Where does one find the facets catalog?
"Porges, Timothy" wrote:
> 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
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: FLUXLIST: Re: havanna
> >
> >
> > 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
