Paco de Lucia Luz y Sombra 1994 Light and Shade

Year of release: 1994 Genre: flamenco, documental Quality: DVD5 Format: DVD Video Audio codec: AC3 Video: NTSC 4:3 (720x480) VBR Audio: Dolby AC3, 2 ch Time lenght: 00:57:58 Size: 2. 17 GB Light and Shade is a wellmade British documentary from 1993 about the great Spanish flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucia. Although of short length ( approx 60 min ), the documentary, interview is a good introductory look at his family history, musical career and outlook on flamenco culture ( and of life as a whole ). Paco is well known in flamenco circles as a wise and thoughtful man ( if one with a streak of melancholia ) and thankfully, his sense of humor is seen in places. The documentary starts out with Paco s ( nearly ) complete performance of his virtuosic composition La Barrosa. For those not familiar with the flamenco guitar, the DVD features of freeze frame and slow motion will allow a closeup view of what many musician s consider the world s most advanced guitar technique. Along with the actual interview, whic