BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB (G, 101 minutes) – In this charming documentary, German director Wim Wenders chronicles his friend Ry Cooder’s successful attempt to persuade a lost generation of legendary Cuban musicians to make a comeback album called “Buena Vista Social Club”. It sold more than a million copies. Between the beats of this so-called son music, you can feel a touching camaraderie among the musicians, including 80-year-old pianist Ruben Gonzalez and Ibrahim Ferrer, aka “The Nat King Cole of Cuba,” whose soft, 70-year-old voice will slay anyone with an appreciation of fine music. When the band makes its final appearance on the Carnegie stage, to the sweetly mournful strains of “Quizás, Quizás, Quizás,” you realize you’re hooked on these musicians for life. In Spanish and English with subtitles. Contains nothing objectionable except mildly risqué lyrics. Arlington Cinema ‘N’ Drafthouse. (Washington Post on line www.washingtonpost.com. March 24, 2000) The film, mentioned above, is now playing at local theaters nationwide. As far as communicative intentions are concerned, the text above is best characterized as: