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Mar 6, 2009 · Much as he did in his 1990s documentaries “Sevillanas” and “Flamenco,” this veteran Spanish director has, in his latest, created both a tribute to an art form and a performance archive.
- Carlos Saura
Under the musical supervision of Carlos do Carmo, Fados completed Saura's musical trilogy form with Flamenco (1995) and Tango (1998). Saura deploys mirrors, back projections, lighting effects, and lush colors to frame each song.
If, in his earlier musicals, Iberia, Flamenco, Tango…, he based his work on dancing, in Fados he makes a special effort with the plot and image to reflect the birth of a suburban, dockland music which is in itself a synthesis of all of the music born towards the end of the 19th century.
Mar 6, 2009 · Fados: Directed by Carlos Saura. With Chico Buarque, Camané, Carminho, Carlos do Carmo. A drama steeped in Portugal's Fado music culture.
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- Documentary, Musical
- Carlos Saura
- 2009-03-06
Sep 21, 2019 · Having taken on flamenco (“Sevillanas”) and tango (“Tango”), Carlos Saura tackles a third great melancholy music style, directing “Fados,” a celebration of Portugal’s classic, lamenting acoustic folk songs. The film combines fado performances from top artists, dance from Portugal, Brazil and Cape Verde and archive footage.
Mar 4, 2009 · “Fados,” which takes its title from a tradition of emotive, melancholy singing derived in the poor port-side areas of early nineteenth-century Lisbon (but with African and Brazilian origins), and...
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Apr 2, 2009 · 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.
