fun documentary of the day...

[rmd]

Huutajat, aka "Screaming Men" in the US release.

It's a documentary about a Finnish chorus of men who scream and shout rather than sing. They clearly have fun, and it's more artful than one might suspect. They've also got a wonderfully wicked sense of humor about what they do, I'd say. There are several instances of very confused-looking interviewers trying to deal with very dry ironic humor.

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[bedfull-o-books.livejournal.com]

I saw them on the news the other day. They are very silly. They were shouting the Finnish national anthem. I still don't know how that song goes.

Apparently they started the group in college because they were bored one day.

[dianec42.livejournal.com]

How excellent. What nationality were the interviewers who were the most confused? (I'd bet anything that Brits would cope better with the humour than, say, Americans...)

[keren-s.livejournal.com]

For anyone wanting a quick fix of what this is like, here is a hysterical version of a very familiar song:
http://www.huutajat.org/StarMP3.mp3

DVD

[(Anonymous)]

i ordered the film from www.klaffi.com/screamingmen/
It's pretty excellent.