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NTSC Rating:
NR (Not Rated)
VHS Tape Description:
This majestic, French-made film wishes viewers a "latcho drom"--a safe journey--as it follows the roots of the Rom, traveling people better known as Gypsies. Stunning and evocative, it transcends language and culture, bringing together the best elements of National Geographic-style documentary and music video in a kind of anthropological MTV. Using only music and image, without any steady characters or plot, award-winning director Tony Gatlif (himself of Rom descent) tells a compelling story of Rom migrations from Northern India to Europe and the rest of the world. Beginning with a gathering of lavishly dressed nomads singing across the harsh deserts of Rajasthan, viewers are transported through the lush oases of Egypt into the ghettoes of Turkey, from the muddy lanes of Eastern Europe through lush French fields to the windswept coastal cities of Spain. Every step of the way, there are hypnotic reminders of the harshness and beauty of the Rom lifestyle: the rhythms of labor pounding into vibrant dance, the songs of Turkish flower sellers merging with the plaintive political satires of a gray-haired Romanian violinist. Music is everywhere--children barely able to walk dance alongside great-grandmothers--and covers all styles and subjects--from the wintry strains of an Auschwitz lament to a flamenco devotional in a Spanish shrine to a festive Dixieland number that borrows as much from New Orleans as from northern India. And wordless stories abound, told in the smiles of strangers waiting for a train or in the frowns of rifle-toting farmers come to evict travelers from their land. --Grant Balfour
Average Customer Rating:
this movie is worthless...
i expected to learn how to build a gypsy wagon so i could join a caravan. this movie did not help at all. worthless! i thought i would find a complex and riveting tapestry of deep and well-developed characters and storylines. what a disappointment! i just knew i would come away with a better understanding of cutting edge business management techniques! TOTAL WASTE OF TIME! instead, i had to sit through a long film of incredible landscapes, beautiful people, and amazing music that altogether gave me a new and wonderful understanding of gypsies, eurasia, and history. and i watched it about thirty times. it's excellent - i mean, TERRIBLE! whatever. get it and watch it.
Cultural Poignant Beauty of a Forgotten World
A seamless cinematic journey--a musical video of sorts-- tracing the history of the Rom people, also known as gypsies. Through music and dance, using non -actors, this movie shows us a world little seen by outsiders. Colorful, vivid, at times heart breakingly tender, showing impoverished nomads through time. Ultimately life affirming, at least to me, it is a film I return to again and again. I wish it was on DVD. Highest rating.
Latcho Drom
A beautiful flowing story without dialog or plot, that opens a window into the traditional music of the Romish peoples.
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this movie is worthless... 
