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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eryk Salvaggio [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 12:44 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: FLUXLIST: Re: havanna
>
> 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
