BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB
Directed by Wim Wenders
Documentary –
1999 –
Germany, USA –
105′
Synopsis
With a small film crew, Wim Wenders accompanied his old friend Ry Cooder, who had previously written the music for PARIS, TEXAS and END OF VIOLENCE, on a trip to Havana. Cooder wanted to record his material for Ibrahim Ferrer’s solo album at a studio there—following the first “Buena Vista Social Club” CD (which had not yet been released at that time). Wenders immersed himself in the world of Cuban music. Over the course of several months, he observed and accompanied the musicians—first at home in Havana and then, weeks later, in April 1998, on their trip to Amsterdam for the first public performance of the band (who had never played together outside a studio) and then, still later, in July 1998, to their triumphal concert in New York’s Carnegie Hall.
Crew
Production – Road Movies Filmproduktion GmbH (Berlin)
Director – Wim Wenders
Producers – Ulrich Felsberg, Deepak Nayar
Screenplay – Wim Wenders
Directors of Photography – Jörg Widmer, Robby Müller
(Amsterdam), Lisa Rinzler (New York), Wim Wenders (Havana & New York)
Music – Ry Cooder, Joachim Cooder, Ibrahim Ferrer, Juan de Marcos González, Rubén González, Eliades Ochoa,
Omara Portuondo, Compay Segundo and others
