Product Details

• Actors: Mariza, Camane, Caetano Veloso, Lila Downs, Carlos do Carmo
• Directors: Carlos Saura
• Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Language: Spanish
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Zeitgeist Films
• DVD Release Date: October 20, 2009
• Run Time: 92 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002GE8GJ0
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #39,899 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Fados" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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FADOS - DVD Movie

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Living Fado, October 22, 2009

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Paul J. Vieira (Providence, RI USA) - See all my reviews
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I preordered this dvd in August and it has been well worth waiting for. I have been listening to fado since my grandmother sang it to me in my craddle 61 years ago. I have been lucky enough to have known personally some of the great names of fado, like Amalia, Lucilia do Carmo, her son Carlos and Argentina Santos. Camane I heard for the first time some fifteen years ago when he walked in and did an imprompto set at Sr. Vinho at 2 o'clock on a Saturday morning. A year ago I spent my 60th birthday singing "fado vadio"(amatuer fado)with old friends in a small club in Bairro Alto in Lisbon. So when I speak of Fado, I know whereof I speak, even if I happen to be speaking English and not Portugues at the moment.

I can already hear the "purists" who will watch this film. "This is not fado because it is not traditional". I am old enough to remember when they said the same things about Amalia, Lucilia and Carlos because each brought their own interpretation to the fado they sang. Fado is a living art form. Not a relick to be preserved untouched in a museum. Carlos Saura has brought us "living Fado" with new and creative variations of music and dance. I hope those who already know fado and those who have yet to experience its magic will experience this film.

Paul Vieira of Greenville, RI and Lisbon, Portugal.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good production of great music, October 22, 2009

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Mary M - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fados (DVD)

This is a wonderful introduction to Portugese Fado. It has its serious and light sides, the old and the new, by famous and lesser known performers...all of it nicely presented. I've had the pleasure of seeing Maritza in person twice...she has unique star quality along with a passionate voice.

Settle back with some wine, your dreams and memories, and enjoy!

5.0 out of 5 stars Fados by C. Saura, December 10, 2011

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Irina - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fados (DVD)

I love Fado,and Morna, and Flamenco, and Bossa Nova, and Samba... the list can go on and on. I might not be very educated in all of these genres, being born in Azerbaijan and living in California, but I know great music when I hear it. The Fados by Carlos Saura is plain incredible. I first saw it on a big screen, and that helps, too :) Some previous reviewers complained that Mexican and Brazilian musicians were included and some great ones from Portugal and Cape Verde were not. It doesn't bother me that he found a room for Lila Downs from Mexico/USA (I love her, and she was fantastic) and skipped Cesaria Evora (my favourite of all times). This film isn't an encyclopedia of Fado and related styles, nor it is a historical textbook. It's Saura's artistic view on it. And Saura is a great artist. I ordered the DVD as soon as I got home after the screening. I watched it several times since. The variety of styles within the film makes it rich. I don't care for hip-hop or rap or pop at all, but in the film those styles were so organically woven, they were fine. Don't expect from the film to be all-inclusive, comprehensive history of Fado. Do expect to be taken to a world of enchanted artistic vision of Saura, of incredible musicians of his choosing. Trust him!

And as for the visual side of it - it's stunning, do expect to be inspired. I was.

Fados De Carlos Saura