Blessed with a wealth of characters, moving stories and roof-raising performances, Gypsy Caravan is as rich as the music it promotes. Fans of Buena Vista should definitely join the club.
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09/28/07
Gypsy Caravan (2006)
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Reviews Counted:49
Fresh:42
Rotten:7
Average Rating:6.9/10
Consensus: A dynamic doc following five Romani bands is a pleasure for the senses thanks to vibrant colors and eclectic music.
Theatrical Release:28-09-2007
Synopsis: An audience favorite at film festivals worldwide, GYPSY CARAVAN is a gorgeous surround-sound celebration of misery and oppression turned into music. GYPSY CARAVAN is a dazzling display of the... [More]
Reviews for Gypsy Caravan
Top CriticIt’s a slow, sometimes grating process for an hour or so, but once everyone wises up to their shared heritage, a euphoric celebration of what it means to be a gypsy takes flight.
09/28/07
This chronicle of a Gypsy-music package tour is a powerful rejoinder to rock-doc navel-gazing. Stunning performance excerpts, ranging from Spanish flamenco to Indian raga, demonstrate that keening brass choirs are just one aspect of the Gypsy sound.
06/30/07
Top CriticThe poverty contrasts sharply with the excitement of the tour bus and cuts to the heart of the songs themselves, famed for their "joy and sorrow".
09/28/07
Top CriticGypsy Caravan – When the Road Bends evokes the US tour of Roma musicians whose astonishing diversity ranges from the Indian group with their bejewelled drag dancer to oompah-based Romanians.
09/29/07
These extraordinary musicians ought to put an end to any sniffiness about Gypsy music.
09/28/07
Top CriticSo long seen as ragged leftovers from an older historical epoch, the Roma turn out to be a modern people who have a lot to teach over-developed societies about what it means to be human.
09/28/07
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09/15/07
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10/18/08
It's a two-hour movie, and I'm only sorry it isn't two or three times as long. Let me read your thoughts: You're not much interested in Gypsy music, and the historical and cultural stuff might be pretty dry. That's what I thought too: Wrong and wrong.
06/14/07
It's easy to see why [director] Dellal had trouble turning the camera off, especially when confronted with a startling and sad plot twist. Viewers are urged to grab an aisle seat, the better to dance when the music moves them -- as it surely will.
06/28/07
The camera work is always note-perfect.
08/24/07
Top CriticThe music is unfailingly joyous (even at its saddest), and the film's devotion to outreach and understanding is just as exhilarating.
06/29/07
The energy is electric, the camerawork crisp and colourful, the editing note-perfect. . . . for the Roma, music sounds the notes of a harsh, maligned cultural history, making them all the more unforgettable while demanding remembrance, even awe.
12/06/07
[Dellal's] attempts to 'straighten' the narrative through exposition disguised as the walkie-talkie messages of an unseen stage manager, however, are distractingly ham-handed.
08/30/07
The characters are as lively as their music and I enjoyed riding along with them.
09/23/07
An eye-opener, an ear-opener and, most important, a heart-opener.
08/09/07
Thrillingly captures the heat and passion of the live performances.
06/25/07
There's material to discover about the Gypsies in this laudable attempt, but the film is long, repetitious, and not selectively enough edited.
06/14/07
Not quite fully satisfying as either cinematic ethnography or as a concert film.
07/12/07
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