Tierra

Starring:Carmelo GÃ³mez, Emma SuÃ¡rez, Karra Elejalde, Silke, Nancho Novo, Txema Blasco, Ane SÃ¡nchez, Juan JosÃ© SuÃ¡rez, Ricardo Amador, CÃ©sar Vea, Pepe Viyuela, Miguel Palenzuela, Vicente Haro, Adelfina Serrano, JosÃ© Amador, Montse G. Romeu, Alicia Agut
Director: Julio Medem
Studio: New Yorker Video
Product Type: DVD

Description

This DVD features a documentary about the band, entitled "Tierra Gitana" (57 minutes) and a concert recorded at the height of the Gipsy Kings' popularity. Tierra Gitana: Igual Se Enfonces, Baila Me, A Tu Vera, Un Amor, Galaxia, Catalunia, Viento del Arena, Montana, Campesino, A Ti A Ti, Siempre Acaba du Vida, Bamboleo. Live Concert: Liberta, Chiribi, Pharaon, Bamboleo, Trista Pena, Caminando Por La Calle, Djobi Djoba, Passion A Mi Manera, Pena Penita, El Camino, Fandango, Viento Del Arena, Bem Bem Maria, Improvisation Gitane, Allegria

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Major disappointment.......2006-04-18

This DVD consists of the PBS doc on the Gipsy Kings, Tierra Gitana, and a live concert at the Greek Theatre in 1990. The former is probably worth the price, even though much of the video appears to have come from PAL format tapes that were not terribly well converted. The story's the thing here, and the fascinating history and the vintage video from the Reyes' early lives and travels with their famous father is very interesting.

The concert doesn't live up to expectations. The video is of very low quality--some shots have blown-out highlights--and the audio sounds as though it was rerecorded in the men's room at Howard Johnson's.

For me to dis any Gipsy King's offering is about as likely as sunshine in Oregon in January. If you are willing to pay the price to see the PBS doc, you won't be disappointed, but if you're also in it for the concert experience, I'd give this a pass.

Gipsy kings.... Up close and Unforgettable Songs...........2005-09-12

Gipsy kings, the gypsies who inspired so many people around the world. Their dvd has every things their fans need to know about them.This dvd has a hour of behind scenes and documentary footage of how gipsy kings was built or how simple gipsies became kings. This dvd has a unforgettable footage about gipsies, how they lived and breathed together with music, their common companion in their tough lives. In documentary part, you see the real man who made gipsykings, jose reyes and his partner. This dvd shows you this great man's journey around the world, and how he assembeled the brothers reyes with cousins baliardos. If you are fan of their music, you will like this dvd without a doubt. The second part of the dvd contains their tour in U.S. IN ninethies and more. Gipsy kings were the people who fired my love and passion for spanish guitar. I also play a spanish guitar for 5 years, and whenever tonino plays with gipsies, my heart tells me to try more to achieve best in my life. You see, their music, culture and wisdoms are somethings that brought me hope and inspiration. It is their tool to bring me and u a bridge of friendship and kindness. Gipsy kings, the gipsies of jose reyes always lives on and forever. The nicolas and canut reyes sings a beautiful songs together in this dvd which you will love this one. Tonino and paco and diego baliardos accompanies their cousins through their music. Gipsy kings's music is more than music, it is a journey which they have been thru and they share their passion with us, and we tend to become more fascinated by their journey and live with their journey thru our lives. check my reviews for more spanish music reviews I have made. viva gipsy K I N G S.

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La Tierra del Mariachi
Starring: Luis Barreiro , Alicia Ortiz , Lucha Reyes , Raúl De Anda , and Jorge Velez
Manufacturer: Camara Corp
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Un joven ranchero jalisciense se va de bracero a los Estados Unidos. Las cartas que envía a su novia son interceptadas por el villano del pueblo, que también la pretende, con la autorización del padre de ella. Al no recibir noticias de su novio, la muchacha comienza a desilusionarse. El joven regresa a su pueblo y disputa unas carreras de caballos con su rival. Al final se descubren las trampas del villano con las cartas y, tras un enfrentamiento entre los rivales, los enamorados se reconcilian y anuncian su boda. In Spanish No Subtitles A young man from the state of Jalisco goes north to the U.S. to find work. The letters he sends his girlfriend are intercepted by the town villain, who wants the girl for himself, with the consent of the girl's father. When she receives no mail from her boyfriend, the young lady becomes disillusioned. He returns home and competes against his rival in horse races. In the end, the villain's dirty doings with the letters are found out and after a clash between the rivals; the young couple reconcile and announce that they will be married.

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Asi Es Mi Tierra
Starring: Antonio Frausto , Manuel Medel , Mercedes Soler , Cantinflas , and Mario "Cantinflas" Moreno
Manufacturer: Laguna Films
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ASIN: 0829742832

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Great movie, awful DVD
Tierra-a metaphysical exploration in sepia
Stunning...
No split personality, just real life - A good movie
Interesting Spanish Cinema

Tierra
Starring: Carmelo Gómez , Emma Suárez , Karra Elejalde , Silke , and Nancho Novo
Director: Julio Medem
Manufacturer: New Yorker Video
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Vacas
Lovers of the Arctic Circle
Sex and Lucia (Unrated Edition)
The Devil's Backbone (Special Edition)
The City of No Limits (En la Ciudad Sin Limites)

ASIN: B00003XAMC
Release Date: 2000-11-21

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Julio Medem doesn't direct his films so much as weave them: images, characters, criss-crossing stories, and recurring motifs intertwine, blur, and transform through time. Tierra begins in the heavens and plummets to Earth, the camera rushing through space down to the red dust of a remote wine-growing region in Spain. Ángel (Carmelo Gómez) attempts to find grounding in his work (he's been hired to fumigate the area, which has been infested by wood lice) but finds his wandering soul torn in two directions. Initially attracted to the lovely, lonely, ethereal Ángela (Emma Suárez), he finds himself drawn against his better nature--in the form of a guardian angel, a phantom double that watches over him like an aggressive but well-meaning conscience--to the earthy, passionate, impulsive Mari (Silke). Medem sets his tale of love and lust amidst the stunning, austere landscape of fiery red hills, a world both primal and alien (dressed in white protective suits, the fumigators look like astronauts on Mars). Like his earlier film The Red Squirrel (which also starred Gómez and Suárez), Medem winds multiple stories together with natural history and philosophical musings until it all melts together in a lovely and unexpected conclusion. Medem crafts an equally dense story in his acclaimed follow-up film, The Lovers of the Arctic Circle, but where that film leapt into the emotional world of tragic melodrama, Tierra transforms "wrong" choices into revealing insights about the beautiful contradictions of human nature. --Sean Axmaker

Customer Reviews:

Great movie, awful DVD.......2005-06-27

Julio Medem is a tremendously gifted and under-appreciated filmmaker. The fact that he is under-appreciated is emphasized by the unavailability of some of his key films ('The Red Squirrel,' 'Lovers of the Arctic Circle') in the U.S., and the existence of reprehensible discs such as New Yorker's edition of 'Tierra.'

'Tierra' is such a beautiful film, with rich, transcendent images and an audio mix that is enveloping and detailed. This DVD honors none of this, instead downmixing the original digital soundtrack to lacklustre 2.0 stereo, and offering a low-resolution picture with drab, lifeless colors, visible compression and pixelation, and burnt-in subtitles. The mystical allure of Medem's film is all but lost in this shoddy transfer. New Yorker, which continues to snatch up films and dump them out like so much excrement (not unlike Wellspring and the improved Koch Lorber, né Fox Lorber), should know better: the discerning palate to which they market their discs is indeed discerning enough to realize these discs are rubbish.

Tierra-a metaphysical exploration in sepia.......2004-10-10

I study Spanish by watching Spanish-language films. I bought this DVD after watching "Sexo y Lucia", also by Julio Medem, which I really enjoyed as well. I agree with one of the other reviewers that the plot suffers a little in this film, but nevertheless, it does not disappoint. I'd describe Medem as a cross between Roman Polansky and David Lynch. Medem knows how to film a sex scene. What Medem does visually with Emma Suarez and Silke in "Tierra" reminds me of what Polansky did with Nastasia Kinski in "Tess." You can't get enough of looking at these women--they are simply captivating.

Medem weaves a latent and pervasive natural terror to propel the film with a weirdly "earthy", mysterious, and disturbing subtext that brings to mind David Lynch's "Blue Velvet."

It's a surprising and captivating film devoid of the usual Hollywood cliches. The acting of all three main characters is suberb. The movie operates on several levels and is unified by a ubiquitous yellow lighting. It's a weird, sensual, and beautiful film to watch with interesting characters, excellent tension, and simply luscious sex scenes.

The only other criticism I have of the DVD is that the subtitles are small somewhat hard to read. With all the visuals that Medem offers the viewer, it's hard to get it all the first time through if you can't follow the Spanish. But since the film is such a pleasure to watch, you won't mind viewing the DVD several times.

Stunning..........2003-12-12

I would have to say that Medem was really on a roll when he made this film and its follow-up, Lovers of the Arctic Circle. They are two of the greatest films of the nineties (and beyond!). I don't want to give anything away about the insane and inspired plot of this movie, but I would like to call attention to one thing: There is a shot in this movie that was blatantly stolen by the makers of that awful, over-rated sci-fi movie, The Matrix. It is one of the most famous shots in the Matrix and was featured prominently in the ad campaign. When you watch Tierra (which you MUST!), you'll see what I mean.

No split personality, just real life - A good movie.......2003-10-06

Medem masters again in his abilities to dig into the realm of the human nature, and reveals life, dilemas and the exercise of serious choices yet to be made.
Although the landscape, supporting characters and the script may seem a little too rough, the story covers everyday situations so common where the "macho" culture prevails.
When a lonely man (Angelo) is confronted with two choices he may have to make, his conscience takes the form of an "angel", just to reveal how one's mind works. And his final choice, non-orthodox, reminds us that logics may not be an exact science, just as mankind cannot be completely predictable.
Silke and Suarez are simply beautiful, but even more when playing their real life roles.
A hard movie, yet so close to life as it is, everyday!

Interesting Spanish Cinema.......2003-08-17

Angel (Carmelo Gomez) is hired to fumigate a small town vin yard from a plague of wood lice. Upon arriving he encounters a dying man, which represents an underlying metaphysical theme of Earth. Shortly thereafter Angel is introduced to the various townspeople. Most notably are Angela, the neglected housewife, and Mari, a cliche lolita who describes herself as "an oversexed girl". Angel, in conflict with a split personality, becomes torn between his desire for Angela and lust for Mari.

Product Description

"Tierra Mia Nicaragua", un recorrido virtual por nuestra Nicaraguita, departamento por Departamento. Recuerda nuestros personajes, nuestros paisajes, costumbres, comidas y fiestas patronales. Regresa a tu Nicaragua a traves de este video.

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Asi Es Mi Tierra
Starring: Mario Cantinflas Moreno
Manufacturer: Laguna Films
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NUESTRA TIERRA NUEVA: LA HISTORIA DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS EN ESPANOL

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NUESTRA TIERRA NUEVA: LA HISTORIA DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS EN ESPANOL
Starring: Documentary
Director: Ed Dubrowsky
Manufacturer: Video Knowledge, Inc.
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B000CS43PI
Release Date: 2005-12-12