Los Tarantos (1963) was the final film in which Carmen Amaya appeared. She died from a kidney disease during the editing and never saw this film. Los Tarantos brought Sara Lezana into stardom. It was her first major role and only the second film that the then 15-year-old had been in. The film also launched Daniel Martin and Antonio Gades into ( Read more... )

I was envious of szenovei being able to capture still shots from DVDs, as he did with "Vengo". My computer does not allow copying from a DVD. However, I just found a way around that. The quality is not as sharp as I would like it to be, but it's better than nothing. So here are some photos from "Gypsies Are Found Near Heaven" (1975). And I'm warning you, ( Read more... )

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I am looking forward to High Definition DVDs, but I'm cautious about the Blu-ray Disc because it is one of two non-compatible but competing formats. If I buy Blu-ray Disc now it may be superseded by the other. Like Beta and VHS video tapes. Fortunately, all the films I am interested in are so obscure that it will be a few years most likely before ( Read more... )

With all the drama that's been going on in other places, I thought a little refreshment would be nice. So I thought I'd post this for all my lj - friends.


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Lyrics for songs from "Gypsies are Found Near Heaven"
("Табор уходит в небо")

1) Nane Tsokha

NOTICE: This is Romani, not Russian. If you read it as Russian you'll get some surprising results about "reptiles", "and cheese....has fallen rum"... LOL ( Read more... )