Episode 5

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6th Oct 2021

Buena Vista Social Club (1999 Documentary)

The fifth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1999 features our documentary pick, Wim Wenders’ Buena Vista Social Club. Directed by Wim Wenders and featuring a group of legendary Cuban musicians, Buena Vista Social Club was nominated for the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature.

The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-buena-vista-social-club-1999), Kenneth Turan in the Los Angeles Times (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jun-04-ca-43949-story.html), and Owen Gleiberman in Entertainment Weekly (https://ew.com/article/1999/06/11/buena-vista-social-club-3/).

Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1999 installment, featuring Josh’s personal pick, David Fincher’s Fight Club.

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Awesome Movie Year is a podcast co-hosted by film critic Josh Bell and filmmaker and comedian Jason Harris. Each season looks at why a certain year was an awesome movie year. Each episode focuses on a different film from the year being investigated. Produced by David Rosen of the Piecing It Together Podcast for the All Points West Podcast Network
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David Rosen is a music composer and podcast producer. He has scored feature films, commercials and more, as well as creating albums of instrumental music. He currently produced Piecing It Together which he hosts and Awesome Movie Year.