The film is a collaboration between wenders and the composer and rock musician ry cooder, whose film scores include wenderss paris, texas, 10 walter hill pictures and primary colors, but the film. Buena vista social club buena vista social club discogs. Buena vista social club is a 1999 documentary film directed by wim wenders about the music of cuba. I rented the movie because im a ry cooder fan, and have seen some wim wenders movies i liked. It is named for a danzon that became the title piece of. The veteran vocalists and instrumentalists collaborated with american guitarist and rootsmusic champion ry cooder to form the buena vista social club, playing a jazz. Buena vista social club theres no substitute for experience, and under the gentle guardianship of peripatetic slide guitarist ry cooder, the cuban allstar band buena vista social club shows off. In 1996 ry cooder gathered together some of the greatest names. Wim wenders, who directed it, seems to have given his cameramen a few basic instructions which they follow over and over again for the entire.
Buena vista social club dvd, 1999 for sale online ebay. The buena vista social club nonesuch, an album of 14 cuban mambos, boleros and. Then there is the question of how to show ry cooder in the film. Ry cooder and wim wenders interview on buena vista social club 1999. The film is a collaboration between wenders and the composer and rock musician ry cooder, whose film scores include wenderss paris, texas, 10 walter hill pictures. When i rented buena vista social club i didnt have any appreciation for the type of music played by the club. In 1996 ry cooder gathered together some of the greatest names from the history of cuban music to collaborate on the best selling and grammy winning album the buena vista social club. In 1999 wim wenders released his documentary of the same name, in which he profiles the legendary buena vista social club musicians. It is named for a danzon that became the title piece of the album buena vista social club. We see enough of the havana streets with their precastro corroding american cars and of the dilapidated grand old architecture to want to see more.
Yes, he is the godfather of this project, and there would be no film and no buena vista social club without him. Buena vista social club film local business facebook. The havana recordings produced the worldwide bestseller buena vista social club named for a. I wasnt expecting much, but the result is that ive just seen. Buena vista social club the making of short film 11 mins. The buena vista social club nonesuch, an album of 14 cuban mambos, boleros and chachas dating as far back as the 1920s, became a phenomeon, selling. In new york, by charlie rose, september 17, 1999, charlie rose. Now 1999 is quite a long time ago in the life of the bvsc, so dont expect as i did to see too many of the. The film is an international coproduction of germany, the united states, the united kingdom, france, and cuba. Buena vista social club 1999 ads in this movie guide, you can find the most important information about tv films and premieres in 3d in the u. 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 encounter with world fame. The people in the movie impress us with their resilience and their selfrespect. Buena vista social club 1999 the criterion collection.