list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Buena Vista Social Club on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Buena_Vista_Social_Club/131335/default.aspx Title: Buena Vista Social Club
Year: 1999
Director: Wim Wenders
Plot: Wim Wenders' documentary Buena Vista Social Club is about the adventures of Ry Cooder in Cuba. Cooder, best remembered by film fans for the wailing slide guitar theme of Wenders' Paris, Texas, went to Cuba in 1996 to meet with some legendary 'soneros' musicians of the '30s, '40s and '50s. The result was the album Buena Vista Social Club, recorded with such colorful characters as the 90-year-old singer/guitarist Compay Segundo, guitarist Eliades Ochoa, baritone Ibrahim Ferrer and Omara Portuondo, "the Cuban Edith Piaf." The album won a Grammy, and in this refreshing documentary, Wim Wenders shows these exceptional musicians in their hometown, following them into their usual hang-outs -- the cafes, clubs and even living rooms -- as well as to concerts in Amsterdam and New York's Carnegie Hall, capturing their incredible vitality. "In Cuba, music flows like a river," according to Ry Cooder, who adds "Music is like a treasure hunt; you dig and dig and sometimes find something." Pursuing this metaphor, Wenders wanted to make a film that would "just float on this river ... not interfering with it, just drifting along." The result is a film full of vitality and positive energy, which is also an absolute delight to musical ears. ~ Gönül Dönmez-Colin, All Movie Guide
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]]>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:25:31 GMTBuena Vista Social Club1999Wim Wenders<a href="/players/P___116407/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Wim Wenders</a>' documentary Buena Vista Social Club is about the adventures of <a href="/players/P____85763/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Ry Cooder</a> in Cuba. Cooder, best remembered by film fans for the wailing slide guitar theme of Wenders' Paris, Texas, went to Cuba in 1996 to meet with some legendary 'soneros' musicians of the '30s, '40s and '50s. The result was the album Buena Vista Social Club, recorded with such colorful characters as the 90-year-old singer/guitarist <a href="/players/P___267932/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Compay Segundo</a>, guitarist Eliades Ochoa, baritone Ibrahim Ferrer and Omara Portuondo, "the Cuban Edith Piaf." The album won a Grammy, and in this refreshing documentary, <a href="/players/P___116407/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Wim Wenders</a> shows these exceptional musicians in their hometown, following them into their usual hang-outs -- the cafes, clubs and even living rooms -- as well as to concerts in Amsterdam and New York's Carnegie Hall, capturing their incredible vitality. "In Cuba, music flows like a river," according to Ry Cooder, who adds "Music is like a treasure hunt; you dig and dig and sometimes find something." Pursuing this metaphor, Wenders wanted to make a film that would "just float on this river ... not interfering with it, just drifting along." The result is a film full of vitality and positive energy, which is also an absolute delight to musical ears. ~ Gönül Dönmez-Colin, All Movie Guide3Slightly Tagged (1-5)1013http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t04716jwx7b.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Buena_Vista_Social_Club/131335/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/groups/Telluride_Film_Festival_2008/Re_The_tickets_ARE_sold_out/144/2450/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: patches
Post To: Telluride Film Festival 2008
Post Date: 8/16/2006 11:35:22 AM
Body: I'm stuck here in Michigan, but so wish that I could have volunteered for the festival. I've had a few fantastic things happen while being a volunteer here in Grand Rapids... my favorite was when the Buena Vista Social Club documentary film came out and the Fountain Street Church hosted a performance of some of the people featured in the film. I volunteered in the coat check area sat with some of them while they smoked their cigars after the performance. My second favorite was when Mr. McFeeley, the postman from Mr. Roger's Neighborhood, came to the Grand Rapids Children's Museum, I was managing half of the day, but volunteered to be his guide around the Museum for the rest of his time in the area. He was a large part of my childhood television watching experience, and I got to talk with extensively about his role on the show, the documentary films he brought with him for Mr. Roger's, the crayons, the sneaker factory. It was really strange to see him as a normal human being though. I've only ever known him through the show as the postman that enters and exits throught the same door, wears the same cloths, says the same lines each time! It was a little weird to see him spill his soda, put on his costume and make-up, go to the bathroom... It was weird, it was the equivalent of discovering that Santa Claus isn't real, or finding out that all of the characters on Sesame Street are puppets, controlled by some sweaty guy's hand. I'm off on a tangent... have you volunteered for any festivals? and do they let you watch the movies if there's down time?
]]>Wed, 16 Aug 2006 15:35:22 GMTpatchesTelluride Film Festival 20088/16/2006 11:35:22 AMI'm stuck here in Michigan, but so wish that I could have volunteered for the festival. I've had a few fantastic things happen while being a volunteer here in Grand Rapids... my favorite was when the Buena Vista Social Club documentary film came out and the Fountain Street Church hosted a performance of some of the people featured in the film. I volunteered in the coat check area sat with some of them while they smoked their cigars after the performance. My second favorite was when Mr. McFeeley, the postman from Mr. Roger's Neighborhood, came to the Grand Rapids Children's Museum, I was managing half of the day, but volunteered to be his guide around the Museum for the rest of his time in the area. He was a large part of my childhood television watching experience, and I got to talk with extensively about his role on the show, the documentary films he brought with him for Mr. Roger's, the crayons, the sneaker factory. It was really strange to see him as a normal human being though. I've only ever known him through the show as the postman that enters and exits throught the same door, wears the same cloths, says the same lines each time! It was a little weird to see him spill his soda, put on his costume and make-up, go to the bathroom... It was weird, it was the equivalent of discovering that Santa Claus isn't real, or finding out that all of the characters on Sesame Street are puppets, controlled by some sweaty guy's hand. I'm off on a tangent... have you volunteered for any festivals? and do they let you watch the movies if there's down time? http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/music/MemberTagFilms.aspxmusic
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