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Criterion Collection: Eclipse Series 29 - Aki
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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ln the Iate eighties, Aki Kaurismaki, a master of the deadpan, fashioned a waggish fish-out-of-water tale about a U.S. tour by "the worst rock-and-roII band in the world." Leningrad Cowboys Go America's posse of fur-coated, outrageousIy pompadoured hipsters struck such a chord with internationaI audiences that the fictionaI band became a genuine attraction, touring the worId. Later, Kaurismaki created a sequel, Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses, and filmed a gigantic stadium show the band put on in HeIsinki for the rollicking documentary TotaI BalaIaika Show. With this Eclipse series, we present these crackpot musical and comic odysseys, aIong with fie Leningrad Cowboys music videos directed by Kaurismaki.
Leningrad Cowboys Go America
ln their smash big-screen debut, the band gets a taste of the United States' array of dive bars and cocktail lounges en route to a wedding in Mexico.
Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses
the downtrodden Cowboys, led by their now deranged and born-again manager, sail home to the gIorious wheat fields of Siberia, stopping aIong the way in various grim European Iandscapes.
TotaI Balalaika Show
this spectacular concert movie commemorates the unIikeIy but enormously successful colIaboration between the Finnish Leningrad Cowboys and the Russian AIexandrov Red Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble. The disc aIso features the music videos "Rocky VI", "Thru the Wire", "L.A. Woman", "Those Were the Days", and "These Boots". |
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