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Cuban cinema classics. Volume 3,. Cubanía / series designed and directed by Ann Marie Stock.
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- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Cuban cinema classics ; vol. 3.
- Cuban cinema classics ; vol. 3
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Cigar industry--Cuba.
- Cigar industry.
- Cigar bands and labels--Cuba.
- Cigar bands and labels.
- Aesthetics, Cuban.
- Plazas--Cuba--Havana.
- Plazas.
- Streets--Cuba--Havana.
- Streets.
- Cuba.
- Cuba--Havana.
- Genre:
- Short films.
- Documentary films -- Cuba.
- Experimental films -- Cuba.
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 29 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- [Williamsburg, Va.] : A.M. Stock : [Distributed by] Cuban Cinema Classics, ©2003.
- Language Note:
- Films in Spanish with English subtitles. Disc surface and container inserts in English only.
- System Details:
- DVD-R, NTSC, Region 1; full screen (1.33:1) presentation..
- Summary:
- Contains three short films from Cuba's national film institute, ICAIC. The art of cigars, by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea shows hands selecting tobacco leaves and rolling cigars interspersed with graphic designs from cigar boxes and labels. Enrique Colina's Aesthetics provides a humorous glimpse into Cubans' sense of style through diverse conceptions of beauty in everyday life. King of the jungle, by Enrique Colina observes life along Havana's Prado street through the eyes of the lion sculpture located there.
- Contents:
- El arte del tabaco = The art of cigars / director, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea (1974, 7 min., col.)
- Estética = Aesthetics / director, Enrique Colina (1985, 11 min., col.)
- Rey de la selva = King of the jungle / director, Enrique Colina (1990, 11 min., col. with b & w sequences).
- Credits:
- Series designer and director Ann Marie Stock.
- Notes:
- Title from disc menu.
- DVD release of Cuban documentary films originally produced by ICAIC.
- Contains:
- Arte del tabaco.
- Art of cigars.
- Estética.
- Aesthetics.
- Rey de la selva.
- King of the jungle.
- OCLC:
- 60772555
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