Flamenco
Documentary, Music
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1995
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The film presents thirteen rhythms of flamenco, each with song, guitar, and dance: the up-tempo bularías, a brooding farruca, an anguished martinete, and a satiric fandango de huelva. There are tangos, a taranta, alegrías, siguiriyas, soleás, a guajira of patrician women, a petenera about a sentence to death, villancicos, and a final rumba.
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Rated:
N/A
Runtime:
100 min
Release date:
16 Jun 1995
Country:
ES
Languages:
Spanish
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
2 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
This 1995 catalog of performances by various artists may represent the historical development of a rich and enthralling art form, but it's presented in such a clinical way it might as well be a list on a chalkboard.
– Lisa Alspector,
Chicago Reader,
19 Sep 2014
fresh:
A superb, impassioned concert film.
– Michael Wilmington,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Sep 2014
fresh:
An irresistible treat for connoisseurs and the uninitiated alike, pic will be a bracing surprise for anyone who has forgotten how exciting music, dance and voice can be.
– Deborah Young,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
rotten:
Saura's film is both an exciting document of a thriving Spanish art form and a boring documentary.
– Susan Sharpe,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
rotten:
The dead spots in the film outnumber the highlights, and a sameness sets in too soon and for too long.
– Octavio Roca,
San Francisco Chronicle,
1 Jan 2000