| Return of Ruben Blades | 
| Director: Robert Mugge
Actors: Ruben Blades, Pete Hamill, Seis Del Solar, Linda Ronstadt
Studio: Winstar
Category: DVD
Buy New: $19.99
Buy New/Used from $7.87
Avg. Customer Rating:   (5 reviews)
Sales Rank: 73391
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 85 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 1572524111
UPC: 720917302423
EAN: 9781572524118
ASIN: 1572524111
Release Date: January 12, 1999
Theatrical Release Date: December 22, 1998
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Description
Follows the singer to Harvard where he gets his Master?s Degree in International Law, to his old neighborhood in Panama, to California for a recording session with Linda Ronstadt, and to New York for a performance at S.O.B?s.
Amazon.com
This 1986 documentary by filmmaker Robert Mugge chronicles the life, music, philosophies, and opinions of the singer, bandleader, political activist, and Harvard-trained lawyer Ruben Blades. Mugge captures Blades's intelligence, passion, and charisma in a variety of locales: from the bandstand of New York City's famed club, S.O.B.'s, where Blades and his ensemble, Seis del Solar, performed, to his heartfelt recollections of growing up in United States-dominated Panama City. Whether he's talking about the political history of his country with columnist Peter Hamill of the [New York] Daily News, recording a track with pop superstar Linda Ronstadt, or swinging the son montuno/salsa grooves of "Buscando America," "Tiburon," and his "Mack the Knife" cover, "Pedro Navaja," with his group, Ruben Blades successfully blends art and politics. In the film he promised to return home and run for president--which he eventually did, unsuccessfully, but heroically. --Eugene Holley Jr.
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 WHAT HAPPENED TO WILLIE COLON? September 23, 2004
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The most dissappointng part of this psuedo documentary is the way he has glossed over the most important person in his career, Willie Colon. It is inexcusable to revise history in such a blatant cavalier manner. I feel the title is inappropriate. It implies action, almost cowboy style. But there is not a lot of music. Mr. Blades also neglected to subtitle the disk. Not a very thoughful gesture to his core constituency. Save your money
 Oh, Boy! What an Intellectual & Down-to-Earth Ruben is! October 14, 2003
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've heard many things about Mr. Ruben Blades since I was a young girl and I never followed up on it until after his successes crossed over the Pacific/Atlantic waters and made way to the U.S.A. Now I see what all the talk is about! I was forewarned in the early 70's. What an intellectual Latino Mr. Ruben Blades is. This DVD is mine to keep as a treasure to me and my immediate family. There is so much to learn of an individual if only we just take our time and hear one out and even come in to their world and explore what that individual is exploring. Ruben's music is exciting as the definement of "Salsa". He is well-rounded and diverse. And best of all, RUBEN BLADES IS A HUMAN BEING WHO CARES FOR HUMAN BEINGS. **AB**
Ruben Blades in perspective. July 12, 2002
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Before you buy this, you should know that it is somewhat of a documentary. There aren't full recordings of Ruben Blades music. Rather, there are partial live recordings accompanied by following Blades and interviewing him about his feelings on Salsa and life in general--more specifically, his life. The interview starts at the Harvard Law School commencement exercise, continues on to Panama and back to S.O.B.'s--a famous New York night club. This takes place in the mid-nineteen-eighties.It is a worthwhile production. If you want to know about Ruben Blades, or have been a fan for years, this is a very good DVD. As long as the price is reasonable, this DVD is a small piece of music history and should be purchased as so. If you're looking for a music DVD to put on at parties, forget it.
Obligatorio para todo Bladesomano July 12, 2001
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
Excelente documental. Una autobiografia donde Ruben nos lleva por las rutas de su infancia a travez de relatos y entrevistas en diferentes sitios de Panama y su apartamento en NY. Alterna con un concierto con Seis del solar, en algun bar, tocando sus mejores temas. La mayoria de ellos con comentario editorial del propio Blades. Excelente edicion en "Todos vuelven" donde alternan imagenes de calles Panamenas. Incluye tambien una especie de "Making of" de "Silencios" con Linda Rodstandt. Fabuloso.Aunque es ante todo, un documental para explicar a los americanos algo de la cultura latina y su musica (Todas las entrevistas son en ingles), nos aporta mucho a quienes queremos tener una historia de Ruben bien contada o mejor, bien cantada.
 Esperaba algo mejor! June 13, 2000
15 out of 18 found this review helpful
Bien, compre este DVD con la ilusion de tener (por fin!) un DVD de musica latina dentro de mi coleccion de DVDs de musicales donde la mayoria son de de grupos que cantan en ingles. Resulta ser que al Sr. Ruben Blades se le olvido hacer que le colocararan los subtitulos en espanol a todas las entrevistas de su documental, olvidando que los latinos del mundo somos sus principales seguidores. Todas las entrevistas y dialogos que aparecen en el documental estan en ingles y sin traduccion alguna al espanol. Las pocas canciones es que interpreta estan en espanol (seria el colmo que aparecieran en ingles). En general este DVD redujo la imagen personal que tenia del Sr. Ruben Blades ya que se dejo entrevistar de la forma mas informal que pudo (en franela, inclusive). Las canciones que se presentan y que interpreta en vivo estan en escenarios de baja calidad de ambiente, produccion, etc. Hasta algunos de los musicos de Seis del Solar estan en franela. Creo que el ha perdido la oportunidad de hacer un mejor trabajo (como los que nos tiene acostumbrados) sin dejar de lado a su publico latino que siempre lo hemos admirado. RUFOGIL@HOTMAIL.COM
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