It Takes Two Episode 2: Memories of Underdevelopment (1968)

This week, Ethan is showing Nick Memories of Underdevelopment (1968) directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea. They discuss the films' indulgence in voyeurism, documentary footage, and the main character's relationship with women. Will Nick give it a thumbs up or a thumbs down? Watch, and find out!

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Tomas Gutierrez-Alea copied the intro and experimental style of Nicolas Guillen Landrian's film Los del Baile (1964). Guillen Landrian's films were censored after 1965 and most people including Frances Ford Coppola never realized Gutierrez-Alea was not capable of furthering experimental cinema in Cuba because he wasn't familiar with it. He simply adapted it for Memories of Underdevelopment. Watch all of Guillen Landrian's film and you will see his work was truly revolutionary Cuban cinema.

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Nice video

[@johnappleby405]

Good and perceptive review of a very interesting movie.

[@dustanjhlady]

This film is a rip off of La Dolce Vita, no?

[@kostajovanovic3711]

Maybe some ques, but not really?

[@arricammarques1955]

No comparison between the two films.

[@raudelravelo1169]

I don’t think so (I watched the two of them recently)

[@reyalanis3757]

a bit of a stretch. But it does remind me of Alain Resnais documentary style