MOVIE - CALLE 54 - $$$$$ $$$
RELEASED ORIGINALLY ON MAY 11TH, 2001 - A FILM BY FERNANDO TRUEBA
FEATURING TITO PUENTE, GATO BARBIERI, MICHEL CAMILO, CHANO DOMINGUEZ, PAQUITO D'RIVERA, ELIANE ELIAS, JERRY GONZALES AND FORT APACHE, ISRAEL "CACHAO" LOPEZ, CHICO O'FARRILL, ORLANDO "PUNTILLA" RIOS, BEBE VALDES, CARLOS "POTATO" VALDES, & CHUCHO VALDEZ
This film is a tribute to great Latino jazz musicians.
The music is the focus of the movie. It is so grand that this 105 minute film flies by. In the 80's, there was an article in Newsweek bemoaning the onslaught of music videos. The point being made was that radio allowed each of us to develop our own impressions and memories associated with a song. Music videos, however, greatly increased the likelihood that we would all share the same overproduced memory of Michael Jackson dancing on the musical sidewalk in Billie Jean. Interestingly, almost all the performance in Calle 54 are shot against solid, unadorned backgrounds. No special effects or valley girls are necessary nor welcome. This is a celebration of great music which by definition doesn't require ornamentation.
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