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Flamenco (DVD, 2003)

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Critics could barely contain themselves when this performance film was released. A sample: "An erotic fire.". Epic Sensuousness.". (SF Examiner), "Breathtaking power!". (Boston Globe). Director Carlos Saura teams with master cinematographer Vittorio Storaro to show this Spanish treasure in all its forms and facets.

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Carlos Saura has dedicated a good part of his career to bringing the diverse world of Spanish dance to an international audience. He is perhaps best known for the trilogy of CARMEN, BLOODWEDDING, and A LOVE BEWITCHED, taken from the works of Bizet and Garcia Lorca, but also for SEVILLANAS, which, like FLAMENCO, presents the talents of a variety of artists in a straightforward setting. The beautiful cinematography by Vittorio Storaro, who later shot the spectacular GOYA IN BORDEAUX for Saura, is the only element of the film that strays from its documentary feel. Using an old railroad station in Seville, fitted with mirrors, for the setting, Saura presents 300 singers, dancers and musicians. There are guitarists playing moving and mournful solos, women singing gypsy ballads and, of course, floor pounding, straight shouldered dancers who look right into the camera with those dark, smouldering, Spanish eyes. The clear star of the dance segments is the mesmerizing Joaquin Cortes. Doing what is deemed the New Flamenco style, Cortes combines elements of 18th century classical dance with more recent innovations. His bare-chested Farruca push the erotic elements to the limit of the style and is certainly the high point of the film. Saura wants to demonstrate not just the flamboyance of flamenco, but the breadth and depth of its integration into Spanish culture, and so he includes a rich variety of styles and performers.

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0717119622343
eBay Product ID (ePID)
3437073

Product Key Features

Actor
Joaquin Cortes
Director
Carlos Saura
Rating
NR
Format
DVD
Release Year
2003
Movie/TV Title
Flamenco
Sub-Genre
Dance
Genre
Musical & Performing Arts

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Number of Discs
1
Country/Region of Manufacture
Spain
LeafCats
617
Film Country
Spain
Signal Standard
Dvd
Leading Role
Joaquin Cortes
Release Date
20031202

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5 out of 5 stars
by FDrEUqxXR3S@Del...Mar 25, 2008
Saura"s musical masterpiece
Carlos Saura's "Flamenco" is as fine a piece of film-making as the concert-DVD genre can show; the only parallel one can think of in American film is Scorsese's "The Last Waltz," and this is far more satisfying; Scorsese, after all, let his personal friendship with Robbie Robertson get in the way of the music, ignored "Chest Fever" ( by far the Band's greatest number ), etc. etc., and in retrospect generally screwed up badly what should have been a masterpiece. Here there are no such problems; Saura simply lets the musicians make their music with no implicit editorial comment, no pointless flattery of any momentous egos, no coverups of musician's-lifestyle embarrasments -- it's all pure music; and he helps the music along by echoing the tone of the music itself with simpatico camera angles, subtle variations of color and shade, and an over-all sense of flow and climax from one tune to the next. Musically, the only phenomenon I know of that is acessible to most listeners in the anglophone world that parallels the making of this film, and matches or surpasses it in musical quality, is the legendary Vanguard catalogue of Manitas de Plata in the early sixties (and the budding flamencologist is hereby invited to start tracking some of that stuff down as well). Critics at the time were all agog over Joachin Cortez, but they would have been within their rights to go equally gaga over the guitar chops of Manolo Sanlucar; while his early work sounded rather academic, he has aquired such tonal mastery and melodic imagination as to rank among the best players ever recorded. And then, of course, there's Paco... enough said ... The only aggravating thing here is trhat the lyrics should have been given subtitles, but since the music is so good who cares that much?Read full review
4 out of 5 stars
by kenor_6030Aug 25, 2023
Memorably accomplished dancing but overly strident singing in Saura's FLAMENCO
Carlos Saura's FLAMENCO is more concert recital than vehicle for musical plot. Indeed, there are no recurring characters other than singers and dancers performing classic flamenco repertory. Choreography is first-rate, as is almost always the case with Saura's productions. However, the songs in this film lack variety, nearly all being aggressively voluble and therefore lacking contrast and variety. So the content here is a mixed bag, more likely to please flamenco dance enthusiasts than others. The dvd itself arrived undamaged and was subtitled in English for the greater part. Those seeking plot and characterization in musicals should resort instead to Criterion's set of Saura's Flamenco Trilogy.
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5 out of 5 stars
by vinguitars59May 17, 2016
Saura Flamenco
Monumental production, historically important !
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5 out of 5 stars
by hlaw1010Jan 15, 2015
It will brings one to a different place in the geography of one's heart.
Great DVD. Passionate, raw, soulful and real. This is my first exposure to Flamenco, and I saw this movie in a theater in Berkeley way back when it first came out. Had to own this DVD. It truly is one of many many life's blessings.
5 out of 5 stars
by b1imL8jYQ5y@Del...Jun 06, 2008
Flamenco
All the great singers, dancers, musicians in flamenco are brought together to perform. Visually beautiful.

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