Havanna--die neue Kunst Ruinen zu bauen [videorecording] = [Habana]--arte nuevo de hacer ruinas / Raros Media zeigt, in Zusammenarbeit mit Koppfilm, Glück Auf Film / Peter Lohmeyer ; Produktion, Matthias Hentschler ; Buch und Regie, Florian Borchmayer.
Format:
[videorecording] =
Publisher:
Raros Media,
Copyright Date:
2007
Description:
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Originally produced as a documentary film in 2006. Includes "Part II": Margarita--la sobreviviente / Buch und Regie, Florian Borchmeyer ; Produzent, Matthias Hentschler (Raros Media, 2007; 12 min.; title from DVD menu).
Summary:
"In recent years, Havana has become famous all over the world for the morbid charm of its flaking facades--a curious blend of magic and decay--and romanticized in countless Hollywood films and documentaries, most notably perhaps in Buena Vista Social Club. Its beauty resides in the poetry of its ruins. But these ruins are far less poetic for the people who inhabit them. Houses frequently collapse causing fatalities. The decay of this city and its living quarters is a continual source of both danger and shame for its inhabitants. This documentary tells the stories of the people who reside in these modern ruins, from a homeless man who lives in an abandoned theater (in which Caruso once sang for Cuba's high society), to an expropriated landowner who struggles against the decay of his parental home, to a writer who conceives a philosophy of the ruins to explain and bear the gradual collapse of the city and its political system. A mixture of private history, memories, fears and hopes for the future, [this documentary] explores the quixotic relationship between man and architecture, man and ruins (commenting along the way on the ruin-tourism that has developed in Cuba, much like what we're seeing in New Orleans and Ground Zero). Spanning the entire history of Cuban architecture, from the colonial era up through the socialist revolution, this film captures the final moments of these historic buildings before they're renovated--or simply collapse altogether"--Container.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)320455061
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.