Soy Cuba (I Am Cuba) 2xDVD BOXSET

 

Director: Mikhail Kalatozov

Soviet Union/Cuba 1964.

 

DISC ONE: I Am Cuba film

DISC TWO: Siberian Mammoth (Making of) / Martin Scorcese Interview / Movie stills

Format: PAL Multi-Region

Running Times: I am Cuba - 140’ / Siberian Mammoth -90’ / Interview with Scorsese - 26’

Sub titles: English / Language: Spanish

 

 

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This astonishing and underrated film is blessed with some of the most extraordinary camerawork in film history. Ostensibly this is Communist propaganda, celebrating the progress achieved by the Cuban Revolution and dramatizing four examples of injustice to the common man in pre-Revolutionary Cuba. The link that holds the film together is a spoken monologue beginning each sequence with the words ‘Soy Cuba’ (‘I am Cuba’). It's still pushing the boundaries of pure cinema, a stirring and unforgettable experience.

 

 

"My favourite film" David Bailey

"A sensouously beautiful movie" New York Magazine

"Cinema’s singular dream, so often betrayed elsewhere, is to deliver such visions as this” 5/6. Number 2 in Critics Choice, TIME OUT LONDON January 2006

"Nothing quite like I Am Cuba has been created either before or since" 4/5 THE TIMES, Wendy Ide

"Beautiful... Visually dazzling... Miraculous... I am baffled as to why it isn't in everyone's Top 10 lists" 5/5, Peter Bradshaw, THE GUARDIAN

"A fascinating artefact of 20th century politics, and an acknowledged masterpiece of technical filmmaking" CHANNEL4.COM REVIEW

"A memorably eccentric and lyrical hymn to the transformatory powers of cinema" BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE

"The gliding black and white imagery is magnificent. A masterpiece" THE INDEPENDENT, 5/5

"A world cinema classic" THE GUARDIAN GUIDE, January 2006

"A Classic of its kind" THE OBSERVER, January 2006

"One of the most deliriously beautiful films ever made" LA WEEKLY

"Visually staggering... A classic" VARIETY US

"Intoxicating" LA TIMES

"Spectacular! visually stunning" Stephen Holden, THE NEW YORK TIMES

 

 

Siberian Mammoth (Making Of) Documentary

 

Ferraz's documentary unearths the truth behind why SOY CUBA was rejected by Cubans and Soviets alike upon its release and shelved for more than 30 years. Through a combination of breathtaking footage from the Cuban revolution, interviews with surviving Soviet and Cuban cast and crew members, this documentary provides us with insights into the ideology of the Cold War, the recent history of Cuba, and the the complete story behind I Am Cuba.

 

"An addictive chronicle!" Michael Atkinson, The Village Voice

“Extraordinary” NY Times

‘One of the best documentaries ever made’ Time Out, London

 

 

 

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