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Mikhail Kalatozov's Soy Cuba (1964), morse code Starbucks passwords, uber bathrooms, women's leggings for towing tractors, stuff breaking and SO MUCH MORE w/ Tony from the DCG Pod & Sean Whipple.SHARE THE SHOW WITH ALL YOUR CUBAN FRIENDS & RATE 5 STARS ~8pl8s IG: https://www.instagram.com/8pl8s/ Join the Euphoric 8pl8s Early Access League at https://plus.acast.com/s/8pl8s. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mikhail Kalatozov makes some beautiful films, particularly in his work with Sergey Urusevsky, who may just be our favorite cinematographer. Many, many years ago (Spine 146!) we watched their film The Cranes are Flying (1957), and images from that film still grace my dreams. Many, many years from now (Spine 1214!) we will watch I am Cuba (1964), their final collaboration, and we can't wait. But thankfully between these two masterpieces we get Letter Never Sent (1960), a tale of Soviet vs Nature, a story of love, lust, science, sacrifice, and lots of fire. Raising not only the normal "how did they shoot this?!" questions associated with Urusevsky's work, but new and adjacent "how did they shoot this?!" questions about the special effects.
Links mentioned in the episode: The Top 100 Podcast with Tim Coleman: Man with a Movie Camera episode with Ally Pitts. Saint Audio Podcast Festival line-up Saint Audio Podcast Festival announcement episode. I am Cuba, directed by Mikhail Kalatozov, screening at the Ultimate Picture Palace in Oxford. At the time of recording, Salt for Svanetia is available to stream on Klassiki, which is available in the UK, the US, and the Republic of Ireland. If you use the code RUPOD50, you can get 50% off an annual subscription. Jean-Pierre Melville episode of Shoot the Piano Player: A French New Wave Podcast with Spencer Seams & Joel Torres. Criterion release of I am Cuba, directed by Mikhail Kalatozov. Contact us/socials: (We've changed the name of the show, but the social handles are a bit of a mishmash). Email: russiansovietmoviepod@gmail.com Twitter (or 'X', if you really insist): @Russophiles Instagram: instagram.com/russiansovietmoviepodcast/ Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/Ally_Pitts/ Listen to Ally's other podcast appearances on Podchaser
Cuba didn't like it. And Russia didn't like it. But Coppola and Scorsese LOVED it. This week we took a look SOY CUBA (1964) dir. by Mikhail Kalatozov.SUPPORT THE SHOW https://www.patreon.com/user?u=84434074 FOLLOW THE SHOWhttps://www.instagram.com/freshmoviepod/https://twitter.com/freshmoviepodhttps://www.tiktok.com/@fresh.movie.pod?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pcFOLLOW CHELSEA https://www.instagram.com/chelseathepope/https://twitter.com/chelseathepopeFOLLOW VICTORIA https://letterboxd.com/vicrohar/ EMAIL THE SHOWabreathoffreshmovie@gmail.com SHOP THE SHOWhttp://tee.pub/lic/bvHvK3HNFhk YouTube Channel
On the fifty-fifth episode of the Cinematic Odyssey, Tristen and Max return from hiatus to their shortest episode ever! In it, both discuss thoughts and opinions on Soviet director Mikhail Kalatozov's 1960 adventure film Letter Never Sent, the same director that directed Tristen's top overall film of 2023. Tristen gushes on visual effects and technical capabilities, Max slams a man named Konstantin, and there are plenty of puns to go around.
Continuing the trend of getting off-track, Jason presents this week's episode with a very catchy gameshow title: Is This a War Movie or is This War Movie Not a War Movie? to discuss the films intentionally left off the PASTE Magazine list for not being about WAR enough! This week's film is the Soviet post-Stalin production The Cranes Are Flying - will it be a war movie? Or will this movie not be a war movie? You will find out! Also - gorgeous, groundbreaking cinematography, flawless film restoration, Veronika being a huge influence on other female protagonists, the stark set design and much, much more! Next week: Back to the list and back to the American Civil War! Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at forscreenandcountry@gmail.com Full List: https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/war-movies/the-100-greatest-war-movies-of-all-time Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forscreenandcountry Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/fsacpod Our logo was designed by the wonderful Mariah Lirette (https://instagram.com/its.mariah.xo) The Cranes Are Flying stars Tatiana Samoilova, Aleksey Batalov, Vasili Merkuryev, Svetlana Kharitonova, Valentin Zubkov and Aleksandr Shvorin; directed by Mikhail Kalatozov. Is It Streaming? USA: Max and Criterion Channel. Canada: Criterion Channel. UK: N/A Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
105 - Letter Never Sent (1960) / Quest for Fire (1981) This week we're searching for the eternal flame with Jean-Jacques Annand's questing cavemen while Mikhail Kalatozov's dizzying forest fire has us running for our lives
On the twenty-ninth episode of the Cinematic Odyssey, Tristen and Max dive into Mikhail Kalatozov's nearly lost work Soy Cuba-- or I Am Cuba. Tristen and Max discuss the historical timeline in Cuba and why the film was made under the Castro regime, how the camera acts just as important as any of the others that we see on screen, and the delicate balance between national pride and nationalism. The beautiful poetry that ties each vignette of the film together lets both Tristen and Max reset and identify the feelings of another nation, one so close, and yet, so strange to our lives.
One of the Soviet Union's most well known directors Mikhail Kalatozov was born as Mikhail Kalatoziashvili in Tiflis in 1903. Before releasing his more famous works such as Soy Cuba (1964) and The Cranes Are Flying (1957), or winning an award at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival, he along with Nutsa Gogoberidze (Soviet Georgia's first female director) co-directed their first film together - a documentary called Their Kingdom (1928). For decades Their Kingdom was lost in Moscow archives and was only recently rediscovered. The film is an early Soviet critique of the Menshevik controlled Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918-21) (also known as the First Republic). The portion of the film that was recently restored was recently shown at a film festival in Tbilisi showcasing early Soviet Georgian films and we were lucky enough to watch it. This episode begins with Sopo Japaridze reflecting on the film Their Kingdom and is followed by an interview with scholar Salome Tsopurashvili. Salome is currently a professor at Ilia State University in Tbilisi, and author of an upcoming book that explores women and film in 1920s Soviet Georgia.
Esta semana nos vamos a la Habana para ver algo de cine Cubano. Conversamos sobre Soy Cuba de Mikhail Kalatozov, Memorias del Subdesarrollo de Tomás Gutiérrez Alea y Coffea Arábiga de Nicolás Guillén Landrián. ¿Viva la revolución?
After Stalin's death in 1953, the thawing of totalitarian policies allowed Soviet filmmakers like Mikhail Kalatozov to break new ground and explore the war, society, and gender in films like The Cranes Are Flying. In addition to the societal context that makes this film feel so incredible coming from the USSR, we dive into the gorgeous cinematography that makes The Cranes Are Flying feel so fresh for 1957.Where to watch The Cranes Are FlyingNYT Bosley Crowther Review of The Cranes Are FlyingWhere to watch Invention for Destruction (1958)
Les salles de cinéma étant fermées, nos chroniqueurs vous parlent de films à voir sur les différentes plateformes. "Mossoul" (ou Mosul) (Netflix) de Matthew Michael Carnahan "Unkle Frank" (Amazon Prime) dʹAlan Ball "The Cal"l (Netflix) de Lee Chung-hyun Conseils : "Soy Cuba" (DVD/BluRay) de Mikhail Kalatozov "Felicità" (DVD/BluRay) de Bruno Merle
Wayne and Shane discuss the movies in which a search is underway to find someone who is lost to either war or murder. The questions regarding their disappearance are forever left for those who are searching. "Once Upon A Time In Anatolia" (2011), directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, and "The Cranes Are Flying" (1957), directed by Mikhail Kalatozov, are highlighted. "We forgot to bring the body bag".
This week we're back to discuss one of the most vital and hotly-anticipated films being displayed in UK cinemas this month: Sergei Eistenstein's legendary BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN. We also cast our eye over two curios of Soviet film, Eisenstein's uncompleted QUE VIVA MEXICO! and Mikhail Kalatozov's revolutionary I AM CUBA, before grazing on Christopher Nolan's poorly-rolled joint, TENET. Including covers of L'Internationale and the Stooges' 'No Fun'. Subscribe to Film Graze on your podcast app of choice. twitter.com/FilmGraze letterboxd.com/Film_Graze/ Co-produced by Emmett Cruddas and Sam Storey
Cannes 2020: Den alternative Cannes-festivalen er over midtveis, og i denne sjette podkastepisoden diskuterer panelet en ny samling filmer, som inkluderer Mikhail Kalatozovs Gullpalme-vinner Og tranene flyr (1957), Henri-George Clouzots Grand Prix-vinner Mysteriet Picasso (1956) og Jean-Luc Godards didaktiske Le vent d’est (1970).Og tranene flyr er av mange ansett som selve hovedverket til den georgisk-sovjetiske regissøren Mikhail Kalatozov, og filmen har gjort dypt inntrykk på vårt panel. Det har også Clouzots eksperimentelle Picasso-dokumentar gjort, men på en helt annen måte, naturligvis.Videre diskuterer vi i hvilken grad Godards arbeider med Dziga Vertov-gruppen har tålt tidens tann, og om Richard Kellys Southland Tales (2006) fremstår som profetisk, fjorten år etter skandalepremieren i Cannes?Rundt det virtuelle rundebord sitter Karsten Meinich, Lars Ole Kristiansen og Erik Vågnes.God lytting!
Chinese-British novelist, memoirist and filmmaker Xiaolu Guo (b. 1973) talks to Tom Overton about her life in the UK and PR China, and her work in cinema and literature, which explores Chinese history, trans-national identities, class, memory, personal and physical journeys. SELECTED REFERENCES WORKS BY XIAOLU GUO (www.guoxiaolu.com) Books A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers (2007) - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/jan/27/featuresreviews.guardianreview33 Once Upon a Time in the East (2018) Films Far and Near (film) We Went to Wonderland (2008) - https://player.bfi.org.uk/rentals/film/watch-we-went-to-wonderland-2008-online She, a Chinese (2009) - https://player.bfi.org.uk/subscription/film/watch-she-a-chinese-2009-online UFO in Her Eyes (2009) Late at Night, Voices of Ordinary Madness (2013) Five Men and a Caravaggio (2018) STEVEN BARKER & XIAOLU GUO, 'Notes Towards a Metaphysical Cinema Manifesto' - http://www.guoxiaolu.com/WR_MANIFESTO_1.htm 'Further Notes ...' - http://www.guoxiaolu.com/WR_MANIFESTO_2.htm WALTER BENJAMIN, 'The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction' (1936) John Berger The Cranes are Flying (dir. Mikhail Kalatozov, 1957) - http://sensesofcinema.com/2017/soviet-cinema/the-cranes-are-flying-soviet-cinema/ Mark Fisher - https://www.lrb.co.uk/v41/n09/jenny-turner/not-no-longer-but-not-yet I Am Cuba (dir. Mikhail Kalatozov, 1964) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058604/ GEORGE ORWELL, Down and Out in Paris and London (1933) Nikesh Shukla - https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/ey-exhibition-van-gogh-and-britain/talk-xiaolu-guo-nikesh-shukla Vincent van Gogh - http://vangoghletters.org/vg Andy Warhol
Diamonds! Peril! Shirtless propagandistic digging! are just some of the things awaiting us in Mikhail Kalatozov's Letter Never Sent from 1960. To discuss the film Ally is once again joined by jolly good chap and fellow REM appreciator Lyn Seren. Expect SPOILERS from about 20 minutes in onwards. Letter Never Sent stars Tatyana Samoylova, Evgeny Urbansky, Vasily Livanov, and Innokenty Smoktunovsky. If you'd like to get in touch and tell us what you thought of the film and/or the podcast episode, here are some ways you can do that: Twitter: @RussophilesU Email: russophilesunite@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/russophilesunite Instagram: www.instagram.com/russophiles_unite/ Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/Ally_
This time around we're watching The Cranes are Flying from 1957, directed by Mikhail Kalatozov. Ally is once again joined by Russian language & literature grad, foodie, and reluctant veteran of the podcast Carrie Pitts. SPOILERS from about 18 mins in until the end. CONTENT WARNING: a rape is strongly implied to have taken place off screen. The Cranes are Flying stars Tatyana Samoylova, Alexei Batalov, Aleksandr Shvorin, Vasiliy Merkurev, and Svetlana Kharitonova. If you'd like to get in touch and tell us what you thought of the film and/or the podcast episode, here are some ways you can do that: Twitter: @RussophilesU Email: russophilesunite@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/russophilesunite Instagram: www.instagram.com/russophiles_unite/ Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/Ally_
Join Jeff and Dave as they review the 1957 Soviet classic The Cranes are Flying by Mikhail Kalatozov.
Episode 1 - Letter Never Sent In this episode, Robert and Christophe discuss Mikhail Kalatozov's radical 1960 survival drama, Letter Never Sent. They also share some thoughts on the new Adam McKay film and other entertainment news.
Matt walks through films by director Mikhail Kalatozov and cinematographer Sergey Urusevskiy. While waxing philosophical about Westerns and the inner landscapes of emotion, Sam treats listeners to a Werner Herzog impression. Matt has a love for landscape films in general but he may have discovered a new favorite. Letter Never Sent (1959) is a recent discovery […]
La única película soviética que ganó el Festival de Cannes es un drama bélico, intenso y conciso, que recorre los lugares emocionales de Lo que el viento se llevó, pero con mucha más determinación y economía. Apoyada por igual en la magnética presencia de su protagonista, y en el asertivo uso de los cortes y de largos y elocuentes travellings, esta cinta surgida con la explosión de creatividad contenida tras la muerte de Stalin, se sigue viendo moderna y pertinente; sigue siendo un modelo del cual aprender.
Dave Eves joins Martin Kessler for a wildfire fast conversation about filmmaker Mikhail Kalatozov. They brave the elements to marvel at I Am Cuba’s famous long takes, consider the logistics of Letter Never Sent’s forest fire, and look at how The Cranes Are Flying set the bar for self-serious Russian directors. If you survive to the end you’ll hear some strong opinions on arthouse theatre audiences, Hard to Be a God, Blumhouse horror movies, the accents of token straw-man Americans, and of course why “cinema is a lie”. If you have any letters to send, you can reach Dave Eves on Twitter at @CinemaVsDave
Set in Spain in the late 70s, Gabrielle's debut novel, THE SLEEPING WORLD, represents something deeply personal to her. She tells James about writing through grief, how the novel grew from a short story inspired by a song, as well as world building, dirt, and 'the spaghetti mind.' Plus Janet Geddis, the owner of Avid Bookshop in Athens, GA, shares exciting news and she and James geek out over upcoming fall titles. James and Gabrielle Discuss: Keith Waldrop LADY AND THE TRAMP Jamaica Kincaid "Runaway", THE NATIONAL SOY CUBA dir by Mikhail Kalatozov PEPI, LUCI, BOM AND OTHER GIRLS LIKE MOM dir. by Pedro Almodovar Alberto Garcia-Alix (photographer) NADA by Carmen Laforet Elena Ferrante RAY OF THE STAR by Laird Hunt Toni Morrison Audre Lorde Alice Walker WHAT BELONGS TO YOU by Garth Greenwell James and Janet Discuss: Deirdre Sugiuchi Al Dixon WE SHOW WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED by Clare Beams (10/25)* THE MORTIFICATIONS by Derek Palacio (10/4)# HOW TO SHAKE THE OTHER MAN by Derek Palacio Nouvella Books COMMONWEALTH by Ann Patchett (9/13)* LITTLE NOTHING by Marisa Silver (9/13)# THE REACTIVES by Masande Ntshanga* MERCURY by Margot Livesey (9/27)# BOWIE by Simon Critchley (9/13)# REPUTATIONS by Juan Gabriel Vasquez (9/20)# THE SOUND OF THINGS FALLING by Juan Gabriel Vasquez A FAMILY IS A FAMILY IS A FAMILY written by Sara O'Leary, ill. by Qin Leng* THE SLEEPING WORLD by Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes*# *Janet Recommends #James Recommends - http://tkpod.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK / tkwithjs@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/ / Instagram: tkwithjs MUSIC by: Braainzz (https://soundcloud.com/braainzz) & Sleep Studies (http://sleepstudiesband.com/)
Este é o episódio #22, onde Alexandre, Sergio e Fred deixam um pouco de lado o cinema clássico hollywoodiano para se aventurarem em três grande produções do cinema soviético das décadas de 50 e 60: “Quando voam as cegonhas”, “A carta que não se enviou” e “Eu sou Cuba”, três filmes dirigidos por Mikhail Kalatozov e fotografados por Serguei Urusevski. “Cegonhas”, “Carta” e “Cuba” – que batizamos de os três C’s de Kalatozov – são exemplos de grandes filmes produzidos pelo cinema russo que não pertencem ao período da famosa escola de montagem russa, mas que ainda assim possuem incontestáveis qualidades no plano técnico e se apresentam como três ótimos filmes que todos os cinéfilos deveriam conhecer.
Welcome back for another episode of the GGtMC!!! This week the Gents cover Letter Never Sent (1959) directed by Mikhail Kalatozov and The Indian Runner (1991) directed by Sean Penn!!! Emails to midnitecinema@gmail.com Adios!!! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ggtmc/message
An interview with DENNIS DOROS of MILESTONE FILMS and ROSS LIPMAN film preservationist at the UCLA FILM AND TELEVISION ARCHIVE. Milestone Films is an independent company, founded in 1990 in the United States by Dennis Doros and Amy Heller, dedicated to researching and distributing quality cinematographic material from around the world, including silent movies, films of the postwar foreign film renaissance, to contemporary American independent features, documentaries and foreign films. Some of the films that Milestone has distributed are by Alfred Hitchcock, Hiroshi Teshigahara, Luchino Visconti, Pier Paolo Pasolini, F.W. Murnau, Orson Welles, Mikhail Kalatozov and Luis Bunuel. Among the modern day films are works by Takeshi Kitano, Jane Campion, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Alan Berliner and Philip Haas. Lipman has restored and preserved some landmark works of independent cinema including The Times of Harvey Milk, some of Kenneth Anger's most prominent titles, and Milestone's Killer of Sheep and The Exiles. He is the winner of the National Society of Film Critics Special Film Heritage Award.