FunkyAlfonzo
Bluelighter
I caught this yesterday at a special screening.
It's a Cuban movie made soon after the communist revolution, showing four stories of why the revolution was good for Cuba. It is an extremely nicely shot, but extremely biased piece of propaganda, but that's what made it all the more interesting to watch as its the opposite to all the propaganda I have ever seen about the rise of communism. Also very interesting to see in the wake of all the propaganda that has been filling my TV of late.
The main attraction though is the cinematography. It's beautifully shot in black and white (although the copy was pretty poor quality by now) with lots of wide shots of landscape. The cameras seem to have a filter on the lens that make's the greens come out white which makes the shots of forest and palm trees stand out amazingly.
I'd be interested to know what any Americans that might have been exposed to anti-communist propaganda in the past might have thought the ideals.
It's a Cuban movie made soon after the communist revolution, showing four stories of why the revolution was good for Cuba. It is an extremely nicely shot, but extremely biased piece of propaganda, but that's what made it all the more interesting to watch as its the opposite to all the propaganda I have ever seen about the rise of communism. Also very interesting to see in the wake of all the propaganda that has been filling my TV of late.
The main attraction though is the cinematography. It's beautifully shot in black and white (although the copy was pretty poor quality by now) with lots of wide shots of landscape. The cameras seem to have a filter on the lens that make's the greens come out white which makes the shots of forest and palm trees stand out amazingly.
I'd be interested to know what any Americans that might have been exposed to anti-communist propaganda in the past might have thought the ideals.
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