“Vicky Cristina Barcelona” Soundtrack
The song “Barcelona” by the band Giulia y los Tellarini, like Woody Allen’s film, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona,” explores chance meetings and subsequent love affairs, including one with the Spanish city itself.
“I equate Barcelona with love,” says Giulia Tellarini, singer for Spanish indie band, whose song is featured in the film, which Woody Allen at the Cannes Film Festival called “perfect.” “Barcelona” can be heard in the trailer for “Vicky Cristina Barcelona.”
Giulia y los Tellarini’s first album, “Eusebio,” was released on iTunes in late May. Its music came to Allen’s attention last year during filming, when the girlfriend of one of the band members left a CD with some of the group’s songs on it at the director’s Barcelona hotel, the fashionable Hotel D’Arts.
“I didn’t even know about it,” recalls Tellarini, who was dubious when she checked the band’s MySpace mail one day and found a message from someone in Allen’s camp who was urgently trying to reach them. “I thought it was a joke. I didn’t think that something like this could happen.”
“Our music is difficult to classify. It’s got loads of influences,” says Tellarini, noting her preference for traditional forms of popular song such as the French chanson, as well as tango, jazz and Latin boleros. “I think one of the main things about us is that we sing in different languages. We try and get inspired by the atmospheres of different countries.”
“Barcelona,” sung in Spanish, is a seductively bouncy tune with punchy brass and dark edges intoned by Tellarini’s whispery vocals. The song reflects Guilia’s on-and-off relationship with the city, written at a time when she was deciding whether to stay in Barcelona with Mazzoni or return to Paris.
In addition to “Barcelona,” the soundtrack includes Giulia y Los Tellarinis’ song “La Ley del Retiro.”
You can check their blog with songs HERE
“We hope that people will appreciate the music, not just the buzz it’s getting because it’s part of the film,” Tellerani says.
“Vicky Cristina Barcelona” will be released September 5 and stars Scarlett Johansson, Penelope Cruz, Rebecca Hall and Javier Bardem.
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”Vicky Cristina Barcelona” - First Official Trailer
Today you can see many news about ”Vicky Cristina Barcelona”. The poster has released, you can visit the official site, and you can also watch the first ”Vicky Cristina Barcelona” trailer.
Just as New York City was the backdrop in Woody Allen’s Manhattan, the stunning city of Barcelona is the setting for the romantic adventures of Vicky and Cristina. These two young Americans spend a summer in Spain and meet a flamboyant artist (Bardem) and his beautiful but insane ex-wife (Cruz). Vicky (Hall) is straight-laced and about to be married. Cristina (Johansson) is a sexually adventurous free spirit. When they all become amorously entangled, the results are can only be described as chaotic.
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“Vicky Cristina Barcelona” official poster
Woody Allen’s “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” official poster has been released with the tagline stating: “Life is the ultimate work of art.”
You can also visit the official Vicky Cristina Barcelona site and see some new images from the movie.
“Vicky Cristina Barcelona” will hit the theaters on August 15th, 2008.
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‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’ Reviews
This 61st Cannes Festival is marked by Woody Allen’s return to the Croisette to present his latest film, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, starring Scarlett Johansson, Penelope Cruz, Rebecca Hall and Javier Bardem, out of Competition. The quintessential Manhattan director is a veteran of the official selection, with Match Point (2005), Hollywood Ending (2002), New York Stories (1989), Radio Days (1987), Hannah and her Sisters (1986), The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Broadway Danny Rose (1984), Bonjour Monsieur Lewis (1982), and Manhattan (1979).
As its title indicates, the story is set in the sizzling Catalonian capital. Vicky and Cristina, two young Americans with different attitudes towards love, have come to spend the summer in the Spanish sunshine. They find themselves swept up in a surprising series of sexual adventures with a charismatic artist, Juan Antonio, who is still bound to his ex-wife, the impetuous Maria Elena…
“When I began writing the script,” recalls Allen, “I had no other intention than to write a story in which Barcelona would be a key character. I wanted to spotlight a city I love a lot. In addition to its fabulous beauty, it is imbued with a very romantic atmosphere. Places like Paris or Barcelona are the only ones where a story like this one could be conceived.”
Regarding the casting, Woody Allen explained: “From time to time, in my professional life, I meet an actress whose qualities inspire me. Scarlett is very intelligent, sexy, and gifted, and she can play a wide range of parts. She also has a sharp wit, and comes up with verbal inventions that dazzle me. As for Penelope, she is a force of nature, like Maria Elena. She’s beautiful, and incredibly sexy in a way that is hers alone. And, of course, she’s an amazing actress. Obviously, I had everything I wanted.”
“The only parts of Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona that really and truly feel alive and crackling are the Spanish-language scenes between Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz. These two, portraying a pair of identically tempestuous, self-obsessed painters whose marriage has fallen apart due to an overabundance of heat and impulse and Spanish vinegar, are dynamite together. They create spark showers when they rage and taunt and rekindle their mutual hunger.” The problem? A “persistent, obnoxious, unwanted and thoroughly unnecessary narration track… There were boos.” writes Jeffrey Wells.
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‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’ - New Photos!
Woody Allen will show his ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona‘, which stars Penelope Cruz, Scarlett Johansson, Javier Bardem and Rebecca Hall at Cannes Film Festival out of competition.
See more photos and read about the movie HERE
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Scarlett Johansson and Penelope Cruz at 61th Cannes Film Festival
It’s been confirmed that Scarlett Johansson and Penelope Cruz will attend the Cannes Film Festival to support director Woody Allen’s new film “Vicky Cristina Barcelona,” which will not be in competition.
Vicky and Cristina, two young American girls, go to spend the summer in Barcelona. Vicky (Rebecca Hall) is straight-laced and about to be married.
Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) is a free-spirit and very sexually adventurous. They meet a flamboyant, Spanish artist (Javier Bardem) and his beautiful but insane ex-wife (Penelope Cruz).
They all become involved in romantic adventures that are either hilarious or harrowing, depending on your point of view.
Scarlett also glammed up the Cannes carpets with Allen in 2005 for “Match Point,” the suspense thriller that started their ongoing film collaboration.
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