Latcho Drom [VHS]
starring: La Caita
directed by: Tony Gatlif
directed by: Tony Gatlif
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This majestic, French-made film wishes viewers a "latcho drom"--a safejourney--as it follows the roots of the Rom, traveling people better known as Gypsies. Stunning and evocative, it transcends language and culture, bringing together the best elements of National Geographic-style documentary and music video in a kind of anthropologicalMTV. Using only music and image, without any steady characters or plot, award-winning director Tony Gatlif (himself of Rom descent) tells a compelling story of Rom migrations from Northern India to Europe and the rest of the world. Beginning with a gathering of lavishly dressed nomads singing across the harsh deserts of Rajasthan, viewers are transported through the lush oases of Egypt into the ghettoes of Turkey, from the muddy lanes of Eastern Europe through lush French fields to the windswept coastal cities of Spain. Every step of the way, there are hypnotic reminders of the harshness and beauty of the Rom lifestyle: the rhythms of labor pounding into vibrant dance, the songs of Turkish flower sellers merging with the plaintive political satires of a gray-haired Romanian violinist. Music is everywhere--children barely able to walk dance alongside great-grandmothers--and covers all styles and subjects--from the wintry strains of an Auschwitz lament to a flamenco devotional in a Spanish shrine to a festive Dixieland number that borrows as much from New Orleans as from northern India. And wordless stories abound, told in the smiles of strangers waiting for a train or in the frowns of rifle-toting farmers come to evict travelers from their land. --Grant Balfour
This majestic, French-made film wishes viewers a "latcho drom"--a safejourney--as it follows the roots of the Rom, traveling people better known as Gypsies. Stunning and evocative, it transcends language and culture, bringing together the best elements of National Geographic-style documentary and music video in a kind of anthropologicalMTV. Using only music and image, without any steady characters or plot, award-winning director Tony Gatlif (himself of Rom descent) tells a compelling story of Rom migrations from Northern India to Europe and the rest of the world. Beginning with a gathering of lavishly dressed nomads singing across the harsh deserts of Rajasthan, viewers are transported through the lush oases of Egypt into the ghettoes of Turkey, from the muddy lanes of Eastern Europe through lush French fields to the windswept coastal cities of Spain. Every step of the way, there are hypnotic reminders of the harshness and beauty of the Rom lifestyle: the rhythms of labor pounding into vibrant dance, the songs of Turkish flower sellers merging with the plaintive political satires of a gray-haired Romanian violinist. Music is everywhere--children barely able to walk dance alongside great-grandmothers--and covers all styles and subjects--from the wintry strains of an Auschwitz lament to a flamenco devotional in a Spanish shrine to a festive Dixieland number that borrows as much from New Orleans as from northern India. And wordless stories abound, told in the smiles of strangers waiting for a train or in the frowns of rifle-toting farmers come to evict travelers from their land. --Grant Balfour
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - evil producers of dvds
Why is this movie available in dvd only in region 4 (australia)???I no longer own a working video cassette player--so I can't watch this movie any more.Why???
Rating: - If you *love* music ...
I *love* this film ... over and over I have watched it ... with my kids as they have grown older ... with my friends when they least expected it ... ha!
What a great film ... most of the reviews here are spot on ...
This film brought me closer to Django Rheinhart ... I will let you figure that one out :)
Garbo
Rating: - Sweet Dreams are Made of This
Latcho Drom is mesmerizing, the people magical and the music unforgettable.
There is no dialogue, but this does nothing to detract from the film's integrity or entertainment value.Although Rom diaspora has resulted in the Roma living in just about every country on earth, Latcho Drom provides the viewer with a coup d'oeil of the Roma people inAfrica, Egypt, Turkey, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, France and Spain.
The Romanian Roma (the two are mutually exclusive), instantly ... Read More
Rating: - I want my own copy!If you love dance and music...
Years ago, when Latcho Drom was playing in theaters in the San Francisco Bay area, I went to see it as many times as I could.Due to its popularity, it was even re-run occasionally, over the years, at the independent art theaters, and paired with the equally beautiful movie "Baraka" (what a fabulous double-header THAT was).I've also rented it many times on DVD and was sad when my favorite indie movie store closed down a couple of years ago...I was sad for the store, of course, but even sadder that someone ... Read More
Rating: - Latcho drom: an exploration of gypsy music
A wonderful journey through two continents, exploring present-day music of the Roma people. Colourful, exciting, moving, you see the most extraordinary performances in the most inhospitable circumstances.....Tony Gatlif, himself part-Roma, was privileged to be able to join these groups of travellers and record their very special, and exclusive to them,culture.
- evil producers of dvdsWhy is this movie available in dvd only in region 4 (australia)???I no longer own a working video cassette player--so I can't watch this movie any more.Why???
- If you *love* music ...I *love* this film ... over and over I have watched it ... with my kids as they have grown older ... with my friends when they least expected it ... ha!
What a great film ... most of the reviews here are spot on ...
This film brought me closer to Django Rheinhart ... I will let you figure that one out :)
Garbo
- Sweet Dreams are Made of ThisLatcho Drom is mesmerizing, the people magical and the music unforgettable.
There is no dialogue, but this does nothing to detract from the film's integrity or entertainment value.Although Rom diaspora has resulted in the Roma living in just about every country on earth, Latcho Drom provides the viewer with a coup d'oeil of the Roma people inAfrica, Egypt, Turkey, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, France and Spain.
The Romanian Roma (the two are mutually exclusive), instantly ... Read More
- I want my own copy!If you love dance and music...Years ago, when Latcho Drom was playing in theaters in the San Francisco Bay area, I went to see it as many times as I could.Due to its popularity, it was even re-run occasionally, over the years, at the independent art theaters, and paired with the equally beautiful movie "Baraka" (what a fabulous double-header THAT was).I've also rented it many times on DVD and was sad when my favorite indie movie store closed down a couple of years ago...I was sad for the store, of course, but even sadder that someone ... Read More
- Latcho drom: an exploration of gypsy musicA wonderful journey through two continents, exploring present-day music of the Roma people. Colourful, exciting, moving, you see the most extraordinary performances in the most inhospitable circumstances.....Tony Gatlif, himself part-Roma, was privileged to be able to join these groups of travellers and record their very special, and exclusive to them,culture.
