The Lost City

The Lost City
by Andy Garcia

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Actor: Andy Garcia, In?s Sastre, Nestor Carbonell, Richard Bradford, Tomas Milian
Director: Andy Garcia
Brand: MAGNOLIA HOME ENTERTAINMENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Dubbed)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 144 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-08-08
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Magnolia

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Movie Review: Subjective 5 Stars
Summary: 5 Stars

I'm a big fan of the musician Cachao, whom Andy Garcia worked with a lot before Cachao passed away. Really, Andy was the guy who brought Cachao back from semi-retirement to make what are a couple of masterpieces of Cuban music, See Cachao, Master Sessions Vol. 1 and 2.

I can't say I've ever been a big fan of Andy Garcia though.

That being said, I absolutely loved this movie, everything about it. I'm not Cuban, I'm a Yankee, about as WASP as they come, and I have little interest in arguing about the Cuban revolution or Fidel Castro or Batista, or anyone else in Cuba for that matter. Whatever arguments people want to carry on about Cuba and the revolution, have at it.

The funny thing is that I didn't find The Lost City to be a very political movie. Knowing Andy Garcia and his passion for all things Cuban, I would have expected him to throw in a bunch of anti-communist propaganda. He didn't (no matter what other reviewers say). If anything, Andy could have thrown in a lot of ugly scenes depicting all the awful things the communists really did do in Cuba after the revolution. But he didn't.

To me, this is a movie by a guy who truly loves the country and culture he comes from, and he just wanted to make a movie to express it. He does so wonderfully. He depicts Cuba during the revolution through his characters, and doesn't really take any unfair swipes at anybody on any side.

This movie isn't a deep 'masterpiece' by a 'great' film-maker. Sometimes those kind of movies are terrible movies no matter who wrote, directed or starred in them. I can remember walking out of an Oscar front runner 'great' movie, laughing with my ex-wife (who graduated with a film degree from USC), about how 'God-awful that movie was.' I don't need perfect structure. If you have any experience reading the books of, or watching the movies of, great storytellers, you will have noticed that they make mistakes, try things that don't work, and hit rough patches all the time. So what.

What I loved most about The Lost City is the way the actors are treated. Andy Garcia lets everybody, every character, every actor just shine in this movie. He has an obvious affection not only for Cuba, but for actors and the arts of storytelling and movie making. His affection jumps off the screen in every scene.

I wish Andy would appear in a few more blockbusters so he can save up some money, make a movie, and tell us another story like this one.

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Summary of The Lost City

Havana in 1958 is a place of pleasure for many but others are not happy under the rule of dictator fulgencio batista. As the revolutionary forces of fidel castro & ernesto che guevara prepare to move on the city fico fellove owner of the citys classiest music nightclub struggles to hold his family together Studio: Magnolia Pict Hm Ent Release Date: 12/31/2007 Starring: Andy Garcia Ines Sastre Run time: 143 minutes Rating: R

For his first feature film as a director, Andy Garcia has crafted an ambitious and vivid love story set amid the Cuban revolution. El Tropico, an elegant nightclub, overflows with exuberant music and sinuous dance; the owner, Fico (Garcia, Ocean's Eleven, The Untouchables), and his family live a life of privilege in Havana, but Fico and his father hope to steer the brutal reign of Batista towards democratic reforms. Fico's two brothers are not so patient and get caught up in the guerilla forces that seek to overthrow Batista by force; one dies after a failed coup attempt, the other joins Fidel Castro's revolutionary army. Meanwhile, Fico and his widowed sister-in-law Aurora (Ines Sastre) fall in love, their romance unfolding in the still-thriving Havana nightlife, while during the day Castro's new regime turns as repressive as Batista's. Gorgeous cinematography captures the spectacle of the musical numbers in El Tropico, which are never less than stunning, and the depiction of the political chaos is effective and dynamic. Unfortunately, at the heart of the movie is stasis; Fico, though morally indignant, never takes any action, and his courtship with Aurora is beautifully filmed but lacks palpable heat. Clumsy dialogue and odd digressions with mobster Meyer Lansky (Dustin Hoffman, Rain Man) and a seemingly metaphorical character known only as the Writer (Bill Murray, Lost in Translation) make a long movie feel even longer. But the music is undeniable; if your feet don't itch to dance after watching The Lost City, you have no soul. --Bret Fetzer

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