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List Price: $19.95Amazon.com's Price: $17.99 You Save: $1.96 (10%)as of 03/21/2010 22:44 EDT
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: New Video
EAN: 9780767031356
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 0767031350
Label: New Video Group
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0
Manufacturer: New Video Group
MPN: NVGD9472D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: New Video Group
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 05, 2000
Running Time: 88 minutes
Studio: New Video Group
Theatrical Release Date: 1999
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Paul pena head a sound something intensely beautiful but disturbing at the same time coming from his short-wave radio. The sound was that of tuvan throat-singers a sound that changed his life forever and sent him on a journey across the world to a land unknown. Studio: New Video Group Release Date: 12/05/2000 Starring: Paul Pena Richard Feynman Run time: 90 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Roko Belic
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The ancient art of Tuvan throat singing may not sound like the most scintillating subject for a movie, but for those wishing to immerse themselves in a different culture or meet remarkable people, this inspiring and exhilarating Oscar-nominated documentary will be pure pleasure. This is a story no Hollywood screenwriter could have imagined. Paul Pena is a blind San Francisco blues singer who has played with the likes of John Lee Hooker and Jerry Garcia (he also penned "Jet Airliner," which Steve Miller covered). One night while listening to his shortwave radio, he picked up a Radio Moscow broadcast and heard the mesmerizing, gutteral sound of throat singing, which is peculiar to Tuva's region of upper Mongolian. Enthralled, he became a master of this obscure art form. Enter Friends of Tuva, a curious group that included Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman, who likewise had become fascinated with Tuva. In 1993 they sponsored a San Francisco appearance by Tuvan singers. Pena was in the audience and met with the singers afterward. Pena so impressed the Tuvans that he was encouraged to come to Tuva and participate in its annual festival competition. Genghis Blues chronicles this incredible journey. Pena's performance is as joyous and triumphant as the Buena Vista Social Club's Carnegie Hall concert, but this is more than just a one-note concert film. It also movingly charts Pena's friendship with revered Tuvan singer Kongar-ol Ondar (whose stature is described as "John F. Kennedy, Elvis Presley, and Michael Jordan rolled into one"). Documentarians Roko and Adrian Belic modestly profess they were ill equipped to make this documentary. They may have a point, but would you pass up such an opportunity? --Donald Liebenson
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Fabulous documentary about a blind African American musician who learns the little-known language of Tuvan via short-wave radio, learns how to "throat sing" and travels with a band of zany ham radio operators to the remote region of Tuva, in Asia, to take part in a throat singing contest.
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One of my favorites. Challenges, talent, successes and life. So many of us have nothing to complain about and need to act on our interests :). Highly recommended.
I recommended this movie to my book club, as we are also reading "Andrea Bocelli, The Music of Silence".
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I vividly recall seeing this movie in theatres. It was a double-feature playing with Buena Vista Social Club and I enjoyed Genghis Blues much more. Recently, I ordered the DVD and just watched it last night. It is not the same movie. The DVD version is terrible. I agree with the negative reviewers. On the other hand, the original theatrical release is brilliant. I am quite shocked by the gap between the theatrical and DVD versions. They are vastly different movies.
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I loved this story and music! What a wonderful tribute to friendship, exploration, endurance of culture and talent.
It is hard to believe that the music I heard was coming from a human and not a mix of instruments. The human voice is amazing. Paul has overcome adversity to become an accomplished muscian, a blues singer, and a highly respected throat singer in the Tuvan tradition! He was very brave to travel so far into the far reaches of Asia when he could not see and had to depend on ... Read More
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No other way to say it it: I love this film. Its two stars are transcendent personalities. Paul Pena who - by all rights - should be bemoaning the cruel fates of his life, is instead a testament to the human spirit (I know that sounds trite, but it's simply the truth here). When Pena sings for the first time, your jaw will drop. And Kongar-ol Ondar - Tuvan throat singer extraordinaire - is a star whose personality overcomes any language barrier. He's got an amazing presence.
Kudos ... Read More
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: New Video
EAN: 9780767031356
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 0767031350
Label: New Video Group
Languages:
Manufacturer: New Video Group
MPN: NVGD9472D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: New Video Group
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 05, 2000
Running Time: 88 minutes
Studio: New Video Group
Theatrical Release Date: 1999