レニングラード・カウボーイズ・ゴー・アメリカ
Leningrad Cowboys Go America
メンバー全員が長く鋭いリーゼントにサングラスというスタイルのロックンロールバンド、レニングラード・カウボーイズ。彼らを主演に迎え、フィンランドの鬼才アキ・カウリスマキ監督が放つ、シュールな笑い満載の傑作ロードムービー。最果ての地ツンドラからアメリカツアーにやって来た民族音楽バンド。しかし彼らの音楽は全く受ず、ライブ会場はいつもガラガラ。マネージャーの提案で、彼らはロックンロールバンドへと大変身する。
This is the breakthrough film for Finnish director A. Kaurismäki. It is a road movie depicting, with Kaurismäki's distinctive humor, the many events that occur along the way as the band 'The Leningrad Cowboys,' supposedly from Russia's Leningrad Oblast, travels via the United States and ends up in Mexico. The real band Sleepy Sleepers, who appeared in this film, actually began performing and found success as 'Leningrad Cowboys' following the film's success. A sequel, 'Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses,' was later made. The band 'The Leningrad Cowboys,' based in a bitterly cold region of Russia but lacking in skill and therefore unappreciated both inside and outside the industry, goes to New York in search of work through the efforts of their manager Vladimir. An American promoter introduces the band to a job playing at his cousin's wedding reception in Mexico. Eager to succeed at this job, the band heads straight for Mexico in a Cadillac they impulsively bought. Along the way, while getting caught up in numerous incidents, they absorb new music and grow into a popular band...
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