Take a look at the Czech movies made in the mid-sixties: Loves of a Blonde,
Closely Watched Trains, Fireman's Ball. etc. Dusan Makevejev's early work
was done in good old Yugoslavia-that-was. Dziga Vertov might be too
pre-everything for you, but he was great and there are tapes available. If
you like silents, Aleta, Queen of Mars is amazing. Damn, I might have her
name wrong, though. Look at the Facets catalogue: it's organized by country,
and you'll find lots of cold-war period work from central and eastern
europe.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eryk Salvaggio [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2000 8:00 PM
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> Subject: Re: FLUXLIST: Re: havanna
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>
> Trying to steer the Cuban discussion into art topica
> [as revolutionary art is always a fave discussion topic
> of mine:]
>
>
> Oddly enough, the sundance channel just played
> "A History Of Underdevelopment," a documentary made
> in Cuba about the disappearance of hope in Cuba
> post- Castro....
>
> It was certainly not an invigorating film, ending with
> the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Speech Castro gave
> about how Cuba would not back down, how they
> were United as a nation, that this was a test of thier
> independance and unity as a nation- and of course, they
> backed down. Fitting ending I think...
>
> Does anyone know of any other movies made within
> Communist Regimes? I was fascinated by a look at
> Animation in the Soviet Union on Bravo's animation
> festival a while back; but these films seem very hard to
> find in the USA.
>
>
>
>
>
> mn wrote:
>
> > > A big jail??? Oh, please. The Cold War is over. Would you say the same
> thing about Mexico? How about any other third world country. How much time
> did you spend there? Where did you go? Any tourist with $$$ is king
> anywhere.
> >
> > About a week ago I saw this documentary about Cuba and recycling. It
> doesn't actually seem like a paradise to Cubans. The embargo kind of
> sucks. It never cleared to me when the embargo started and when it, if it
> has, stopped.
> >
> > Me thinks in France tourist with dollars isn't king, but more likely a
> court jester. At least speaking just Finnish and bad English wasn't adored
> in Paris back in late eighties.
> >
> > mn
