Memories of Underdevelopment was a Cuban film, a fictional film, not a docu, very
lovely.
Burnt by the Sun, another lovely harrowing thing from USSR
Lots of stunning Fifth Generation Chinese films, Red Sorghum, Big Parade, Blue Kite
of course all those old Eisensteins, Potemkin, Ivan, etc
Eryk Salvaggio wrote:
> 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
