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I Am Cuba

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I Am Cuba (1964)

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Reviews Counted:31

Fresh:31

Rotten:0

Average Rating:8.6/10

Runtime: 3 hrs 20 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: This Russian-made study of Cuba, partially written by renowned poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko, captures the island just before it made the transition to a post-revolutionary society. Moving from city to... This Russian-made study of Cuba, partially written by renowned poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko, captures the island just before it made the transition to a post-revolutionary society. Moving from city to country and back again, I AM CUBA examines the various problems caused by political oppression as well as by great discrepancies in wealth and power. Beginning in Havana in the pre-Castro era, we see how foreigners contributed to the city's prostitution and poverty; this sequence features dreamy, hallucinogenic camera work that creates a feeling of unease and dislocation. Then, in glorious images of palm tress and fertile land, the film looks at the sugar cane fields in the countryside, and the difficulties faced by peasants working the land. Finally, back in the city again, leftist students battle the police and a corrupt government--and pay a high price for their rebellion. [More]

Starring: Jean Bouise

Starring: Jean Bouise

Director: Mikhail Kalatozov

Director: Mikhail Kalatozov
Screenwriter: Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Enrique Pineda Barnet
Composer: Carlos Farinas

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Jan 4, 2000

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  • 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.
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    The film is immensely entertaining and occasionally inspiring, a delirious combination of Slavic solemnity, Latin exoticism, Communist idealism and breathtakingly beautiful images. It is best enjoyed on the big screen.

    Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
    08/29/06
    TV Guide's Movie Guide

    Cinema’s singular dream, so often betrayed elsewhere, is to deliver such visions as this.

    Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
    02/09/06
    Time Out

    A work of dazzling cinematographic invention that still has the ability to astound.

    Full Review Source: FilmFour.com | comment Comment
    11/26/02
    Anthony Holden
    Anthony Holden
    FilmFour.com

    A work of dazzling cinematographic invention that still has the ability to astound.

    Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
    04/20/09
    Anthony Holden
    Anthony Holden
    Channel 4 Film

    No review available.

    comment Comment
    03/03/03
    Brandon Judell
    Brandon Judell
    PopcornQ

    In a sense, it's a movie about looking past surfaces to see what's in front of you. It takes the time to look around and discovers majesty, beauty and pathos everywhere it turns.

    Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
    02/21/01
    Carina Chocano
    Carina Chocano
    Los Angeles Times
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    Being suppressed by those who wanted [I Am Cuba] made in the first place is a vindication of sorts. Mere propaganda only reinforces the status quo. True art is revolutionary.

    Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
    12/12/07
    Chris Barsanti
    Chris Barsanti
    PopMatters

    While it has its clumsy elements, there is no denying its remarkable cinematic impact.

    Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
    02/21/01
    Chris Hicks
    Chris Hicks
    Deseret News, Salt Lake City

    Considering the power of the film today, it’s hard to believe it fared poorly when audiences finally saw it.

    Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
    11/19/07
    Dan Lybarger
    Dan Lybarger
    eFilmCritic.com

    Politically naïve maybe, but it works beautifully as straight cinema.

    Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
    12/30/06
    David Parkinson
    David Parkinson
    Empire Magazine

    The film fails to convince in its propaganda, but as a goofy view of a new Cuba it is heartily appreciated.

    Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
    01/27/04
    Dennis Schwartz
    Dennis Schwartz
    Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    I Am Cuba is a cinephile's wet dream, a collage of Herculean feats of technical wizardry that would be easy to dismiss if it wasn't so humane.

    Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
    11/17/07
    Ed Gonzalez
    Ed Gonzalez
    Slant Magazine

    One of the most stylistically vigorous films of all time.

    Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
    02/21/01
    Edward Guthmann
    Edward Guthmann
    San Francisco Chronicle
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    No review available.

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    07/06/05
    Emanuel Levy
    Emanuel Levy
    EmanuelLevy.Com

    It is one of the most visually hypnotic films ever -- and that's not hyperbole.

    Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
    09/30/05
    G. Allen Johnson
    G. Allen Johnson
    San Francisco Chronicle

    Propaganda that transcends its own numbskull earnestness... When it connects, it's as poweful as anything you've ever seen.

    Full Review Source: F5 (Wichita, KS) | comment Comment
    06/26/04
    Jake Euker
    Jake Euker
    F5 (Wichita, KS)

    It's a vibrant, joyous piece of technical accomplishment that's probably one of the most relentlessly innovative films you'll ever see.

    Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
    11/22/02
    Jamie Russell
    Jamie Russell
    BBC

    This loony, quasi-masterpiece is one of the great jagged edges of film history.

    Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
    11/29/07
    Jeffrey M. Anderson
    Jeffrey M. Anderson
    Combustible Celluloid

    visual impressions that will forever remain embedded in your mind's eye%u2014just as much as Picasso's La Guernica communicates the horrors of war

    Full Review Source: Old School Reviews | comment Comment
    11/23/07
    John A. Nesbit
    John A. Nesbit
    Old School Reviews

    Some of the most exhilarating camera movements and most luscious black-and-white cinematography you'll ever see inhabit this singular, delirious 141-minute communist propaganda epic.

    Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
    09/17/07
    Jonathan Rosenbaum
    Jonathan Rosenbaum
    Chicago Reader
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