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Buena Vista Social Club Cover Image DVD

Buena Vista Social Club [videorecording] / Road Movies Filmproduktion presents a film by Wim Wenders ; a Road Movies production in association with Kintop Pictures, Arte, and ICAIC ; produced by Ry Cooder, Ulrich Felsberg, and Deepak Nayar ; directed by Wim Wenders

Wenders, Wim, (film director.). Cooder, Ry, (film producer,, performer.). Felsberg, Ulrich, (film producer.). Nayar, Deepak, (film producer.). Johnson, Brian (Film editor), (editor of moving image work.). Widmer, Jörg, (cinematographer.). Association relative à la télévision européenne, (production company.). Buena Vista Social Club (Musical group), (performer.). Criterion Collection (Firm), (film distributor.). Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográfica, (production company.). Kintop Pictures (Firm), (production company.). Road Movies Filmproduktion, (production company.).

Summary:

In 1996, Ry Cooder went to Cuba, rediscovering talents of Cuba's foremost folk musicians, and then making a recording selling millions and earning a Grammy Award. Cooder now returns to Cuba with filmmaker Wim Wenders to reveal the stories, personalities, and music of the performers who collaborated on that recording. Includes live performances in Amsterdam and at Carnegie Hall.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781681432847
  • ISBN: 1681432846
  • Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (105 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (illustrations ; 19 cm.).
  • Publisher: [New York, New York] : Criterion Collection, [2017]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally released in 1999.
Special features: audio commentary from 1999 featuring director Wim Wenders; December 2016 interview with Wenders; interview from 1998 for the television program Las claves with musician Compay Segundo on his career and the Cuban music scene; radio interviews from 2000 with Eliades Ochoa, Manuel "Puntillita" Licea, Orlando "Cachaíto" López, Manuel "Guajiro" Mirabal, Juan de Marcos González, Omara Portuondo, Ibrahim Ferrer, Barbarito Torres, Pío Leyva, Rubén González, Manuel Galbán, and Alberto "Virgilio" Valdés; additional scenes ("Candela," Amsterdam; Alberto Korda's photographs; interview with Juan de Marcos González; "Cienfuegos tiene su guaguancó," EGREM Studios); trailer.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Editor, Brian Johnson ; director of photography, Jörg Widmer.
Participant or Performer Note:
Buena Vista Social Club; featuring Compay Segundo, Eliades Ochoa, Ry Cooder, Joachim Cooder, Ibrahim Ferrer, Omara Portuondo, Rubén González, Orlando "Cachaíto" López, Amadito Valdés, Manuel "Guajiro" Mirabal, Barbarito Torres, Pío Leyva, Manuel "Puntillita" Licea, Juan de Marcos González.
System Details Note:
DVD; region 1; NTSC; 1.78:1 aspect ratio; Dolby digital 5.1 surround
Language Note:
Spanish and English dialogue; sung in Spanish; with optional English SDH subtitles

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Buena Vista Social Club (Musical group)
Popular music > Cuba > 1991-2000
Dance music > Cuba
Jazz > Cuba > 1991-2000
Latin jazz > Cuba
Musicians > Cuba > Havana > Biography
Musicians > Cuba > Havana > Interviews
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Documentary films.
Concert films.
Biographical films.
Filmed interviews.
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