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Binding: DVD
Feature: THIS DVD WILL NOT WORK ON STANDARD US DVD PLAYER
Format: Import, PAL, Box set, Subtitled
Label: Cameo Media
Manufacturer: Cameo Media
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Cameo Media
Running Time: 88 minutes
Sales Rank: 141874
Studio: Cameo Media
Features:- THIS DVD WILL NOT WORK ON STANDARD US DVD PLAYER
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Product Description:
Spain released, PAL/Region 0 DVD:it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: Portuguese ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ),English ( Subtitles ),Spanish ( Subtitles ),WIDESCREEN (1.85:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: 2-DVD Set, Anamorphic Widescreen, Interactive Menu, Making Of, Photo Gallery, Scene Access, Special Edition,SYNOPSIS: If references to the fado - an ancient Portuguese form of music - fail to strike a chord with even the most cultured American viewers, this is only attributable to the genre's longtime obscurity. A Portuguese musical mode borne out of early 19th century Lisbon, and characterized by long, ornate, emotionally-heavy ballads lamenting lost loves and shattered dreams, the fado began to experience a stunning and unpredicted resurgence in the early 21st century. Carlos Saura's 2007 documentary Fados captures the musical genre at this point, as it begins to reattain popularity. As the third and concluding installment in the director's 'musical trilogy' that began with Flamenco (1995) and Tango (1998), the film first traces the history of the fado form, then moves into a veritable concert of fado all-stars (or fadistas) including Mariza, Camane, Caetano Veloso and others - staged and filmed on a succession of elaborate sets such as a recreation of a period Lisbon bar. Saura also works in tributes to such past fado performers as Amalia Rodrigues and Chico Buarque. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain, Goya Awards,
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Fado - Multinational Corporation
As often as not art is comprehended not within the axiomatic framework of elements proposed by the artist, but within the context created by the audiences, based on their cultural boundaries and "pre-concepts". In the case of "Fados", it is clearly Saura's aim, to the regrettable anguish of a few people, to portray a music genre which for many decades had been confined within the realms of its country of origin, Portugal. But then came the Goddess Amalia, who dared to "break the rules", taking all ... Read More
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