Buena Vista Social Club Criterion Collection 1999 (Blu-ray) 2017 DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 04-18-17 Release Date
Traveling from the streets of Havana to the stage of Carnegie Hall, this revelatory documentary captures a forgotten generation of Cuba’s 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 ensemble’s members—including golden-voiced Ibrahim Ferrer and piano virtuoso Rubén González—in 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 Cuba’s 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 Club’s 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
- Release Date: 4/18/2017
- UPC: 715515195713
- Product ID: CRRN2746BR
- Weight: .23 lb
- Rated: G
- Genre: Special Interest-Documentary, Music Video (Concert/Performance)
- Run Time: 105 minutes
- Distributor/Studio: Criterion
- Original Year: 1999