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Buena Vista Social Club (Criterion Collection)
Traveling from the streets of Havana to the stage of Carnegie Hall, this revelatory documentary captures a forgotten generation of Cubas 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 ensembles membersincluding golden-voiced Ibrahim Ferrer and piano virtuoso Rubén Gonzálezin 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 Cubas prerevolutionary heritage.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New high-definition digital transfer, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- Audio commentary from 1999 featuring director Wim Wenders
- New interview with Wenders
- We Believe in Dreams, a new piece featuring never-before-seen outtakes from the rehearsals for the Buena Vista Social Clubs Amsterdam concerts
- Interview from 1998 with musician Compay Segundo on his career and the Cuban music scene
- Radio interviews from 2000 featuring musicians Ibrahim Ferrer, Rubén González, Eliades Ochoa, Omara Portuondo, and others
- Additional scenes
- Trailer
PLUS: An essay by author and geographer Joshua Jelly-Schapiro"
GENRE: Documentary
LANGUAGE: Spanish, English
English Subtitles
AUDIO: 5.1 Surround DTS-HD Master Audio
COLOR
TIME: 105 Minutes
| Media | Movies Blu-ray (Blu-ray Disc) |
| Number of discs | 1 |
| Released | April 18, 2017 |
| EAN/UPC | 0715515195713 |
| Label | CRRN CCIN2746BR |
| Dimensions | 134 × 170 × 14 mm · 103 g |
| Region code | Region 1 (Canada og USA) |
| Language | Original language |
| Subtitles | English |
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