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I Am Cuba

Drama. War It explores the seductive and decadent world of Batista's Cuba and the grinding poverty and oppression of the Cuban people. Through four stories of the revolution, Mikhail Kalatozov takes the viewer on a ride of bathing beauties, landless peasants, fascist police, and student revolutionaries.
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rogerebert.com
rogerebert.com
"[It] is of course dated in its politics (...) But as an example of lyrical black and white filmmaking, it is still stunning (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"  POS
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The New York Times
The New York Times
"The island of Cuba has never looked as fantastically exotic (...) What makes 'I Am Cuba' much more than a relic of Communist kitsch is Sergei Urusevky's visionary cinematography."  POS
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Variety
Variety
"Visually staggering... A newly discovered classic! Deliriously choreographed (...) 'I Am Cuba' is one gorgeous image after another. Astounding... incredible!" POS
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New York Magazine
New York Magazine
"A sensuously beautiful movie. A hymn to the liberation of appetite... irresistible!" POS
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AV Club
AV Club
"I certainly needed medical assistance to reattach my jaw (...) Though 'I Am Cuba' is fascinating enough as an historical footnote (...) the reason it endures is almost exclusively cinematic"  POS
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The Guardian
The Guardian
"For its sheer dazzling technique, and the glorious beauty of its monochrome cinematography, it deserves impregnable classic status."  POS
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Empire
Empire
"Politically naïve maybe, but it works beautifully as straight cinema (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"  POS
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
"A great poetic epic that blends the stirring visual daring of Russia's cinema of revolution with an intoxicating Latin sensuality."  POS
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BBC
BBC
"There's more innovation in a single sequence than in the last five years of contemporary cinema put together (...) It's a vibrant, joyous piece of technical accomplishment (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"  POS
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Slant
Slant
"'I Am Cuba' is a cinephile’s wet dream, a collage of Herculean feats of technical wizardry that would be easy to dismiss if it wasn’t so humane (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"  POS
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