It is named for a danzn that became the title piece of. Along with an Academy Award nomination for best documentary film, Buena Vista Social Club won in the same category at the European Film Awards, the German Film Prize in Gold, Germany’s Golden Camera, and the Grand Prize for Film in Brazil, as well as garnering numerous other awards. Buena Vista Social Club is a 1999 documentary film directed by Wim Wenders about the music of Cuba. “I thought, I’ll shoot a documentary,” Wenders has said, “and here we were, about to witness a fairy tale that no one could have imagined in this form.” The music documentary became a cinematic sensation and an international success. He thus followed the old heroes of the traditional Cuban son music on their path from being completely forgotten to becoming world famous-within the period of just a few months. Over the course of several months, he observed and accompanied the musicians-first at home in Havana then, weeks later, in April 1998, on their trip to Amsterdam for the first public performance of the band (who had never played together outside a studio) then, still later, in July 1998, to their triumphal concert at New York’s Carnegie Hall. Wenders immersed himself in the world of Cuban music. With a small film crew, Wim Wenders accompanied his old friend Ry Cooder, who had previously written the music for PARIS, TEXAS and END OF VIOLENCE. You had two great DPs on thisJoerg Widner (American Werewolf in Paris) and Robby Mueller (Breaking the Waves).

Did you shoot Buena Vista Social Club on digital beta tape We shot a lot of it on Digi Beta. Cooder wanted to record his material for Ibrahim Ferrer’s solo album at a studio there-following the recording of the first Buena Vista Social Club CD (which had not yet been released at that time). Congratulations on winning the best documentary award from the National Board of Review. With a small film crew, Wim Wenders accompanied his old friend Ry Cooder, who had written the music for Paris, Texas and The End of Violence, on a trip to Havana. &0183 &32 Music Buena Vista Social Club album celebrates 25 years.

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