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Information
- A.k.a.
- I Am Cuba
- Year
- 1964
- Runtime
- 141 min.
- Director
- Mikhail Kalatozov
- Genre
- Drama
- Rating *
- 8.2
- Votes *
- 6,220
- Checks
- 2,379
- Favs
- 401
- Dislikes
- 15
- Favs/checks
- 16.9% (1:6)
- Favs/dislikes
- 27:1
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Siskoid
Soy Cuba (I Am Cuba) is a communist propaganda film, but just about the most gorgeous propaganda film I ever did see. Through four-ish stories, Russian director Mikhail Kalatozov paints a portrait of Cuba before and during the Revolution that lambasts the decadent West and Capitalism's exploitation of the land and people, and does so by preferring long handheld shots, fish-eyed lenses, and askew angles, capturing smoke and water and black and white greenery is ways that, well, have to be seen to be appreciated. In fact, I'd say any cinephile should take a look at this film, because it creates images indelible images - I don't even know how some were captured - that transcend the political message and patriotic fervor of the "story". Having come out in 1964, it's not a call to arms so much as a mythic validation for Castro's leadership. And yet, this is also a universal story about inequity and the will to put a stop to social injustice, whatever the regime, couched in artful pictures and good music. Luminous. 4 years 2 months ago
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