Memories of Underdevelopment

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Valquria G Incrível!!!!! 🤩🤩🤩 Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/25/23 Full Review Audience Member A first watch of the film will make the questions and after the second one the film trascends every film edition and you'll have the answers. The voice-over, the nihilism of the main character and the ambiguity of the end build "The Taxi Driver of Cuban Cinema". 8/10 Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review William L A chronicle of an unusual revolution, one that was perhaps not as comprehensive, sweeping, and hotheaded as others, where a slower pace allowed many to simply leave rather than face violent retribution, and for those who remained to ponder ideology rather than survival. Rather than using simple characters to shift focus and significance to the greater social context alone, Alea introduces an in-depth character study and interlaces it with the revolutionary spirit around him as contrast; Corrieri's Sergio is at once somewhat ideologically aligned with the revolution (or so he claims), but is also a target of it as a well-to-do property owner. The film sees his intellectual and pseudo-intellectual tendencies clash against a jaded personality and moral ambiguity in an environment of change. Sergio is a character whose worldview gradually falls apart by social movements, but who rationalizes such change in a philosopical context that absolves himself of blame or responsibility, continuing to judge those around him while ignoring his own negative influences. The narration is considered exceedingly unreliable, intended to present a moment in history as it would be understood in the moment and recalled later; that is, subjectively. (4/5) Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/28/21 Full Review marc r Plot (what little there is) takes a turn regarding the female character that feels dated. Still, here is a film liberated from aesthetic and political monotony. One of the era's most vivid snapshots of a time and place, but one that still seems in an act of discovery and anticipation. The tension has yet to ease, neither for Cuba's future or for ours. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review s r 1001 movies to see before you die. A thoughtful part documentary, part film showing life in Cuba after the Bay of Pigs. It's about individual freedom in a state run system. It was on YouTube. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review david l Memories of Underdevelopment is a movie that is very difficult to categorize as it's ambiguous in terms of its genre. I personally did not care for its French New Wave influences as those were undercooked, standard and not all that interesting to begin with. The film is at its best as a political documentary of sorts. It's a visually appealing time capsule/history lesson as it importantly explores the aftermath of Cuban Revolution. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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