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  1. Jun 4, 1999 · Buena Vista Social Club: Directed by Wim Wenders. With Octavio Calderon, Joachim Cooder, Ry Cooder, Angel Terry Domech. Aging Cuban musicians whose talents had been virtually forgotten following Castro's takeover of Cuba, are brought out of retirement by Ry Cooder, who travelled to Havana in order to bring the musicians together, resulting in triumphant performances of extraordinary music, and ...

    • (20K)
    • Documentary, Music
    • Wim Wenders
    • 1999-06-04
  2. English. Spanish. Box office. $23 million [2] Buena Vista Social Club is a 1999 documentary film directed by Wim Wenders about the music of Cuba. It is named for a danzón that became the title piece of the album Buena Vista Social Club. The film is an international co-production of Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Cuba .

  3. Jun 25, 1999 · 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 movie. One shot of a camera circling a musician on a chair in a big room would have been splendid--especially since the interiors in the movie are of beautiful, decaying Havana locations. But the camera circles obsessively. In big empty rooms, in bars ...

  4. Buena Vista Social Club was a musical ensemble primarily made up of Cuban musicians, formed in 1996. The project was organized by World Circuit executive Nick Gold, produced by American guitarist Ry Cooder and directed by Juan de Marcos González. They named the group after the members' club of the same name in the Buenavista quarter of Havana ...

    • 1996–2015
    • Musicians
  5. Mar 5, 2024 · Buena Vista Social Club is a mesmerizing and culturally significant movie that has left a lasting impact on the world of music and film. Directed by Wim Wenders, the film captures the incredible journey of a group of Cuban musicians coming together to create beautiful music and showcase their talent to the world.

  6. From the public television series, "Charlie Rose." Biography and Filmography of German director, Wim Wenders, whose career has spanned from Alice in the Cities, the first of his "road movies" in ...

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  8. Buena Vista Social Club. 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 encounter with world fame. The veteran vocalists and instru­mentalists collaborated with American guitarist and roots-music ...

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