Juan of the Dead

[Judge Smails]

Billed as Cuba's first horror movie.

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[spoon]

ok

love how the us was the first blamed in the movie

Shaun of the Dead ... just a little better

[KnoxHarrington]

ok

love how the us was the first blamed in the movie

Shaun of the Dead ... just a little better

Yeah, I'm getting the feeling there's a political subtext to this that Cubans would get and Americans probably won't. I'd have to see the whole movie to judge -- I'm wondering if the beginning is implying the zombies come from America, maybe a zombie outbreak spreading into Cuba -- but zombie movies have long had political/social commentary in them.

But setting that aside, this does look bad ass.

[Judge Smails]

Yeah, I'm getting the feeling there's a political subtext to this that Cubans would get and Americans probably won't. I'd have to see the whole movie to judge -- I'm wondering if the beginning is implying the zombies come from America, maybe a zombie outbreak spreading into Cuba -- but zombie movies have long had political/social commentary in them.


Interestingly, I was looking this film up and how this could be "Cuba's first horror film" and this is what I found:


The Cuban horror film does not exist because it has been explicitly prohibited by the government. Genre films, which would include not only horror but also science fiction and fantasy, have been deemed as detrimental to the political leanings and the social program of the Cuban government. In fact, ICAIC would not consider it inappropriate to label these forms of mass entertainments as counter-revolutionary or even degenerate art…

Furthermore, since horror is essentially, at its core, the relation between one and a perilous and often transmogrified other, the only other that is deemed worthy of discussion in Cuba is the capitalist imperialism of the United States. The yanquís, the Castro government’s demonic appellation for the inhabitants of the country ninety miles west of Cuba, are the lone evil in the Cuban psyche. Since billboards about them are already everywhere on the island, making a film about their sinister intentions seems an utterly redundant act.

[OGC]

Interestingly, I was looking this film up and how this could be "Cuba's first horror film" and this is what I found:


You are right, that was interesting.


What are the chances of this movie showing in this country someplace other than Miami and/or NYC ?

[KnoxHarrington]

You are right, that was interesting.


What are the chances of this movie showing in this country someplace other than Miami and/or NYC ?

It seems to be getting some buzz and will probably get a bit of a wider release, but foreign-language films in general don't get played much in the US. It'll probably be more like the Swedish version of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" -- a big hit on Netflix and video rental, not so much in theatres.

[thepaulo]

Interestingly, I was looking this film up and how this could be "Cuba's first horror film" and this is what I found:

Commie bastards...I suppose they banned Harry Potter and Transformers.

[spoon]

Commie bastards...I suppose they banned Harry Potter and Transformers.

Harry Potter and the Transformers, I love that band.

[thepaulo]

Harry Potter and the Transformers, I love that band.

English folk and heavy metal

[cougarjake13]

English folk and heavy metal

only liked their first album

[PapaBear]

only liked their first album
Elitist

[cougarjake13]

Elitist

after the bassist died i tapped out

[Judge Smails]

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For a Cuban movie this has some Capitalistic undertones. Maybe this signals a shift in a Post Castro Cuba?

[cougarjake13]

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For a Cuban movie this has some Capitalistic undertones. Maybe this signals a shift in a Post Castro Cuba?



is he even still alive ?

[Judge Smails]

is he even still alive ?

Alive, but his brother Raul assumed presidential powers.