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Summary: People's Revolution?
Review: The film examines the ways the American-backed regime under Bautista affected individual Cubans. The oppressors here are the United Fruit Company, the men of the US Navy, American backed industrialists and military strongmen. The victims are tenant farmer families, poor women and men, as well as young revolutionary students. Instead of analyzing political situations, the film seeks to provide some very emotional human-interest stories. What makes Cuba special, the film suggests, is the ordinary common man and woman who face adversity with courage, hope, desperation and endurance. This is the essence of a people's revolution.The film is shot in the starkest of Black and White. It's absolutely some of the best cinematography I have ever seen. Of course it is melodramatic, that's what makes it work as propaganda...But the sense and skill of the director elevates this propaganda to the realm of art...This documentary presents images of decadence, insensitivity and callousness. It's 2 hours and 20 minutes of amazingly moving and powerful filmmaking.
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Summary: I Am Cuba
Review: The guy from NY is very right. On the other hand the Dr. has a very "communist oriented" thought. The Bay of Pigs was not a terrorist attack, and although I do agree with the fact that schools are not teaching with enough information on subjects like these, I do realized that the Dr. picked up the wrong books or he was told different otherwise. And my friend in London obviously was taken to the wrong part of La Habana. If you want to enjoy the black and white cinematography, you know very well that's going to be the G-spot.
That is just my opinion!
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Summary: I Am Cuba
Review: The guy from NY is very right. On the other hand the Dr. has a very "communist oriented" thought. The Bay of Pigs was not a terrorist attack, and although I do agree with the fact that schools are not teaching with enough information on subjects like these, I do realized that the Dr. picked up the wrong books or he was told different otherwise. And my friend in London obviously was taken to the wrong part of La Habana. If you want to enjoy the black and white cinematography, you know very well that's going to be the G-spot.
That is just my opinion!
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Summary: A TOUR-DE-FORCE IN FILM MAKING!
Review: The movie is truly awe inspiring as it brings not just great camerawork but also a true study of the hardships inflicted upon not only the people of Cuba, but of many Latin American nations of the present day.
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Summary: fidel, sinverguenza!
Review: This film is stunning and mesmerizing,definitely worth seeing.
However, its message is definitely pro-Fidel, pro-revolution, pro-Cuba as a romantic, idyllic, desirable, utopic mecca of ideals. If one can keep in check the political perspective/vantage point of the filmmaker, and not get carried away with fantasies that would lead one away from the reality of the horror/lack of freedom of expression/oppression/ incarceration of dissidents whose "crime" is setting up free access libraries, (these are just a sampling of the horrors...)/that has existed and progressively worsened since January 1959, then one can objectively say that this movie is art, and as art it is provocative and beautiful.
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Summary: great film, but not as moving as it could be...
Review: this film, though obviously propaganda, is amazing. the cinematography is incredible (in fact, i have heard that Paul Thomas Anderson based a scene in Boogie Nights on on here), and it is visually moving. it also captures the revolutionary spirit of change that was so strong at that time. however, the only reason i do not give it an all-out 5 stars, is because the true beauty that this film could have been is sometimes blocked by the propanganda. no matter, this film is a must for any movie-buff, or anyone intersted in a great film.
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Summary: soy cuba
Review: This is a four part movie based in Cuba. It begins with the very poor who are only trying to get by. They don't pay much attention to governmental affairs. This vignette is about a prostitute and a fruit seller and their relationship.
From there we move onto a man who is looking ahead with his life because he has two children. He is a farmer and he comes upon hard times. He goes and takes out a loan against his farm and works extra hard. He still looks to the future and we watch his sugarcane crop grow, but it is not to be.
The next vignette brings us the political atmosphere. The government is run by Batista. There is also an undercurrent of a revolution stirring headed by Castro. This vignette demonstrates the power struggle within Cuba.
The final vignette circles back to the poor, but these people know more about the political struggle. They chose to live far away from the fighting so they can be in peace. They live in the mountains and they think that they are safe from the fighting until their peace is interrupted.
This is a very political movie. As you are watching it you feel like there is no hope, that the poor will never better themselves, but as you near the end of the movie, you know that there is hope. The director circles back to another family and even though they are not rich, they do have knowledge and they are living their own lives and making their own choices.
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Summary: Thinking Minds Unite
Review: This is definately for those who love film. This is a brilliant study in three parts that demonstrate, so beautifully, real drama in 1950s Cuba and propaganda. Dubbed in both Spanish and Russian, the film is one for the archives. There are scenes that still boggle my mind on how they were filmed. It is worth watching for its visual brillance and worth thinking about for its message and worth owning because it is a treasure that will someday be noted.
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Summary: The Eye-Opener Movie That The Cuban-Americans need to watch
Review: This movie is a masterpiece. Ever since the first time I watched this movie I made it my favorite of all time. There's a great direction work by Kalatozishvili, excellent acting, and amazing camera shots. And last, but not least, the plot was a real eye-opener for me about what happened there, in Cuba, and then I understood how silly we all have been, just for letting the Cuban-American community to try to confuse us. I think that all the elements fit nicelly and that this movie has been really underrated, because I believe it should be considered as one of the great masterpieces of the cinematographic world
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Summary: Fabulous! Must see! Filmmaking at it's finest!
Review: This stunning movie is a must see for anyone interested in the art of filmmaking.
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