what are the palos in Carlos Saura's movies

[Zhang Weiwu]

Hello. I am fascinated by the early Carlos Saura movies about flamenco.
There should have been five, I watched four of them, the "Sevillanas" I
cannot find:

1. 1981: Bodas de Sangre
2. 1983: Carmen
3. 1986: El amor brujo
4. 1992: Sevillanas
5. 1995: Flamenco

However the language barrier hinders my search on getting more knowledge
about flamenco. I don't read Spanish. I am especially interested in what
palos are there in the movies. For example, my copy of Flamenco (1995)
introduced a lot of palos without naming them, defeating the purpose of
the documentary as an entrance to the knowledge of the art. I also very
much want to know the palos in Bodas de Sangre, especially the one
depicts something like "Open your eyes the bride" (translated from
Chinese translation of the Spanish subtitle to English). Not so much
luck with google neither.

[Paul Magnussen]

Post by Zhang Weiwu
Hello. I am fascinated by the early Carlos Saura movies about flamenco.
There should have been five, I watched four of them, the "Sevillanas" I
1. 1981: Bodas de Sangre
2. 1983: Carmen
3. 1986: El amor brujo
4. 1992: Sevillanas
5. 1995: Flamenco
However the language barrier hinders my search on getting more knowledge
about flamenco. I don't read Spanish. I am especially interested in what
palos are there in the movies. For example, my copy of Flamenco (1995)
introduced a lot of palos without naming them, defeating the purpose of
the documentary as an entrance to the knowledge of the art. I also very
much want to know the palos in Bodas de Sangre, especially the one
depicts something like "Open your eyes the bride" (translated from
Chinese translation of the Spanish subtitle to English). Not so much
luck with google neither.

Can't help you with the others without re-watching them, but since I
wrote a review of "Flamenco" for Classical Guitar magazine (April 2000)
I have the palos to hand:

01) Bulerías — La Paquera et al.
02) Guajira — Pepe de Lucía
03) Alegrías in D — Manolo Sanlúcar
04) Farruca — Joaquin Cortés
05) Martinete — Agujetas (Junior) & Juan Moneo
06) Martinete — Mario Maya et al.
07) Fandangos de Huelva
08) Soleares — La Fernanda de Utrera
09) Petenera — José Menese
10) Siguiriyas — Enrique Morente
11) Soleares (baile)
12) Taranta — Carmen Linares
13) Tangos — Juan la de Revuelo & Aurora Vargas
14) Villancicos — La Macanita
15) Bulería (yes, it is) — Lole y Manuel
16) Alegrías — Matilde Coral
17) Tangos — Paco de Lucía Sextet
18) Bulerías — Tomatito, Potito & Duquende
19) Rumba — Manzanita & Ketama

I would also suggest that, if you don't already have it, you get a copy
of "The Art of Flamenco" by Donn Pohren:

http://www.amazon.com/Art-Flamenco-Donn-Pohren/dp/0933224028/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1269190379&sr=8-1-catcorr

I you get an older edition, you will avoid all the misprints:

http://www.amazon.com/Art-Flamenco-D-E-Pohren/dp/B000HLQC7W/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1269190379&sr=8-3-catcorr

Hope this helps.

Paul Magnussen