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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Aki Olavi Kaurismaki is a Finnish script writer and film director. After studying Media Studies at the University of Tampere, Aki Kaurismaki started his career as a co-director in the films of his elder brother Mika Kaurismaki. His debut as an independent director was Crime and Punishment, Dostoyevsky's famous crime story set in modern-day Helsinki. He gained worldwide notice with his movie Leningrad Cowboys Go America. His style has been influenced by the French directors Jean-Pierre Melville and Robert Bresson, as he relies on low-key acting and simple cinematic storytelling to get his message across. Critics have also seen an influence from Rainer Werner Fassbinder but Kaurismaki - a keen film buff himself - has said that he somehow never got around to seeing any Fassbinder movies until quite recently

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