Yet, Wenders manages to catch the sweetness in the Cuban relaxed lifestyle, beautiful Rembrandt-like sunshine coming through leaves and a touch of history and relaxed musicians in the act of recollecting. The music of the Buena Vista Social Club and a first-class dinner, in one evening, in one location. ![]() No other music group has put Cuba, Havana and the typical Cuban music in the focus of the world. You only get a glimpse and then have to run away for the next character. Buena Vista Social Night, Club Concert and Dinner: Everyone knows the music of the legendary Buena Vista Social Club. The story was later made into this movie. ![]() The film is centered too much on Cooder, and I find the time allotted to Ibrahim, Omara, Compay, Barbarito, Cachaito and the others (the real musical giants) unsatisfactory. The Buena Vista Social Club album was put together by guitarist Ry Cooder in 1997 as a means of recapturing the 'lost' music of pre-revolutionary Havana. Cooder is a scavenger that wanders the exotic musical destinations for the next big hit. Popular Cuban music is an absolute jewel that had to be forgotten even in its' own country and then brought back into the limelight by the likes of Cooder and Wenders. I have found Cuba a far away, resolute place, nevertheless glamorous and melancholic. So I tried to find out all about the Buena Vista history. I had heard Ibrahim Ferrer was coming to Romania with Buenos Hermanos Tour. This movie was a must for me, not for cinematographic reasons but for the piece of music history it contains.
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