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Criterion Collection: Buena Vista Social Club
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Traveling from the streets of Havana to the stage of Carnegie Hall, this revelatory documentary captures a forgotten generation of Cuba's 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 ensemble's members-including golden-voiced Ibrahim Ferrer and piano virtuoso Rubén González-in 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 Cuba's prerevolutionary heritage.
- CRITERION
- 105 mins approx.
- Wim Wenders
- English
- G
- Ry Cooder
- Ibrahim Ferrer
- Ruben Gonzalez
- Omara Portuondo
- Compay Segundo
- 1.77:1
- English
- 1999
- Spanish
- 1
- 1
- A
Criterion Collection: Buena Vista Social Club
CA$50.99
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Traveling from the streets of Havana to the stage of Carnegie Hall, this revelatory documentary captures a forgotten generation of Cuba's 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 ensemble's members-including golden-voiced Ibrahim Ferrer and piano virtuoso Rubén González-in 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 Cuba's prerevolutionary heritage.
- CRITERION
- 105 mins approx.
- Wim Wenders
- English
- G
- Ry Cooder
- Ibrahim Ferrer
- Ruben Gonzalez
- Omara Portuondo
- Compay Segundo
- 1.77:1
- English
- 1999
- Spanish
- 1
- 1
- A
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