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AKI KAURISMÄKI - Writer, Director, Editor & Producer
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Kaurismaki is a cult and prolific Finnish filmmaker known for his offbeat, deadpan
style. One of cinema’s great humanists, his films explore the misfortunes of the
misfits and disaffected of Helsinki with great affection and droll, sometimes black,
humour.
Although influenced by filmmakers such as Robert Bresson, Luis Bunuel and Jim
Jarmusch, Kaurismaki has a distinctive cinematic style of his own, recognisable
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by his spare, economical visuals, eclectic soundtracks of vintage rock and pop and use of a re-
gular troupe of actors, including Kati Outinen, Marko Peltola & Matti Pellonpaa... and dogs.
A droll observer observer of the influence of American junk culture, Kaurismaki also created the
‘worst rock and roll band in history’, the Leningrad Cowboys. Distinctively dressed in suits, win-
kle pickers and outsize quiffs, the band began life in the film ‘Leningrad Cowboys Go America’
performing covers of classic American songs. Now established as a cult phenomenon, the
Cowboys have outgrown their origins having released numerous albums, performed at the MTV
Music Awards and toured extensively. (>>> www.leningradcowboys.fi )
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