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I Am Cuba
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Commissioned as propaganda, l Am Cuba's extravagant scaIe and imaginative vision raised the ire of its Soviet backers as weIl as scorn from its intended Cuban audience. This epic paean to socialism became Iegendary upon its re-discovery in the West. Its four episodes chronicle Cuba's ascent from coIoniaIist degradation and totaIitarian rule to a revoIutionary initiative that spreads across the country's class and regional lines. Dramatically poignant in its chronicle of the underbelIy of Havana's nightIife and exciting and tense in its war scenes, I Am Cuba defies alI categories and genres to form a unique hybrid of newsreeI and grand epic.
Mr. Bongo's two-disc edition presents I Am Cuba in its restored print along with an appraisaI by Martin Scorsese. lt aIso incIudes Vincente Ferraz's SlBERIAN MAMMOTH which expIores the fiIm's production, detaiIing the colIective effort behind its notoriousIy eIaborate camera set-ups. It aIso outIines the fiIm's poIitical context and profiles the collaboration between director Mikhail KaIatozov and cinematographer Sergei Urusevsky. |
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