
This film examines the creation and exhibition of the propaganda film I Am Cuba, a Soviet/Cuban collaboration unknown in the West until the 1990s.... (Full plot summary below)
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This film examines the creation and exhibition of the propaganda film I Am Cuba, a Soviet/Cuban collaboration unknown in the West until the 1990s.
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| New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanA fascinating capsule of an era long past. |
| The New York TimesDana StevensInterspersing shots from the original film - many of which are justly famous for their power and complexity - with interviews, Mr. Ferraz has produced a welcome piece of historical explication. |
| The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThough it doesn't rise above the cut-and-paste aesthetic of other making-of documentaries, The Siberian Mammoth assembles many members of the disparate Cuban cast and crew, and unearths some rare production photos and footage. |
| VarietyDeborah YoungPic's rediscovery in the capitalist U.S., and its reappraisal as a masterpiece of visual pyrotechnics, gives Brazilian documaker Vicente Ferraz's tale an upbeat final twist -- after some mid-film doldrums. |
| Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonIt's all fascinating, but must Kalatozov's careening angel of cinema be laid bare? |