Buena Vista Social Club

Blu-ray 2017

In 1996, Ry Cooder went to Cuba, rediscovering talents of Cuba's foremost musicians and making a recording with them that sold millions and earned 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.

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Explore Topics & Themes:

Buena Vista Social Club (Musical group)

Dance music Cuba

Jazz Cuba 1991-2000

Musicians Cuba Havana Biography

Musicians Cuba Havana Interviews

Popular music Cuba 1991-2000

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Biographical films Biographies Concert films Documentary films Interviews Nonfiction films Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Part of a Series:

Criterion collection Criterion collection ; 866 The Criterion collection The Criterion collection ; 866

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ISBN:

9781681432830

Description:

1 Blu-ray disc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet
digital optical surround DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
video file Blu-Ray region 1
polychrome

Target Audience Note:

MPAA: G
CHVR: Not rated

Notes:

Originally released as a documentary in 1999
Wide screen (1.77:1)
Special features: audio commentary from 1999 featuring director Wim Wenders; December 2016 interview with Wenders; interview from 1998 interview 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
Director of photography, Jörg Widmer ; editor, Brian Johnson
Featuring Buena Vista Social Club, Compay Segundo, Eliades Ochoa, Ry Cooder, Joachim Cooder, Ibrahim Ferrer, Omara Portuondo, Rubén González, Orlando "Cachaíto" López, Amadito Valdés, Manuuel "Guajiro" Mirabal, Barbarito Torres, Pío Leyva, Manuel "Puntillita" Licea, Juan de Marcos González
Blu-ray, region A; widescreen (1.78:1 aspect ratio); DTS-HD 5.1 surround
Spanish and English dialogue; sung in Spanish; with optional English SDH subtitles

Control Number:

2106197

UPC:

715515195713

Other Authors:

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

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