I hosted a film festival at my local cinema, showcasing the wonderful cinema (and music) of Cuba. The selection of films exploring different aspects of society after the triumph of the revolution, to celebrate 70 years since the assault on Moncada.
The films I showed were Santiago Alvarez’s Cyclone (1963), Now! (1965), Cerro Pelado (1966), 79 Springs (1969) and ending with Octavio Cortazar’s For the First Time (1967).
Proceeds from the event will go towards material aid, in which we will send…
My favourite video game has a really interesting backstory on how it was made and the ideas it represented from its creator. A film could be made about it, as a parallel to the USSR.
This movie decided instead to focus on a capitalist businessman from the US, trying to buy the rights of the game. He enters the USSR, rendered in such cartoonish fashion as some sort of sci-fi dystopia.
You know, that place where capitalists aren’t thriving from…
I’ve been watching some festive movies at the cinema, to get me in the Christmas spirit.
A film centred around three key protagonists, I found the dialogues between them fascinating, the philosophical conversations stimulating.
The direction was functional but not outstanding, shot in black and white which complemented the thematic explorations of the work.
An anthropological study of individuals within their environment and the complexities of love.
The main takeaway I got, was that the bourgeoisie live empty lives and possess a stubbornness toward making the right choices.
The psychology of love is not so easy to decipher, no matter how many intellectual discourses.
The conclusion to the Harry Potter saga. It was entertaining, but due to consisting mainly of (albeit well executed) action scenes, rarely felt emotionally impactful - save for the Snape revelation.
Similar to the original Star Wars trilogy, there are the good guys and the bad guys, the main protagonist realises the good guys aren’t to be trusted either, but by the end restores “order” again.
This series had a very similar concept, which can be seen as an allegory…
For a movie centred around Oppenheimer’s left wing politics, it never once points out that his friend Einstein featured in the film, was a socialist who wrote many papers on why socialism is the answer and publicly defended Lenin:
“I honour Lenin as a man who completely sacrificed himself and devoted all his energy to the realisation of social justice. Men of his type are the guardians and restorers of humanity." - Albert Einstein, 1929.
I’m not sure if audiences…
The one trans musician featured (Wendy Carlos) has by far the least amount of screen time, limited to one Bach inspired piece. Suzanne Ciani interrupts to say this isn’t how electronic music should be, then Ciani gets another entire section to herself. It really dampened my enjoyment for the rest of the film.
(I am excited to hear the live music performances about to happen, following the break after the movie. Might cheer me up a bit)
elena watched and rated Remember the Night on Saturday Dec 14, 2024
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