In 1997, Ry Cooder made a Cuban music album Buena Vista Social Club, which became very popular after its release and won the Grammy Award, which sparked the Latin craze among the American people. In 1999, Wim Wenders and his wife Donata started filming the recording and world tour of these Cuban national treasure masters. I bought this CD a long time ago. Because of the language problem, I put it down after listening to it. Now I turned it back and put it while I was writing these words, and the film fragment appeared before my eyes without knowing it. I always feel that video is much more impressive than audio.
Wenders had a photography exhibition in Beijing a while back, which seemed to be called the surface of the earth. 360-degree panoramic photography, shooting some particularly desolate and dilapidated scenes. At that time, the media spared no effort to praise it. I personally feel that his photographs are not so mainstream. If the audience has the mentality of watching a blockbuster movie with a celebrity director, and knows very little about the person's own style, I am afraid they will probably be disappointed. If you can’t resonate with the creator to a certain extent, I feel that it takes so much time and effort to watch it. It’s really a waste of time and nothing to gain... Hehe, I’m like this anyway. Sometimes I stupidly looked for media recommendations, and then I was upset and fooled by these grandsons again. It's not that things are bad, but the main thing is that they don't understand their own way, and can't bear it. It's a waste. The above is a digression and a complaint about the misleading of the media. In fact, I mainly blame myself for having no idea.
Wenders' photography in this film is a highlight. At first, it seemed that the lens and framing were particularly inadvertent, and it was suspected that he was shooting with ordinary DV. In some places facing direct sunlight, the highlights are blurred into white flowers, with no detail at all. What's more, the things his lens shoots are very hard and very cold. It stands to reason that in South America, the hot sun is warm and ambiguous. But it was cold, and the streets lining the whole city felt a bit cramped. Very real. Later, I slowly discovered that this seemingly casual shooting has a particularly lyrical tone in it. After filming an artist's introduction, the camera slowly turned to a curtain, and the sea breeze blew it up. Then, the music faded in, and the curtains moved slowly, like a dancing woman's skirt, which was particularly melancholy... how do you say? Seeing the application of those lenses, I feel that the photographer is indeed a master. Very simple and casual approach, but very expressive, especially aftertaste, not constrained by form. Compared with Zhang Yimou's photography, although it is not bad, it is too deliberate and too crafty. Master VS master, ha ha.
The editing and structure of this film took a lot of thought. A scene from a Cuban recording, a scene from a later world tour, and a performance with an artist who claimed his fortune. Sometimes I walked and talked, I just sang and played, and then I turned to the stage... But the whole thing doesn't feel like a mess, it's very complete and smooth, just right. Everyone has their own unique display. There are about 10 old Cuban men with wrinkles on their faces.
The first player to appear is Compay Segundo, a guitarist who also sings. The appearance is very colorful: the dark complexion is covered with age spots, sitting in a classic car, wearing a Panama hat, and a cigar, along the coast of Cuba to inquire about the Buena Vista Social Club... I immediately felt it deeply and could carry it through. It's cool to not repent for the dude's line. Later, he himself introduced that he started smoking cigars for his grandma at the age of 5 and has been smoking for 85 years. Based on this, it is inferred that he is also 90, right? I doubt if I can live to 90, not to mention wandering around so vigorously, and singing love... Very tugging old man, and 90, so handsome! ! I especially like that chan chan, vivid! After watching this film, I was gossiping everywhere to find his information... He passed away in 2003.
The second player to appear is Ibrahim Ferrer with a baby face. In the introduction, he was said to be Nat King Cole from Latin America. He and Omara Portuondo, the only woman in the Buena Vista Social Club, sang a song about white gardenias and gladiolus. Special Latin American feel. People can’t help but think of those South American literature that I’ve seen before... The camera circled around them, and we reached the streets of Havana... Ibrahim Ferrer and his wife walked hand in hand, humming and humming on the street... There are people around a small square table "The Great Wall"! ? Haha, I learned later that it was a domino... It really looks like mahjong! ! This Latin American Nat King Cole with a baby face also passed away in August 2005 at the age of 78.
Impressed, there is also a poem player, Barbarito Torre. Shiqin, Spanish laúd, English lute, is a 12-string pear-shaped plucked stringed instrument. Similar to the feeling of a Chinese pipa. At the scene, the performers turned their backhands to play the poem, not watching the piano at all, which is really surprising! Although China also rebounds the pipa to show the high level of performers. And he not only bounced, but also bounced with his hands behind his back... I really played in a superb state... I really
loved the bass. Orlando'Cachaíto' López did a wonderful string performance! Strike the string is one of the most dazzling skills in Bass solo, but the key is that this old man made it on the cello, the cello has no fret, and the pitch can only be judged by the feel and ears. What a bold art master! In fact, the López family is a very famous Bass family, good at various Bass performances, with styles spanning classical, jazz, pop, etc. Cachaíto's father and uncle are both celebrities in the history of Bass. While he himself played the double bass in the classical orchestra, he devoted himself to the development of jazz and Latin American music, participated in various club performances and recorded records.
There is also a piano player whose name is not clear. Knead the strings, like a woman's whistling sound! It was terribly enchanting. Mad sweat. It seems that for such instrumental players, the highest level of performance is the vocalization of instrumental music. Jazz is the same, often using a trumpet to simulate the extremely depressed voice from the bottom of the heart.
There are also many people, the old man playing the piano, Rubén González, who is also very famous, as well as the drummer, trumpeter, and many singers... It's hard to say...
I think it's still DVD and CD if there is a chance! The effect is really different from mp3! I heard Yo-Yo Ma’s Brazilian compliment on the FM radio station before, and it was particularly amazing. Later, I deliberately downloaded the mp3, and the effect was too bad. But it seems that there are some special formats of music, the quality is very good and can be comparable to CD? I don't know much yet, huh. I don’t know what is the difference between the D version and the original in terms of sound quality? A long time ago, I bought a few genuine Rock type and compared the D version. I have not heard any particularly obvious difference. But the D version is also a mixed bag. Sometimes the sound effects are particularly bad. I always suspect that they burned the mp3 format to a CD... I don't know if this is possible? Generally, the production of pure music albums will be more particular. Some will make that sound field feel. Especially when listening with headphones, different musical instruments have different pronunciation positions. The heights and the distances are different, and it finally converges in the center, which is really amazing! Here is a little boast... When I was visiting the electronics market several years ago, I found that a company was dumping a backlog of CDs. 4 yuan per piece. At that time, I thought the cover design was very clever. Then, I took a look and found that all of them were black disks. I immediately felt that these CDs came from an unusual source. I have received more than a dozen sheets. Go home and listen slowly, and check slowly. I found out that it was all winter&winter. This is a small German fever label that specializes in high-quality CDs. The price of each is two or three times that of ordinary CDs. What a treasure! China's D version business is so developed... Then, one of the pictures is el ultimo paraiso, la habana cuba, pure music, like a feature film. At first it was the waves... the laughter of the children playing on the beach... Then the music went away... I listened and listened to it every day, and once I heard tears streaming down my face... That music is so pure and carefree... Then I think of all kinds of reality, especially powerless... As Eliades Ochoa, who started playing guitar at the age of 6 in the Buena Vista Social Club, said, the past days can't come back...
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