Buena Vista Social Club / Road Movies Filmproduktion presents ; a film by Wim Wenders ; a Road Movies production ; in association with Kintop Pictures, Arte, and ICAIC ; produced by Ry Cooder ; produced by Ulrich Felsberg and Deepak Nayar ; directed by Wim Wenders.

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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...

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Corporate Authors:	Buena Vista Social Club (Musical group) (Performer) Road Movies Filmproduktion (Presenter, Production company) Kintop Pictures (Firm) (Production company) Association relative à la télévision européenne (Production company) Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográfica (Production company) Criterion Collection (Firm) (Publisher)
Other Authors:	Wenders, Wim (Film director) Cooder, Ry (Film producer, Performer) Felsberg, Ulrich (Film producer) Nayar, Deepak (Film producer) Widmer, Jörg (director of photography.) Segundo, Compay (Interviewee, Performer) Ochoa, Eliades (Interviewee, Performer) Ferrer, Ibrahim, 1927-2005 (Interviewee, Performer) Portuondo, Omara (Interviewee, Performer) González, Rubén, 1919-2003 (Interviewee, Performer) López, Orlando, 1933-2009 (Interviewee, Performer) Valdés, Amadito (Interviewee, Performer) Mirabal Vázquez, Manuel, 1933- (Interviewee, Performer) Torres, Barbarito (Interviewee, Performer) Leyva, Pío (Interviewee, Performer) Licea, Manuel, 1927-2000 (Interviewee, Performer) Marcos González, Juan de (Interviewee, Performer) Cooder, Joachim (Performer) Johnson, Brian (Film editor) (Editor of moving image work)
Language:	Spanish English
Language and/or Writing System:	Spanish and English dialogue; sung in Spanish; with optional English SDH subtitles.
Published:	[New York, New York] : Criterion Collection, [2017]
Edition:	Director-approved two DVD special edition.
Series:	Criterion collection ; 866.
Subjects:	Buena Vista Social Club (Musical group) Popular music > Cuba > 1991-2000. Dance music > Cuba. Jazz > Cuba > 1991-2000. Latin jazz > Cuba. Musicians > Cuba > Havana > Biography. Musicians > Cuba > Havana > Interviews. Música popular > Cuba. Música bailable > Cuba. Música de jazz > Cuba. Dance music. Jazz. Latin jazz. Musicians. Popular music. Cuba. Cuba > Havana. 1991 - 2000 Biographical films. Documentary films. Concert films. Feature films. Nonfiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Interviews. Feature films > Germany. Feature films > United States. Feature films > Great Britain.
Genre:	Biography. Interviews. Biographical films. Documentary films. Concert films. Feature films. Nonfiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Feature films
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (20 unnumbered pages : portraits ; 19 cm).
Format:	Video DVD

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Summary:	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.
Note:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1999. Accompanied by a booklet, "A city in time", by author and geographer Joshua Jelly-Schapiro. 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.
Call Number:	M1681.C918 B83 2017 VideoDVD
ISBN:	9781681432847 1681432846
Credits:	Editor, Brian Johnson ; director of photography, Jörg Widmer.
System Details:	DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.78:1 aspect ratio); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Participant or Performer:	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.