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DVD007043

Cuban Cinema Classics Vol. 1

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Cuban Cinema Classics

Description:

DVD - Region 1.   viewing copy.   1 videodisc of 1.

Notes:

Cuban Cinema Classics showcases the island’s world-acclaimed film tradition. The documentaries in this series feature Cuban people, places, and politics through more than forty years of revolutionary filmmaking.

Titles

+ Newsreel 49

Director:

uncredited

Production Co:

Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos

Running Time:

Short.   1 minutes

Sound:

sound - stereo 2.0

Color:

b/w

Country:

Cuba

Year:

1960

Language:

Spanish language with English subtitles

Genre:

Documentary, Newsreel

Notes:

Cuban news segment documenting the takeover of the facilities and property of Hollywood distributors on the island.

+ For the First Time

Director:

Cortázar, Octavio

Production Co:

Lombarda Industria Cinematografica; El Instituto Cubano

Running Time:

Short.   10 minutes

Sound:

sound - stereo 2.0

Color:

b/w

Country:

Cuba

Year:

1967

Language:

Spanish language with English subtitles

Genre:

Documentary

Notes:

In 1967, Cuban documentary filmmaker Octavio Cortazar followed a projectionist whose mission was to show moving pictures to rural communities for the first time. Cortazar’s short film documents one audience’s response to its first film: Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times.

+ Dolly Back

Director:

Tabio, Juan Carlos

Running Time:

Short.   10 minutes

Sound:

sound - stereo 2.0

Color:

b/w

Country:

Cuba

Year:

1986

Language:

Spanish language with English subtitles

Genre:

Documentary

Notes:

A surrealist dolly shot. The thesis of the film seems summarized in which the character played by Frank Gonzalez (the fictional director of the film within the film) confesses to end his interviewer: “This film wants the viewer to reflect on the deceptive appearances can be.”