Flamenco (1995 film) Utrera, José Menese, Enrique Morente, José Mercé, Farruco y Farruquito, Ketama, Manzanita, Maria Pagès and many others at the old Seville train station. "Flamenco" was issued on DVD by New Yorker Video in December 2003, in Spanish with English subtitles. The lyrics of the songs are translated in the subtitles (the only "dialog" in the film). Flamenco (1995 film) Flamenco is a 1995 Spanish documentary film directed by Carlos Saura with camerawork by cinematographer Vittorio Storaro. The film is entirely musical and dancing vignettes, composed and photographed on a sound stage. "Flamenco" is a documentary that includes performances from some
Music of Andalusia "a body of song of comparable intensity, profanity and eroticism [existed] in Arabic from the second half of the 9th century onwards." "Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians", edited Andalusia is a modern autonomous community of Spain that is best known for flamenco, a form of music and dance that is mostly performed by Andalusian people. Improvised flamenco songs of ancient Andalusian origin are called "cante jondo", and are characterized by a reduced tonal ambiance, a strict rhythm, baroque ornamentation and repetition of notes. "Cante jondo" is sung by a single singer ("cantaor"). There are two forms of flamenco songs: