Mar 27 2008
Lovely Lisboa - A Video
Thanks again to Ubi for hunting out this video on YouTube. A lovely series of images of Lisbon accompanied by a beautifully sung “Lisboa menina e moça”. Enjoy!
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Archive for the 'Music' Category
Mar 23 2008
Fados - A New Film by Carlos Saura
Oscar nominated Spanish director Carlos Saura has made a musical documentary on the subject of Portuguese Fado. From what I have read, this is Saura’s interpretation of Fado and includes many of famous fadistas including Amalia and Mariza as well as many more. More a series of vignettes including dance which is not characteristic of Fado, Saura brings together a series of impressions of the genre. It is a perhaps a personal journey that is always going to remain on step away from the truth as Carlos is not from Portugal but from what I have seen so far, I think it will be a very interesting movie to watch.
I have yet to find the movie available on Amazon US, UK or even on Portuguese site Fnac but I am keeping my fingers crossed. It may be well worth keeping an eye on your local arthouse independant cinema for showings of this.
Here is a trailer I discovered on YouTube and a link to the official site.
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