Eclipse Series 29: Aki Kaurismaki's Leningrad Cowboys (Criterion Collection) On DVD

Actor:       Leningrad Cowboys (Leningrad Cowboys), Kirsi Tykkylainen, André Wilms, Matti Pellonpaa
Director:   Aki Kaurismaki
Genre:      Foreign Video - Other
Year:         N/A
Studio:     Criterion Collection
Length:    230
Released: October 18, 2011
Rating:      Unrated (Video)
Format:     DVD
Misc:         Color
Language:English
Subtitles  :English

DESCRIPTION:

In the late eighties and early nineties, Aki Kaurismäki (The Match Factory Girl), the master of the deadpan, fashioned a waggish fish-out-of-water tale about a U.S. tour by “the worst rock-and-roll band in the world.” Leningrad Cowboys Go America’s posse of fur-coated, outrageously pompadoured hipsters struck such a chord with international audiences that the fictional band became a genuine attraction, touring the world. Later, Kaurismäki created a sequel, Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses, and filmed a gigantic stadium show the band put on in Helsinki for the rollicking documentary Total Balalaika Show. With this Eclipse series, we present these crackpot musical and comic odysseys, along with five Leningrad Cowboys music videos directed by Kaurismäki.