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Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: DVD DVD Layers: 2 DVD Sides: 1 EAN: 0014381592528 Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC Label: Image Entertainment Languages: Manufacturer: Image Entertainment Number Of Items: 1 Picture Format: Academy Ratio Publisher: Image Entertainment Release Date: January 18, 2000 Running Time: 140 minutes Studio: Image Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: 1995-12 Editorial Review: Description: A most acclaimed discovery, I Am Cuba will change your view of cinema forever! Filmed by great Russian director Mikhail Kalatozov (The Cranes Are Flying), I Am Cuba is an epic poem to Communist kitsch--a whirling, feverish dance through the sensuous decadence of Battista's Havana and the grinding poverty and oppression of the Cuban people. Presented jointly by master directors Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese, I Am Cuba has received universal acclaim and admiration from around the world as a true classic of world cinema. In Spanish and Russian with English subtitles. 140 minutes. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Great Doc on the Making of the FilmThe doc accompanying the restored film is really terrific. In it, it was great to see contemporary Cuba's reaction to the film and also the participants and how they'd aged. I like the docs a bit more than the film but there is not denying the incredible power of the 'poetic' soviet style on display here. The camerawork, as everyone mentions, is often incredible - simply fantastic. The lighting design is evocative and provocative. What lingers, ultimately, for me, is the least appreciated aspect ... Read More Rating:  - Iam Cuba de-constructedThis 'propaganda documentary' is an excellent example in that genre, BUT THIS IS NOT Cuba in the late 50s! It is no piece of factual history, but a fictional re-creation and re-invention of Cuba in 1958. It was filmed in 1964, by a Russian master of black and white photography, and this aspect of the film makes it visually rewarding and even beautiful. But be warned!, the content is pure propaganda for Castro's tale of what took place in Cuba before '59. The politics of the film are NAIVE, and never ... Read More Rating: - EXCELLENT MOVIEThese two children growing up in today's Cuba represent many stories that happen around the world. The migration and separation is a subject that is all too common in many places which distance friendships and families. The movie was done in a very playfull and innocent view of Jorgito and Malu that try to stay together no matter what. Their jurney across Cuba is interesting and sometimes predictable but mostly entertaining. Rating:  - The Ultimate Edition contains SCRATCHED discs.I received The Ultimate Edition as a Christmas gift from my wife from Amazon. Considering Amazon always packs their products quite well, the I AM CUBA box came in perfect shape. Inside, however, two of the three discs had come loose in their slim cases and are scratched. I took the advice of the Milestone representative who responded to the complaints about scratched discs on this very amazon page and emailed Milestone video to inquire about a replacement. They have still not returned my email. As great ... Read More Rating: - Revolutionary filmmaking at it's bestThe first two scenes alone are worth the price of admission! The camera work as it floats on the river, past huts and under foot bridges and then immediately to the rock and roll on the roof! Incredible filmmaking. Some scenes may be naive or melodramatic but the totality of it is so beautiful and inspiring. It is one of the best films I have seen in the past ten years. The total Milestone package is great and puts the story and the film in context. Why hadn't this masterpiece been seen sooner? is answered ... Read More |
