Buena Vista Social Club
Record details
- ISBN: 0715515195
- ISBN: 9780715515198
- ISBN: 0715515195812
- ISBN: 1681432846
- ISBN: 9781681432847
- ISBN: 9781681432847 : DVD
- ISBN: 1681432846 : DVD
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Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (105 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
videodisc - Publisher: [New York, New York] : Criterion Collection, [2017]
Content descriptions
General Note: | Originally released in 1999. Program notes by Joshua Jelly-Schapiro (20 unnumbered pages : portraits) inserted in container. 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. |
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. |
Summary, etc.: | 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. |
Target Audience Note: | MPAA rating: G. |
System Details Note: | DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (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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Genre: | Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Nonfiction films. Feature films. Filmed interviews. Biographical films. Concert films. Documentary films. |
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- 6 of 6 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Rowayton Library.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Rowayton Library | DVD 782.421 BUE (Text) | 33625138924167 | Adult Nonfiction DVD | Available | - |