About this product: In 1996, composer, producer, and guitar legend Ry Cooder entered Egrem Studios in Havana with the forgotten greats of Cuban music, many of them in their 60s and 70s, some of them long since retired. The resulting album, Buena Vista Social Club, became a Grammy-winning international bestseller. When Cooder returned to Havana in 1998 to record a solo album by 72-year-old vocalist Ibrahim Ferrer, filmmaker Wim Wenders was on hand to document the occasion. Wenders splits the film between portraits of the performers, who tell their stories directly to the camera as they wander the streets and neighborhoods of Havana, and a celebration of the music heard in performance scenes in the studio, in their first concert in Amsterdam, and in their second and final concert at Carnegie Hall. The songs are too often cut short in this fashion, but Buena Vista Social Club is not a concert film. Wenders weaves the artist biographies with a glimpse of modern Cuba remembering its past, capturing a lost culture in music that is suddenly, unexpectedly revived for audiences in Havana and around the world. Wenders makes his presence practically invisible, as if his directorial flourishes or off-screen narration might deflect attention from the artists, who do a fine job of telling their own stories through interviews and music. It's a loving portrait of a master class in Cuban music, with a vital cast of aging performers whose energy and passion belie their years. --Sean Axmaker
About this product: This is your indispensable guide to Windows Vista! Get all the tips and tricks of Vista with this Windows Vista for Dummies DVD. This easy to follow program gives you step by step instructions and visual demonstrations to quickly grasp the everyday tasks all Vista users need to know. Based on the bestselling Windows Vista For Dummies book, this DVD demonstrates how to navigate and organize your files; block Internet viruses and hackers; create music, photo, and movie CDs and DVDs; back up your files; and more! Join technology correspondent Omar Wasow as he guides you through getting the most out of Vista.
About this product: When Unbreakable was released, Bruce Willis confirmed that the film was the first in a proposed trilogy. Viewed in that context, this is a tantalizing and audaciously low-key thriller, with a plot that twists in several intriguing and unexpected directions. Standing alone, however, this somber, deliberately paced film requires patient leaps of faith--not altogether surprising, since this is writer-director M. Night Shyamalan's daring follow-up to The Sixth Sense. While just as assured as that earlier, phenomenal hit, Unbreakable is the work of a filmmaker whose skill exceeds his maturity, its confident style serving a story that borders on juvenile. However, Shyamalan's basic premise--that comic books are the primary conduit of modern mythology--is handled with substantial relevance.
Willis plays a Philadelphia security guard whose marriage is on the verge of failing when he becomes the sole, unscathed survivor of a devastating train wreck. When prompted by a mysterious, brittle-boned connoisseur of comic books (Samuel L. Jackson), he realizes that he's been free of illness and injury his entire life, lending credence to Jackson's theory that superheroes--and villains--exist in reality, and that Willis himself possesses extraordinary powers. Shyamalan presents these revelations with matter-of-fact gravity, and he draws performances (including those of Robin Wright Penn and Spencer Treat Clark, as Willis's wife and son) that are uniformly superb. The film's climactic revelation may strike some as ultimately silly and trivial, but if you're on Shyamalan's wavelength, the entire film will assume a greater degree of success and achievement. --Jeff Shannon
About this product: Windows Vista Made Easy contains everything you need to know to get up to speed quickly and easily with latest operating system from Microsoft. In a 4-part series of lessons targeted at new Windows Vista users, you'll become comfortable with the basic functions and uses for Windows Vista. "Windows Vista Made Easy" is presented by Dan Gookin, one of the computer industry s most published authors. Gookin s most notable publication DOS for Dummies was the world's fastest selling computer book that set in motion the Dummies series for Wiley publishing. This self-paced training DVD-ROM is designed so that both beginners and experts can maximize the capabilities of the new Windows Vista OS. A wide range of topics including Windows Vista personalization, general operation, and file management are covered in 4 hours of training.
About this product: This Western has become a modest cult favorite since its release in 1993, when the film was met with mixed reviews but the performances of Kurt Russell (as Wyatt Earp) and especially Val Kilmer, for his memorably eccentric performance as the dying gunslinger Doc Holliday, garnered high praise. The movie opens with Wyatt Earp trying to put his violent past behind him, living happily in Tombstone with his brothers and the woman (Dana Delany) who puts his soul at ease. But a murderous gang called the Cowboys has burst on the scene, and Earp can't keep his gun belt off any longer. The plot sounds routine, and in many ways it is, but Western buffs won't mind a bit thanks to a fine cast and some well-handled action on the part of Rambo director George P. Cosmatos, who has yet to make a better film than this. --Jeff Shannon
About this product: MEXICO CITY Mexico City is a vivid metropolis and cosmopolitan city situated on a plateau in the central highlands at an altitude of 2, 286 metres - where the food is spicy and the Tequila flows freely! The city's fascinating history is reflected in both its art and architecture with age old charm, Indian roots and elegant buildings.Until the Spanish conquest the Templo Mayor was the setting of coronations and human sacrifice. The remains of the walls within which thousands of priests once lived are only a few steps from the buildings of the country's former Spanish conquerors. Construction of the country's largest cathedral, the Catedral Metropolitana, took two hundred and fifty years. The lower section is quite plain but the upper section is of Baroque and Neo-Classical design. Spanish administrative buildings and private houses in the heart of the city have replaced the temples of ancient Mexico and has resulted in a synthesis of both old and new architectural styles.An elevator ascends the Torre Latino America, an earthquake-proof tower that was built in 1958. A viewing platform provides a wonderful panoramic view that includes the Palacio De Bellas Artes and the Juarez Monument.Located fifty kilometres from Mexico City are the ancient remains of Teotihuacan that was once a centre of trade, art and ritual ceremonies. At its zenith in 500 A.D. it was as large as Rome and its Sun Pyramid is one of the greatest building achievements of ancient times. In 1988 Unesco attributed this complex as being 'one of the most important cultural centres of Mankind'. The author Pablo Neruda once said: 'No other land on Earth possesses such remarkable human profoundness than Mexico and its inhabitants'. For surprises, sights and history galore, Mexico has to be at the top of the list!
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About this product: Soneros de Verdad (Sounds of Cuba) is a full-length live performance featuring the stars of the Buena Vista Social Club including Pio Leiva, Guillermo Rubalcaba and Julio Fernandez that blends traditional Spanish sounds with fiery Afro-Cuban rhythms. Songs include: Chan Chan, Francisco Guayabal, Danzon y Son (instrumental), A Buena Vista Barrio de la Habana, Instrumental y Bolero, Pena me da, El Cuarto de Tula
About this product: This interactive guide highlights the key features and operating characteristics of the eTrex Venture, Legend, and Vista, with some coverage of the original eTrex and Summit models. Through screen examples and hands-on demonstrations, you'll learn things like how to mark waypoints, find and navigate to destinations, and set up routes. Plus, the staff at Garmin will show you how to download additional map detail to your unit.
DVD Contents:
Operating Overview
Using the Map
Marking Waypoints
Finding Places
Routes and Tracks
Electronic Compass and Altimeter
Downloading from MapSource
About this product: This instructional DVD has been designed and created for *** computer beginners ***.
Basic Windows Vista operations are are carefully described and demonstrated including:
* How to Start and Close programs
* How to open and close folders & windows
* How to start programs from the start menu
* How to open folders from the start menu
* How to navigate the computer hard drive
* How to move files from one folder to another.
The notebook computer mouse and the desktop computer mouse are both covered in the "Introducing the Mouse" chapter.
Windows Mail and Internet 7 are also introduced and demonstrated.
No previous computer experience necessary!
Table of Contents
1) Introducing the Mouse
2) Windows Vista Basic Operations
3) Windows Vista Email
4) Web browsing with Internet Explorer.
This windows computer help video has been designed and created for computer beginners but THE WINDOWS VISTA SURVIVAL GUIDE (available from Amazon and CreateSpace) is a recommended prerequisite.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Help for the Computer Shy founder Michael Gorzka has been teaching "computer shy" adults how to use personal computers (both Macs & PCs) and various software & Internet applications since 1997. He has incorporated what he has learned from his teaching experiences into his computer help DVDs and manuals.
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