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Fados
29 May 2009 12:07 AM, PDT
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Fados
Directed by: Carlos Saura
Cast: Lila Downs, Carlos Do Carmo, Lura
Running Time: 1 hr 30 mins
Rating: Unrated
Release Date: May 30, 2009
Plot: Fados is a collection of performance pieces of “fados”, a kind of Portugese folk song. The pieces come together to give an idea of this musical style that reflects the history of the people of Portugal, Brazil, and Portugal’s former African colonies.
Who’s It For? If you know what a fado is, you may like this film. Or if you like modern dance on film.
Expectations: I expected a documentary about the culture of Fados. So I was surprised.
Overall
Fados is a beautiful, well-directed film. Saura brings together years of experience making films featuring music to create beautiful backdrops for his individual songs, or fados. Unfortunately, it was really, really boring. If I didn’t have to watch this for a review, I
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- Megan Lehar
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400 Screens, 400 Blows - A Song and a Push
16 April 2009 5:03 PM, PDT
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400 Screens, 400 Blows is a weekly column that takes an in-depth look at the films playing below the radar, beneath the top ten, and on 400 screens or less.
This week I was thinking of two very different movies, both in need of a boost. One of my favorites of 2009 so far is Fados (1 screen), which I saw last year, but has happily received a theatrical release this year. Director Carlos Saura generally makes movies with music and dancing as a main theme, such as in his Oscar nominated films Carmen (1983) and Tango (1998). He's not mentioned very often with the names of the world's greatest filmmakers, but his films have recently earned the distinction of a Criterion DVD release (Cría cuervos) and a Criterion Eclipse DVD box set. Fados is more or less a collection of music videos, all performed in the Portuguese fado style. The music is very sentimental, passionate and sad,
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- Jeffrey M. Anderson
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Fados
2 April 2009 11:30 AM, PDT
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Release Date: Feb. 27
Director:
Carlos Saura
Cinematography: Jose Luis Lopez-Linares and Eduardo
Serra
Starring: Carlos Do Carmo, Mariza, Catarina Moura, Argentina
Santos, Maria da Nazare
Studio/Run Time: New Yorker Films, 88
mins.
A celebration of music on film
In Carlos Saura’s eighth film about
music, he tackles the obscure and archaic Fado, a form of song that
remains in its purest form just two guitarists and a singer. Fados
explores its past in Lisbon and the cultural heritage that surrounds
the music. But this isn’t a History Channel-style documentary—Saura
treats us to the form’s legacy through song, dance and recreation
in what ultimately amounts to a series of music videos. Fados is a
clear descendent of his 1995 film Flamenco, which was also a series
of musical vignettes shot on a soundstage. The film takes the concept
further in every way possible, though, by littering the shots with
mirrors,
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A Song-and-Dance Man: Carlos Saura’s “Fados”
4 March 2009 6:31 AM, PST
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[An indieWIRE review from Reverse Shot.] Adorned in oranges, purples, and golds, and unfolding on shimmering soundstages flanked by scrims and screens of varying sizes, “Fados” creates a universe unto itself, an enclosed festival space meant to stand in for an entire world of song. This is the norm for the brilliant Spanish director Carlos Saura, who for nearly thirty years has built a parallel film career (to his more conventional …
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What to Watch If Not Watching the "Watchmen"
2 March 2009 7:11 AM, PST
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Some homegrown interloping mixes with a strong international showing this week to give an overall balance to what's playing at your local multiplex. Comic book fans can salivate over "Watchmen," arthouse fans can enjoy a Louis Garrel double bill, and a Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse-inspired serial killer movie bridges the gap.
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A best foreign language Oscar nominee from 2008, Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov's interpretation of the Reginald Rose's 1954 play "Twelve Angry Men" puts a contemporary political spin on this classic tale of passion and prejudice. Tasked with discerning the guilt of a young Chechen boy accused of brutally murdering his military officer father, Sergei Makovetsky plays the lone voice of dissent voting for acquittal. As the audience witnesses the boy's unfortunate childhood in flashbacks, Makovetsky's mysterious juror preaches rationality and reason as he attempts to convince a room
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- Neil Pedley
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