When fnow users make a purchase with their mastercards. I am cuba is an ode to a place that never existed and yet one that continues to exist. Besides a very satisfactory scan of the original film, soy cuba, the background material contained together in the box and within the soviet mammoth the making of i am cuba shot by a brazilian documentary team, is probably the best purchase i have made from amazon all year. No less than thirty shots have been ripped off from this movie in the past five years, in films like out of sight, boogie nights, and pulp fiction. The spanish voiceover is quite clear and easy for spanish learners to follow. I am cuba is a composite of four dramatic vignettes that describes the islands popular transformation from us influenced dictatorship to. Complements the exhibition a revolutionary project. I am cuba is an antiamerican propaganda film, made as a cubansoviet coproduction, that has been snatched from oblivion, restored, and released in the united states as a presentation of martin scorsese and francis coppola.
Neil sinyard in his the films of richard lester wrote that the film, developed originally out of an idea of lesters own, inspired by a conversation with a friend about great modern leaders. A young womans fascination with the excess of an americanowned casino leads to her downfall in the eyes of her street vendor boyfriend. If movie posters are essentially advertisements to get you into the theater, the hollywood versions splashed with matineeidol closeups and 100point typefaces, then the moody, highly graphic design on display in the new book soy cuba. Visually absorbing and formally audacious, i am cuba soy cuba opens a. An unabashed exercise in cinema stylistics, i am cuba is procastroantibatista. Portlands only movie times calendar, from portland mercury. Premiering in 1964 in cuba and the soviet union, soy cuba was removed from distribution after only one week in both countries, both with staterun film industries. This study of cubapartially written by renowned poet yevgeny yevtushenkocaptures the island just before it made the transition to a postrevolutionary society. Mikhail kalatozov soviet unioncuba 141 min not rated. Since the films prediction of a brave new world under fidel castro has not resulted in a utopia for cubans, who suffer. Railok without a doubt, soy cuba is beautifully filmed, fantastic cinematography and great staging which gives the movie a great power. Movie posters of soy cuba collection of 12 photos by aaron. One of the most kinetically exhilarating films in the history of cinema was almost lost forever. Even today this sovietcuban film that purports to be about cubas revolution is.
This study of cuba partially written by renowned poet yevgeny yevtushenkocaptures the island just before it made the transition to a postrevolutionary society. I am cuba is a 1964 sovietcuban movie, directed by mikhail kalatozov. Dec 31, 2010 in my opinion, one of the greatest films ever made. By 1964, when the picture soy cuba in cuba and ja kuba in the ussr.
In my opinion, one of the greatest films ever made. Four avantgarde episodes of revolution show batistas havana hurtling from decadence to communism. An international coproduction between the soviet union and cuba, it was not received well by either the russian or cuban public and was almost completely forgotten until it was rediscovered by filmmakers in the united states thirty years later. Moving from city to country and back again, i am cuba. I am cuba 1964by mikhail kalatozov kino klassika foundation. With sergio corrieri, salvador wood, jose gallardo, raul garcia. For an az list of films currently on wikipedia see category. Richard gott on mikhail kalatozovs soy cuba film the.
Jun 28, 2009 this feature is not available right now. Lost film soy cuba revived by scorsese and coppola after 30. I am cuba soy cuba portland movie times portland mercury. Mikhail kalatozov i am cuba soy cuba 1964 mr bongo. Even today this sovietcuban film that purports to be about cuba s revolution is a wonderful. Turksib and salt for svanetia videorecording, new york, kino on video, 1997. The first movie ever jointly presented by master filmmakers martin scorsese and francis ford coppola, i am cuba is one of the great discoveries in cinema. Any movie which sets out to combine the frigid austerity of eastern. However, as some has already pointed out, it is quite superficial some would say stereotypical and reflects the contemporary 1964 view that the cuban government had of their recent revolutionary period. T hey were making soy cuba when i first went to havana in 1963, and my hotel seemed full of russians.
Directed by sergio navarretta, written by alessandra piccione. In the four stories showing the rise of the revolution, kalatozovs astonishing, acrobatic. The movie consists of four distinct short stories about the suffering of the cuban people and their reactions, varying from passive amazement in the first, to a. Una pelicula dirigida por mikhail kalatozov con luz maria collazo, jose gallardo. Mikhail kalatozov i am cuba soy cuba 1964 dvd mr bongo. Milestone films first released mikhail kalatozovs deliriously beautiful masterpiece, i am cuba in 1995. I am cuba is a masterpiece from the ussr, coproduced with cuba in a grand style with a large communist party budget by two of the greatest cinema artists from the soviet union, director mikhail kalatozov and cameraman sergei urusevsky. Four vignettes about the lives of the cuban people set during the prerevolutionary era.
Soy cuba is an expansive revue of popular cuban music and dance from the danzon of the late 1800s to modern timba. An unabashed exercise in cinema stylistics, i am cuba is procastroantibatista rhetoric dressed up in the finest clothes. The first movie ever jointly presented by master filmmakers martin scorsese and francis ford coppola, i am cuba is one of the great. The cuban official movie site coming to theaters soon.
Short film exploration for canadian embassy project in havana, cuba mcgill university february 20. Filmed by great russian director mikhail kalatozov during 1963 1964, i am cuba or soy cuba is an epic poem to communist kitsch a dramatic journey through the decadence of batistas havana and the grinding poverty and oppression of the cuban. An incomplete list of films produced in cuba in year order. Still from our man in havana, 1960 our man in havana. Shot in 1964, when the cold war was at its frostiest, director mikhail kalatozovs i am cuba is a blatant piece of. This fourpart film series examined both the beauty and brutality of cuba from various perspectives.
Featuring living legends roberto borrell and calixto oviedo, as well as seattlearea luminaries kiki valera, jose carrion, pedro vargas, maiensy sanchez, reinier valdes, julio jauregui, carlos cascante, elspeth savani and directed by alfredo polier. The coronavirus crisis in portland is a major threat to the mercurys ability. Filmed by great russian director mikhail kalatozov during 1963 1964, i am cuba or soy cuba is an epic poem to communist kitsch a dramatic journey through the decadence of batistas havana and the grinding poverty and oppression of the cuban people. Rent i am cuba aka soy cuba 1964 film cinemaparadiso. Now, decades later, we are delighted to have been able to create a brand new 4k restoration of the film from original 35mm fine grain masters we purchased so long ago. A prostitute solicits in a posh nightclub but lives in a derelict slum in havana while a disenfranchised sugarcane farmer is driven to burn his precious produce in despair.
I am cuba with english french italian portuguese arabic persian. Without a doubt, soy cuba is beautifully filmed, fantastic cinematography and great staging which gives the movie a great power. The astonishing images of i am cuba the american society of. Cuba is a 1979 american technicolor neo noir adventure film directed by richard lester and starring sean connery, portraying the buildup to the 1958 cuban revolution, filmed in panavision.
Cuban cinema posters from after the revolution is a queer kind. The films four dramatic stories take place in the final days of the batista regime. Moving from city to country and back again, i am cuba examines the various problems caused by political oppression as well as by great discrepancies in wealth and power. Nov 11, 2005 t hey were making soy cuba when i first went to havana in 1963, and my hotel seemed full of russians. Directed by mikhail kalatozov who also directed the cranes are flying, another truly great soviet film. The cuba it depicts may be an imagined one, but its one were continuing to imagine today. Plot summary 3 four vignettes about the lives of the cuban people set during the prerevolutionary era.
The official movie site for the cuban, starring lou gossett jr. Hidden away in the soviet archives for three decades, i am cuba is a. Aaron britts movie posters of soy cuba design collection on dwell. Jun 11, 2011 alexander calzatti, cameraman of i am cuba. A study in contrasts set in and around havana that explores cubas 1959 revolution. In i am cuba, soviet filmmaker mikhail kalatozovs take on the cuban revolutionary experience, the great russian director attempted to create. Visually absorbing and formally audacious, i am cuba soy cuba opens a longburied time capsule that has lost none of its captivating power.
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