2674 Solanas Film
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 09:28:23 -0700
From: "Lucy E. Lynch" <llynch@DARKWING.UOREGON.EDU>
Subject: Solanas Film
All -
"Tangos, l'exil de Gardel ..." is out of print (even the company in
Argentine that used to strike prints doesn't have any copies). You
can, however, try borrowing a VHS copy via inter-library loan.
This will work best for those of you with access to University libraries
and there may be borrowing/shipping charges. WorldCat shows 20 copies
worldwide, not all of which will circulate (see below).
All of that said, please be aware that this film may not be what you
expect. I've seen it several times and love it, but it is a tango
and not a film about tango... one exiles memories of another
(solanas/gardel).
"Fernando Solanas has observed his native land of Argentina, and its
political and social conditions, by means of cinema for more than 30
years. He has focused on these themes ever since his sensational
documentary film debut La Hora de los hornos (The Hour of the Furnaces)
(1967) âin the meantime a classic of political documentary cinema. His
feature film Los Hijos de Fierro (Sons of Fierro) (1972) was banned in his
own country.
The repressive measures of the military dictatorship in Argentina forced
the director into exile in Paris in the mid 1970s. During this period he
made Le Regard des autres (1980) and Tangos, el exilio de Gardel (Tangos,
The Exile of Gardel) (1985). In the mid 1980s Fernando Solanas returned to
Argentina; he continued to examine the country as well as South America in
El Sur (The South) (1988), El Viaje (The Journey) (1992) and La Nube (The
Cloud) (1998). However, Solanasâfilms are not the only testimony of his
political commitment: from 1993 to 1997 he was also a member of the
Argentinean parliament although as soon as his term was over, he
returned to filmmaking.
In his latest documentary Memoria del saqueo, he addresses recent
Argentinean crises as well as the impact of neoliberal politics and
globalization. The film uses interviews and archive material to shed light
on topics like corruption and the squandering of public funds. With its
vivid coverage, director Solanas explains, "my film aims at
contributing to the urgent and indispensable discussion under way in my
country, in Latin America, in the entire world, on the inhumanity of
globalization. At the same time it aspires to prove that another world is
possible"
(https://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/54berlinale/Ehrenbaer_Solanas_2004/f_main.html)
" "Que sĂłlo es tiempo. El tango crea un turbio/ pasado irreal que de
algĂșn modo es cierto/ el recuerdo imposible de haber muerto/ peleando en
una esquina del suburbio/" (That only is time. Tango creates a turbid
unreal past that is somehow true. The impossible memory of having died
fighting on a corner of the suburb)." - Borges
(https://www.todotango.com/english/gardel/cronicas/troesma/nota11.html)
You'll need access to firstsearch via a library:
https://www.oclc.org/worldcat/
Database: WorldCat
Query: au: Fernando and au: E. and au: Solanas
Libraries with Item: "Tangos, l'exil de Gardel ..."Location Library
Code
AZ -UNIV OF ARIZONA AZU -
CA -CALIFORNIA INST OF THE ARTS CIA -
CA -UNIV OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE CRU -
CT -CONNECTICUT COL CTL -
GA -EMORY UNIV EMU -
IN -WABASH COL IWC -
KS -UNIV OF KANSAS KKU -
ME -BOWDOIN COL BBH -
NC -DUKE UNIV LIBR NDD -
NY -VASSAR COL VXW -
OH -KENYON COL LIBR KEN -
VA -UNIV OF RICHMOND VRU -
VA -VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIV VRC -
VT -UNIV OF VERMONT, BAILEY LIBR VTU -
WA -EVERGREEN STATE COL LIBR ESR -
Libraries with Item: "El exilio de Gardel"Location Library Code
OR -SOUTHERN OREGON UNIV LIBR SOS -
MD -JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV JHE -
PA -UNIV OF PITTSBURGH PIT -
WI -UNIV OF WISCONSIN, MADISON, GEN LIBR SYS GZM -
ZZ -UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN ANDRES LIBR U@S -
Record for Item: "Tangos, l'exil de Gardel ..." Tangos, l'exil de
Gardel
Tangos, the exile of Gardel /
Fernando E Solanas; Marie Laforet; Philippe
Le̱otard; Miguel Angel Sola
1985 Spanish Visual Material : Videorecording :
VHS tape 1 videocassette (125 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2. New York, N.Y.
: New Yorker Video,
Story of the Parisian exile of a group of
Argentines, producing a Tango-dy.
Availability: Check the catalogs in your library. Libraries
worldwide that own item: 15
Find Items About: Solanas, Fernando E.5Laforet, Marie.2
Title: Tangos, l'exil de Gardel
Tangos, the exile of Gardel /
Author(s): Solanas, Fernando E. ; Laforet, Marie. ; Le̱otard,
Philippe. ; Sola, Miguel Angel.
Publication: New York, N.Y. :; New Yorker Video,
Year: 1985
Description: 1 videocassette (125 min.) :; sd., col. ;; 1/2.
Language: Spanish
Abstract: Story of the Parisian exile of a group of
Argentines, producing a Tango-dy.
SUBJECT(S)
Descriptor: Feature films.
Argentines -- France -- Drama.
Political refugees -- France -- Drama.
System Info: VHS format.
Note(s): Spanish and French, with English subtitles./
Participants: Marie Laforet, Philippe Leotard, Miguel Angel Sola.
Class Descriptors: LC: PN1997
Other Titles: Tangos, the exile of Gardel.
Responsibility: Terciné, Cinesur. Director & scenario, Fernando E.
Solanas ; music, Astor Piazzolla ; photography, Felix Monti.
Material Type: Videorecording (vid); Videocassette (vca); VHS tape
(vhs)
Document Type: Visual Material
Entry: 19920616
Update: 20040715
Accession No: OCLC: 26022251
Database: WorldCat
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