Laikals The greatest movie ever made..!

Spoonatects Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

Matrixiole Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Woodyanders Well, this certainly isn't your run of the mill rock'n'roll concert. On June 12, 1993 the Leningrad Cowboys joined forces with the Alexandrov Red Army Ensemble to perform a live concert in Helsinki's Senate Square in front of an audience of 70,000 people. The sheer incongruity and improbability of this event gives the whole thing a marvelously surreal aura: The Leningrad Cowboys sport their trademark ridiculous unicorn horn hairstyles and pointy shoes while the Red Army choir are dressed to the dignified nines in their military uniforms and really pour their hearts and souls into their singing. But somehow these two radically contrasting groups mesh perfectly into a fantastic whole, with spot-on stirring performances of such songs as the majestic "Volga Boatman," the joyous "Happy Together," the stately "Knockin' on Heaven's Door," the lovely "Kalinka," and an especially spirited rendition of "Sweet Home Alabama." Best of all, this concert stands tall as a glorious testament on how the power of music crosses all cultural boundaries and brings people together. A total treat.

Patrick Borer (bakchu) The Red Army Choir performing "Happy Together" with a Finnish band called the Leningrad Cowboys? To top it, even singing "Finlandia" at Helsinki's Senate Square? This concert, filmed in 1993, would have seemed rather unthinkable a few years earlier. It's still a surreal experience to watch it on DVD: the Russian choir and orchestra in stiff uniforms, bearing a mostly somber expression combined with the ludicrously styled, eccentric Leningrad Cowboys and their often parodistic rock demeanour. Remembering the time of Cold War, it is also strangely touching. But what about the music? Well, I have to say that it's not bad at all. Quite the contrary, it's surprisingly good. The Red Army Choir's unnamed lead singer does impressive work together with the Cowboys, and I'm sure that the popular Russian songs sound exactly as they should, although the selection can't be called particularly original (neither the choice of Western songs), but that was probably exactly the right decision for a concert of this kind. It's energetic and in its incomparable blend of silliness and really serious musicianship (on both "sides") something to behold, indeed.

Timothy Damon It's unlikely you'll ever see a concert film quite like the one shot on 12 June 1993 in Helsinki, Finland with the Leningrad Cowboys and the Alexandrov Red Army Choir and Dancers. 13 songs: "Finlandia" by Sibelius; "Let's Work Together" - with the drummer on a stage designed like a tractor, guitars in the shape of tractors and some air guitar action; "Volga Boatmen"; "Happy Together"; "Delilah"; "Knocking on Heaven's Door" with 6 women dancers in folk costume; "Oh Field" (the incongruity of the solemness of the Red Army Choir coupled with the Leningrad Cowboys lying flat on their backs, hair sticking up vertically a foot or so, and waving the boots with the curly toes back and forth cracked me up); Cossack dancing in "Kalinka"; "Gimme All Your Loving"; numerous dance troupes accompanying "Jewelry Box"; "Sweet Home Alabama"; "Dark Eyes"; and closing with "Those Were The Days" with Kirsi Tykkylainen (who also sings this song in the 1992 short of the same name).The set designs were quite amusing, different aspects being revealed by lighting chances throughout the performance. The concert was bookended by a scene at the beginning titled "Moscow, May 28, 1993" with one of the Leningrad Cowboys and some functionary signing a document and a bust of Lenin spotlighted at the ending.

shierfilm This 1993 concert is absolutely awesome. The Leningrad Cowboys gave the Finnish people a lot for their money. Backed by the Alexandrov Red Army Choir, they set Helsinki on fire on that night in June.Covers of The Turtles, Bob Dylan, Tom Jones, and ZZ Top are just a small aspect of this "rockumentary". (Their version of "Those Were The Days" has to be seen to be believed)Bravo to Kaurismaki, a world-class director who achieved something really special with this concert film. It's hard to find these days, but if you can track it down, you will be in for a serious treat.