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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000006.txt from 2007/08
From: herb fawcett <herbgosia@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Bandoneons and double reeds
Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2007 19:52:54 -0400
Have you seen "The Red Violin"? Damn good film, although there is a bit of
message here and there.
Herb
On 8/5/07 4:38 PM, "HAROLD" <harold@-----.br> wrote:
> Dear List(s):
> Don't know if the film I just enjoyed"The Last Bandoneon (A Ultima
> Bandoneon) ,"an Argentine-Venezuelan production, is available where you
> reside but must recommend it for those interested in this fascinating
> instrument(looks like an accordion) of the tango,Piazzolla,etc.
> Actually in many ways it's register matches the oboe!
> The film would be a fined incentive for something similar to be produced
> and filmed involving oboes or bassoons and its players,makers, repairers
> and teachers.
> It features a young and talented bandoneon player searching Buenos Aires
> for a better bandoneon than the the primitive one she owns,going to persons
> who sell and fix them and participating in a tango
> orchestra(violins,viola,cello,guitar, piano and bandoneons) and lessons with
> a Master.
> A group of elderly bandoneon veterans ,who gather on Saturdays to
> continue to pursue their love for the instrument and tango,is also featured.
> And they speak a bit(all in Spanish) about what the instrument means and
> meant to them during their apparently happy lives and why they were
> attracted to the instrument.
> No fussy dialogues, complex script, or symbolism but somehow a film on
> this subject--the love for music--meant more to this observer/oboist than
> many Oscar-awarded films.
> Awaiting a similar film on double reeds!
> (Or has there been one done already?)
>
> Best
>
> Harold Emert
> Rio-Brazil
>
>
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