movie Summary

Award-winning filmmaker Dome Karukoski brings to screen the life and work of artist Touko Valio Laaksonen (aka Tom of Finland), one of the most influential and celebrated figures of 20th-century gay culture.
- You're telling me what to publish? - Yes. We are. - Tom of Finland 00:04
- You're telling me what to publish? - Yes. We are.
(coughs) - Tom of Finland 00:08
(coughs)
- Were there beautiful guys in America? - Yup. - Tom of Finland 00:06
- Were there beautiful guys in America? - Yup.
- The kind you always drew'? Your men'? - Yes. - Tom of Finland 00:04
- The kind you always drew'? Your men'? - Yes.
But none of them were - Tom of Finland 00:12
But none of them were
(coughs) - Tom of Finland 00:08
(coughs)
For them, throat cancer is like curing the flu. - Tom of Finland 00:04
For them, throat cancer is like curing the flu.
We could get a house with a garden. We could have parrots. - Tom of Finland 00:07
We could get a house with a garden. We could have parrots.
It's always warm there. And the sea is sparkling blue. - Tom of Finland 00:05
It's always warm there. And the sea is sparkling blue.
Almost everyone is like us in California. - Tom of Finland 00:04
Almost everyone is like us in California.
Sometimes heteros are bullied and harassed, - Tom of Finland 00:14
Sometimes heteros are bullied and harassed,
There's nothing I want to see more than... I mean... - Tom of Finland 00:05
There's nothing I want to see more than... I mean...
(coughs) - Tom of Finland 00:05
(coughs)
This might feel good. At least you could see through it. - Tom of Finland 00:05
This might feel good. At least you could see through it.
- Good evening. - We'd like to have curtains made. - Tom of Finland 00:05
- Good evening. - We'd like to have curtains made.
- You owe me a bottle of whisky. - Oh. - Tom of Finland 00:05
- You owe me a bottle of whisky. - Oh.
I owe you more than that. - Tom of Finland 00:05
I owe you more than that.
- I do. - You want these kinds of rings? - Tom of Finland 00:04
- I do. - You want these kinds of rings?
(Nipa) Make sure everyone knows we exist. - Tom of Finland 00:12
(Nipa) Make sure everyone knows we exist.
- You've started using the elevator. - Nonsense. - Tom of Finland 00:04
- You've started using the elevator. - Nonsense.