Ruben Blades: The Return of Ruben Blades
by Robert Mugge
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Actor: Linda Ronstadt, Pete Hamill, Rubén Blades, Seis del SolarDirector: Robert Mugge
Cinematographer: Larry McConkey
Producer: Robert Mugge
Writer: Robert Mugge
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 82 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-01-12
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Winstar
Movie Reviews of Ruben Blades: The Return of Ruben Blades
Movie Review: Obligatorio para todo Bladesómano
Summary: 5 Stars
Excelente documental. Una autobiografía donde Rubén nos lleva por las rutas de su infancia a travez de relatos y entrevistas en diferentes sitios de Panamá y su apartamento en NY. Alterna con un concierto con Seis del solar, en algún bar, tocando sus mejores temas. La mayoria de ellos con comentario editorial del propio Blades. Excelente edición en "Todos vuelven" donde alternan imágenes de calles Panameñas. Incluye también una especie de "Making of" de "Silencios" con Linda Rodstandt. Fabuloso.Aunque es ante todo, un documental para explicar a los americanos algo de la cultura latina y su música (Todas las entrevistas son en inglés), nos aporta mucho a quienes queremos tener una historia de Rubén bien contada o mejor, bien cantada.
Summary of Ruben Blades: The Return of Ruben Blades
Follows the singer to Harvard where he gets his Master?s Degree in International Law, to his old neighborhood in Panama, to California for a recording session with Linda Ronstadt, and to New York for a performance at S.O.B?s.This 1986 documentary by filmmaker Robert Mugge chronicles the life, music, philosophies, and opinions of the singer, bandleader, political activist, and Harvard-trained lawyer Rubén Blades. Mugge captures Blades's intelligence, passion, and charisma in a variety of locales: from the bandstand of New York City's famed club, S.O.B.'s, where Blades and his ensemble, Seis del Solar, performed, to his heartfelt recollections of growing up in United States-dominated Panama City. Whether he's talking about the political history of his country with columnist Peter Hamill of the [New York] Daily News, recording a track with pop superstar Linda Ronstadt, or swinging the son montuno/salsa grooves of "Buscando America," "Tiburon," and his "Mack the Knife" cover, "Pedro Navaja," with his group, Rubén Blades successfully blends art and politics. In the film he promised to return home and run for president--which he eventually did, unsuccessfully, but heroically. --Eugene Holley Jr.
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