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Buena Vista Social Club [videorecording (DVD)] / a film by Wim Wenders.

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Criterion Collection, 2017.

DVD 781.6207291 B928 Doc

Buena Vista Social Club (Musical group)

Musicians -- Cuba -- Havana -- Biography.

Popular music -- Cuba -- 1991-2000.

Folk music -- Cuba.

Jazz -- Cuba -- 1991-2000.

Dance music -- Cuba.

Criterion collection ; 866.

[videorecording (DVD)] /

Director-approved two-dvd special ed.

1 videodisc (ca. 105 min.) : 5.1 Dolby digital Surround sd., col. ; 12 cm.

Originally released as a documentary film in 1999.

Special edition features: New high-definition digital transfer, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD master audio soundtrack ; audio commentary from 1999 featuring director Wim Wenders ; new interview with Wenders ; We believe in dreams, a new piece featuring never-before-seen outtakes from the Rehearsals for the Buena Vista Social Club's Amsterdam concerts ; interview from 1998 with musician Compay Segundo on His Career and the Cuban music scene ; radio interviews from 2000 featuring musicians Ibrahim Ferrer, Rubén González, Eliades Ochoa, Omara Portuondo, and others ; Additional scenes ; trailer ; PLUS: An Essay by Author and Geographer Joshua Jelly-Schapiro.

In English and Spanish with optional English subtitles.

English (SDH) subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Producers, Ulrich Felsberg and Deepak Nayar ; Writer/Director, Wim Wenders.

Featuring Ry Cooder, Ibrahim Ferrer, Rubén Gonzáles, Eliades Ochoa, Omara Portuondo, Compay Segundo.

"Traveling from the streets of Havana to the stage of Carnegie Hall, this revelatory documentary captures a forgotten generation of Cubas brightest musical talents as they enjoy an unexpected brush with world fame. The veteran vocalists and instrumentalists collaborated with American guitarist and roots-music champion Ry Cooder to form the Buena Vista Social Club, playing a jazz-inflected mix of cha-cha, mambo, bolero, and other traditional Latin American styles, and recording an album that won a Grammy and made them an international phenomenon. In the wake of this success, director Wim Wenders filmed the ensembles membersincluding golden-voiced Ibrahim Ferrer and piano virtuoso Rubn Gonzlezin a series of illuminating interviews and live performances. The result is one of the most beloved music documentaries of the 1990s, and an infectious ode to a neglected corner of Cubas prerevolutionary heritage."--Container.

Documentary films.

Biographical documentary films.

Filmed performances.

Boleros (Music)

Films for the hearing impaired.

Ferrer, Ibrahim, 1927-2005.

González, Rubén, 1919-

Ochoa, Eliades.

Segundo, Compay.

Criterion Collection (Firm)

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