Aki Kaurisnaki is one of the famous Finnish film directors as well as script writers. He was born on April 4, 1957. His filmmaking career began with the film production of his elder brother Mika Kaurisnaki. In this project Aki was a co-director for his elder brother Mika Kaurisnaki's film. Kaurismaki began to work as an independent film maker in the year 1983. In this year, he directed a movie based on crime and penalty and was named Crime and Punishment, a story of famous Russian writer Dostoevsky.
The interesting fact about the Aki Kaurismaki’s movie is that it is shot against the beautiful backdrop of the capital of Finland. The film is based on the entire city of Helsinki, which the cultural as well as commercial center of Finland. Another movie of Aki Kaurismaki is Leningrad Cowboys Go America. This film fetched world wide reputation for Aki. The story of this film is on a fictional rock band of Russia. In fact, the adventures of this fictional rock band of Russia became the pivotal incident in this film.
The name of the Russian rock band in the movie is Leningrad Cowboys. The role of the members of the Russian band was played by the Finnish rock band Sleepy Sleepers. The band goes to the USA to perform. In the USA, this band becomes famous by performing in many programmes. The title of this film of Aki Kaurismaki was also influenced by a film made by Marx Brothers. Go West, a film directed by Marx Brothers has also immensely influenced the title of Aki Kaurismaki's film.
A few years later, a sequel to the movie Leningrad Cowboys Go America was released called Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses. This film was released around 1994. In the same year, another film of the same sequel called Total Balalaika Show was also released in the same year.
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Night on Earth is another film by Aki Kaurismaki. This is a film which was partly cast in the capital of Finland, Helsinki. The trilogy of Aki Kaurismaki The Match Factory Girl, Ariel and Shadows in Paradise are also cast in the setting of Helsinki.
Another famous film of Aki Kaurismaki, Calamari Union is also set in Kallio a part of Helsinki. Aki has won many awards and recognitions as a filmmaker from different parts of the world.
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