Added: 11/22/2005 |
Videos with bullfighting themes - have you got already ?Bullfighting is an integral part of the Spanish culture. However, there is a lack of information about sources for videos with bullfighting themes. This article gives some advices about were one can purchase such tapes/DVDs and offers several links to the internet sources, were the videos on bullfighting can be ordered. Before purchasing a video tape, remember that there are several, mutually incompatible video formats.
One can purchase such video tapes and DVDs either directly at the actual arena, or in a special bullfighting shop, or buy the videos online. Before purchasing a video tape, remember that there are several, mutually incompatible video formats (e.g., NTSC, the predominant format in the Americas; SECAM, the predominant format in France; and PAL, the predominant format in Spain). If you purchase a video in the wrong format, it will not play in your VCR, and you may have to pay for its conversion into your country's format before you can view it.
So, where you can get videos with bullfighting themes:
From Spain: Ediciones Taurinas Internacionales Apartado de Correos 500 29130 Alhaurin de la Torre (Malaga) Spain Fax: (95) 241 05 26 These are available in both VHS PAL (European) and VHS NTSC (US) formats although there is a premium for converting to NTSC. The videos are of the packaged "sell-through" variety and a catalogue can be requested.
From the USA: Roy Shiflett 10621 Fuqua Houston Texas 77089 USA Fax: (713) 944 2421
Price: 1 tape 25 dollars, 2 tapes 40 dollars, 3 or more tapes 16 dollars each. VHS NTSC format.
From the UK: Members joining the Club Taurino of London have access to a large tape library with all the latest corridas and members can have copies made in VHS PAL format for a small fee.
Please remember that it is illegal to distribute programs that are home-recorded from broadcast television. Nevertheless, there are several legal internet sources for taurine videos. The following links will take you to some of them.
To understand Spain, one must understand the spectacle of the bullfight - la fiesta brava. Some web sites offer you a video "Bullfight: La Fiesta Brava" (in English), available on DVD and VHS. Explore the history of bullfighting, as actual bullfighting footage is used to explain each step of the ritual. This DVD does a creditable job of explaining the sport/art of bullfighting. It examines man's fascination with bulls and with fighting them historically and then goes on to explain the actual events that take place before, during and after a corrida. We see how bulls are trained and selected and finally, how they are fought. Each of the stages of the contest is explained. The price is $89.95 and this item ships for free within 24 hours.
You may order excellent VHS and DVD videos with bullfighting themes in Internet. They offer several video collections (available in VHS, VHS PAL and DVD), introducing the best bullfights and bullfighters of the 20th century.
On some web sites there is a collector, offering over 100(!) videos with bullfighting themes for pretty low price $9.99! This is a great resource of bullfighting videos including clips, highlights, interviews and rare footage of the bullfights of all the famous matadors of the past. This collector also offers several videos with famous movies about bullfighters' fortunes, such as "The Brave One" (Winner of 1956 Academy Awards), "Blood and Sand", "The Magnificent Matador" and others. Choose a video and contact the collector for further information. Collector accepts Money Order or Cashiers Check. Buyer pays actual shipping costs.
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