Secret and not so secret intentions
The allegedly "independent” press expands its work daily with the tenacity of the grateful, who with every stroke of the pen are well paid to disseminate distortions and lies about Cuba
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The allegedly "independent” press expands its work daily with the tenacity of the grateful, who with every stroke of the pen are well paid to disseminate distortions and lies about Cuba
The 1925 film Potemkin was not only a reflection of a new social world on the rise against oppression, but also an artistic-cinematographic revolution
The controversy surrounding the film, recently added to the Netflix catalogue, and the pandemic, have meant far more viewers than the most optimistic estimates predicted
Argentine filmmaker Fernando "Pino" Solanas has died a victim of COVID-19 at the age of 84, leaving a body of work demonstrating how his renowned artistic work was intrinsically connected to his political militancy
Maestro of the best melodrama, Ernesto Daranas has now resorted to tragicomedy to recreate an era with a touch of the fabulous, offering a film worthy of being seen and analyzed
Condemning "the dictatorship," pulling out your knife and plunging it to the hilt into Cuba, is a bargaining chip to make one’s way within Miami's uncertain cultural circles
For Tabío it was important for viewers to not only have fun and laugh, but also reflect on what they were seeing, feel part of the story
The first cinematographer in Cuba to win the National Film Award is the architect, in images, of a good number of Cuban films that remain forever in the imagination of viewers
These visual pyrotechnics are of course enjoyable, after all the cinema is also a spectacle, but 120 years after its birth for the benefit of humanity and culture, with so much talent contributed by artists and technicians across much of the world, nobody should be content merely with the superficiality and simplicity of the shiny outer shell
If we can rightly say that one of our contemporaries is a unique, unrepeatable being, it is Fidel. This does not imply putting him on a pedestal at a distance, but rather assuming his legacy so that it continues to be useful and productive.