Cuban cinema classics. Volume 9. Nicolás Guillén Landrián / series designed and directed by Ann Marie Stock..

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Guillén Landrián, Nicolás, 1938-2003, film director.

Stock, Ann Marie, designer, director.

Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográfica, film production company.

Cuban Cinema Classics.

Series:

Cuban cinema classics ; vol. 9.

Cuban cinema classics ; vol. 9

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Havana (Cuba)--Social life and customs.

Havana (Cuba).

City and town life--Cuba--Havana.

City and town life.

Toa River Region (Cuba)--Social life and customs.

Toa River Region (Cuba).

Coffee--Cuba--History.

Coffee.

Coffee industry--Cuba--History.

Coffee industry.

Manners and customs.

Cuba.

Cuba--Havana.

Genre:

Feature films.

Documentary films -- Cuba.

Experimental films -- Cuba.

Foreign films.

Motion pictures -- Cuba.

Cinéma vérité films.

Documentary films.

History.

Short films.

Cinéma vérité films.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 43 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

[Williamsburg, Va.] : Cuban Cinema Classics, ©2010.

Language Note:

In Spanish with English subtitles. Container in English only

System Details:

DVD-R, NTSC, Region 1; full screen (1.33:1) presentation.

Summary:

Contains three short films by experimental filmmaker Nicolás Guillén Landrián from Cuba's national film institute, ICAIC. In an old barrio features a glimpse of an old Havana neighborhood proffered through the filmmaker's languid lens and ambient street sounds. Ociel of the Toa River: A poignant portrait of the young Ociel, an adolescent for whom the Revolution seems confusing and distant. Scenes of the Toa River region reveal island life in remote villages. Coffea Arábiga: One of Landrián's most celebrated works, combines fast-paced montage with innovative sound juxtapositions to narrate the history of coffee. The film featured the Beatles' song "Fool on the Hill" as Fidel Castro appeared on screen. That same year, Landrián was accused of plotting to assassinate Castro.

Contents:

En un barrio viejo = In an old barrio (1963, 9 min.)

Ociel del Toa = Ociel of the Toa River (1965, 16 min.)

Coffea arábiga (1968, 18 min.).

Notes:

Videodisc release of Cuban documentary films originally produced by ICAIC.

Contains three short films by Cuban experimental documentarian, Nicolás Guillén Landrián. En un barrio vieja is a cinéma vérité look at life in an old Havana neighborhood. Ociel del Toa is a portrait of life in the Toa River region, a place where the revolution seems distant and confusing. Coffea arábiga combines fast-paced montage and innovative sound to narrate the history of coffee in Cuba.

Contains:

En un barrio viejo.

In an old barrio.

Ociel del Toa.

Ociel of the Toa River.

Coffea arábiga.

OCLC:

690103697