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Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988)
Good Show
Great show. Nice to read about 100 reviews 'detailing' the premise of the show. Thank you geniuses, but we know what the damn show is about! Nice common curtousy you have reading other peoples comments too. Doubt anyone will read this because it's obvious nobody read anyone elses. Have a nice day!
Azúcar amarga (1996)
Not a Cuban Movie
I would like to say that this is not a Cuban movie as identified in many video stores and the IMDB. This is a film made by exiles. I think it somewhat does reflect many things true in Cuba. They do have a reverse pyramid there as displayed by the young man that was educated resorting to serving drinks to tourists. The educated people don't make as much money as a low skill worker in tourism. Prostitution as portrayed in the movie is highly accurate. The exiles that made this movie definitely have good information of contemporary Cuba, which I can't say about most exiles. Most exiles have a very ignorant impression of cuba (see the 'Elian' conflict). Some of the story lines were a bit over the top: The needle injection; the ridiculous ending. But the work situation and problems of 'jineterismo'(prostitution) are very acurately portrayed. These exiles can't be from Miami. Miami would make a movie similar to '1984'.
Soy Cuba (1964)
Scene 'Rip Offs'
'Eight Two' brought up a good point about how other films have borrowed shots from this movie. I could even go as far as to say some of the long takes have influenced Scorcese's famous restaurant scene in Goodfellas, given that Scorsese actually saw this film before then. Or, perhaps just coincidence. More than possible that Scorsese appreciates this film because it does resemble his own work, which you can't say about a lot of directors. Can anyone list some scenes in other movies that were influenced by this movie? The Boogie Nights pool scene was a good copy of the pool scene in Soy Cuba. Can anyone list others?
Nada (2001)
Nada has mucho
Although this has been called an over-the-top story some of the writing is done very passionately. I particularly enjoyed the letter being read while a women was taking a bath. I wish some of this passion could be present in more North American movies. Thais Valdes is an excellent actress and hopefully she can get more roles in movies like this in the near future. The satire with the bureaucracy in the mail office is dead on.