Jazz Articles about Fernando Trueba

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Seeing Music and the Challenges of Filming Jazz: The Exceptional Case of 'Calle 54'

by Victor Verney
January 4, 2007

Fernando Trueba Calle 54 Miramax 2001

In an era in which the visual media have increasingly come to overshadow both audio and textual forms, Spanish filmmaker Fernando Trueba's Calle 54 raises provocative questions about jazz movies and the challenges facing the creative filmmaker. It is, undoubtedly, a must-see/must-hear movie for casual fans, enthusiasts, aficionados and scholars of Latino musical culture, reminding us that it's as much fun to watch musicians as to ...