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Basically a Soviet propaganda film made during the first years of the Cuban Revolution (so obviously, it was banned in the US), Martin Scorsese saw it in the early 90s and decided to restore it. I think it was re-released again this year with a making-of documentary or something. The Soviet director had won at Cannes for a film about Russian in WWII in the 1950...this was released in 1964. Amazing, amazing cinematography and camera work. Mouth-watering black & white tones. I saw the opening rooftop scene in a film class a few years ago and subsequently forgot the name of the film.
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The movie consists of four distinct short stories about the suffering of the Cuban people and their reactions, varying from passive amazement in the first, to a guerrilla march in the last. Between the stories, a female narrator (credited "The Voice Of Cuba") says such things as, "I am Cuba, the Cuba of the casinos, but also of the people."
The first story (centred on the character Maria) shows the destitute Cuban masses contrasted with the splendor in the American-run gambling casinos and prostitution in Havana. The next story is about a farmer, Pedro, burning his sugar cane when he learns he is going to lose his land to United Fruit. The third story describes the suppression of rebellious students led by a character name Enrique at Havana University (featuring one of the longest camera shots). The final part shows how Mariano, a typical farmer, ends up joining the rebels in the Sierra Maestra Mountains, ultimately leading to triumphal march into Havana to proclaim the revolution.
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Stalker (Russian: Сталкер) is a 1979 film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. It describes the journey of three men travelling through a post-apocalyptic wilderness called the Zone to find a room with the potential to fulfill one's innermost desires.
Both of these are pretty hard to find, and I canceled my Netflix service. Might have to make a trip to the video store tonight though.
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yeah check it out, my buddy got the boxset:
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LittleWing sometime in July 2007 wrote:
Unfortunately, it's so elementary, and the big time investors behind the drive in the stock market aren't so stupid. This isn't the false economy of 2000.
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And this:
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LittleWing sometime in July 2007 wrote:
Unfortunately, it's so elementary, and the big time investors behind the drive in the stock market aren't so stupid. This isn't the false economy of 2000.
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invention wrote:
i highly doubt you'll find any of those in the video store.
If you go to a larger Hollywood Video, they might have stuff like this, actually. Ames' HV has pretty much every Kurosawa film, and tons of other stuff in "foreign" and "foreign classics" I'd never heard of.
If not that, go to Netflix and search it out. If that fails, try Ebay. If that fails, shell out at Amazon. If that fails,
Robert Goulet wrote:
Too bad.
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Also, do want "No Country for Old Men" or however it's worded. Since I read "Golden Compass" I'd love to see that too, but I'm probably going to end up waiting for rental for this one.
There's also that mysterious, obscure film "The Navidson Record" ...
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sianofthedead wrote:
Next year I really wanna see Sweeney Todd, Sin City 2 and The Dark Knight.
Actually, I haven't seen Pans Labyrinth yet hmmm....
Definitely check out Pan's Labyrinth.
And don't hold your breath on Sin City 2, as far as anyone knows, it's not being made yet.
In the near future I want to see:
There Will Be Blood Be Kind Rewind Juno Walk Hard Gone Baby Gone Diary of the Dead
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Really looking forward to There Will Be Blood
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LittleWing sometime in July 2007 wrote:
Unfortunately, it's so elementary, and the big time investors behind the drive in the stock market aren't so stupid. This isn't the false economy of 2000.
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You can add the Signal and the Ruins to my list.
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