It tells the story of a group of very poor fisherman living in a down-trodden village on the Gulf of Mexico. The American title of 'Redes' is 'The Wave', although 'Redes' refers to fishing net. 'Redes' first started out as a documentary from 1933, but was later turned into a narrative film that covered some of the same political and social issues of the time in Mexico. The locales are beautiful and the music, while chaotic much like Mory and Anta's relationship, tells a story of desperation as a young couple seeks a better life. Mambety captures the anger and childish behavior that commonly comes with young new lovers, as their dreams are big, but reality soon catches up with them.
Their new riches quickly attracts a lot of attention as they make their way to a ship that would take them to Paris.īut what we see here is that Mory might not want to leave his home country and forget where and how he grew up, jeopardizing his relationship with Anta. But while he's in the shower, Anta and Mory rob the generous man of his clothes, cash, and his luxurious automobile. But the two lovers are set on getting there and come across a homosexual man who invites them into his home to feed and look after them. The two often talk about running away there, but reality is that they have no money, clothes, or the means to get there. His girlfriend Anta (Mareme Niang) is madly in love with Mory, and the two dream of leaving Senegal for a better life in the capital city of love, Paris, France. Made on a budget of only $30 thousand dollars, 'Touki Bouki' or 'The Journey of the Hyena' follows a young man named Mory (Magaye Niang) who rides a motorcycle with bull horns mounted to the front of the motorbike. All of these films are excellent, and you can see how each film influenced the legendary Scorsese. Among them are 'Touki Bouki' by Djibril Diop Mambety, which was made in Senegal in 1973 'Redes' by Fred Zinnemann and Emilio Gomez Muriel, which was made in Mexico in 1936 'A River Called Titas' by Ritwik Ghatak from India/Bangladesh in 1973 'Dry Summer' by Metin Erksan from Turkey in 1964 'Trances' by Ahmed El Maanouni from Morocco in 1981 and 'The Housemaid' by Kim Ki-Young, which was made in South Korea in 1960.
And what better way than to release these "lost" films than have the best home-video company, Criterion, release this set in gorgeous high-definition.Īgain, this first set of six films that were hand picked by Scorsese were made all over the planet and came out between the 1930s and the 1980s, which is a fifty year span of movies that you never knew existed. 'The World Cinema Project' is set up to show us films from around the world that are culturally important and that might have gotten lost over the years, only to be restored to pristine quality for us to discover.
MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS THE BLUES SUBTITLES SERIES
Stop messin' around (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry) The sky is crying (Gregg Allman, Warren Haynes) Minnesota blues (credits) (Mos Def) First time I met the blues (Buddy Guy) Revelation (Chris Thomas King).Martin Scorsese has put together a collection of six films in an ongoing film series called 'The World Cinema Project'. King, Bonnie Raitt, Robert Cray) - Minnesota blues (credits) (Mos Def) - Bonus performances. King.) - Paying the cost to be the boss (B.B. Arie) - Hound dog (Macy Gray) - Hear the angels singing (Larry Johnson) - Midnight special (John Fogerty) - Okie Dokie stomp (Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown) - Coming home (Bonnie Raitt) - I'm a king bee (Steve Tyler, Joe Perry) - Killing floor (Hubert Sumlin, David Johansen) - I pity the fool (Shemekia Copeland, Robert Cray) - Big chief (the Neville Brothers) - Turn on your love light Down in the valley (Solomon Burke) - Red house (Buddy Guy, Vernon Reid) - Voodoo child (Angélique Kidjo, Buddy Guy, Vernon Reid) - Boom boom (Chuck D Fine Arts Militia) - Sweet sixteen (B.B. Louis blues (Natalie Cole) - Sittin' on top of the world (James "Blood" Ulmer, Alison Krauss) - Mama (he treats your daughter mean) (Ruth Brown) - Men are like streetcars (Ruth Brown, Mavis Staples, Natalie Cole) - Can't be satisfied (Buddy Guy) - Strange fruit (India. Zélié (Angélique Kidjo) - See that my grave is kept clean (Mavis Staples) - Gamblin' man (David "Honeyboy" Edwards) - Love in vain (Keb' Mo', Danny Kortchmar) - Jim Crow blues (Odetta) - St.
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