The Lost City
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Movie Reviews of The Lost City
Movie Review: A 16-year dream come true for Director Andy Garcia.
Summary: 5 Stars
I left my native country (1962) when I was eight, and as far as I can remember Cuba was pretty much as Mr. Garcia describes it. According to some of the older Cuban generation who lived through the turmoil's of the Cuban revolution, the characters that play the part of Benny More, Rolando Laserie and El Che are very close to the real people. Dustin Hoffman plays the part of my favorite gangster Meyer Lansky. All the actors did a great job with their performances. Amazing how the imagination of Mr. Garcia is so close to the truth. This movie should become a classic in its own right. Mr. Garcia is correct, it has some shades of the old Hollywood movies from the 1940's and 50's (Casa Blanca and Doctor Zhivago), I like it because, there is no vulgarity, and the exaggerated unreal violence that Hollywood exposes so much on the public today its not seen here in the movie at all. The Movie is good and the sound track is terrific! It's a shame that this movie was only shown on certain places and did not get the all the publicity it needed. I personally bought the DVD and CD, to show it to some of my friends here in Marrakech, they liked the Movie. However the soundtrack is what they enjoyed the most. I hope that Mr.Garcia will continue making movies concerning Cuba and its rich historical music. I also recommend the movie The Mambo Kings.Movie Review: An extraordinary love letter to what Cuban culture and family were
Summary: 5 Stars
The culmination of a 16 year dream by Andy Garcia, it's set in Cuba in the late 50's and follows Garcia's character and his extended family as they, and the rest of the country slowly fall apart with the arrival of the revolution.
Garcia's character is a night club owner that features Cuban music and Cuban dancing, so a large theme of the music is what is lost with the arrival of the communists, Cuban culture and the beauty and civility of old Cuba, even considering as bad as Bautista was.
The acting is great, but being Hollywood, an anti-communist nostalgic look at old Cuba didn't fly in the major studios, so Garcia had it indepently made.
On the plus side, the women are extraordinarily beautiful, the music is great, Dustin Hoffman plays an American mob boss and best of all, Bill Murray plays an anti-communist stand-up comedian (his role has some of the best anti-communist lines I've ever heard in a movie).
The movie is rated "R" for some violence when Bautista and the communists engage in some brutality. I only recall 1 swear word (and that was appropriate for the time), and sex was only alluded to, not shown. It's a keeper.
Movie Review: Not Propaganda, But the True Cuba Pre1959,Pre Castro.
Summary: 5 Stars
Of Course the "Intellectual Left" would have you believe this is Pro American Propaganda, It could Be Further From the Truth As A Cuban The Movie is right on Target, This was Before A Tyrant Named Castro Replaced another Named Batista, Sadly Since then Families have been torned apart,
Lives Shattered, Deaths,Etc. People Sent to "La Cabana" Firing Squad Care of A PsychoPath Named Che and Castro and His Cronies, History sometimes Can be cruel, as its convienent for a "Scholar" To take out what he wants from it, and use "Official State Propaganda". This Is not it if what your looking for Is Sugarcoated Robert Redford Type(Havana The Movie?) Theatrics, This Movie is about Facts, What had happen, And what the true cost of the Revolution is. And With Andy Garcia, Harvey Keitel and Many Others How can you Lose? Do yourself a Favor and even if its not "Cool" To believe what Us many Cubans,Cuban Americans and Cuban Descendants,And Intelligent Scholars already Knew and Rent it,Decide for yourself,Do your research. Ask Any Cuban(over 2 million Exiled worldwide)
Movie Review: Finally...telling it like it is
Summary: 5 Stars
For many of us who have lived through our own "Lost City," watching this film was a bittersweet experience. Andy Garcia has given us an artful, albeit realistic and truthful expression of the tragedy that befell the people and beautiful Island of Cuba. Not only was the movie entertaining and captivating, it was beautifully filmed, evoking images of a time and place we can never go back to. The casting was brilliant and the acting very compelling---you could tell that for many of them the movie was "personal." Amazing that this film made it to the screen given its honest portrayal of the brutal architects of the Cuban revolution, particularly Hollywood's darlings, Che Guevara and Fidel Castro. I can't help but laugh (although I should cry) every time I see the blissfully ignorant adulation for Che and company...perhaps if more people see the movie they might think twice before sporting their ugly mugs on their t-shirts....way to go Andy!Movie Review: Andy Garcia scores again
Summary: 5 Stars
This is Andy Garcia's second movie on the impact of Fidel's revolution on the lives of Cubans, especially the musical artists. Beautifully filmed, great music, with excellent character & plot development, it shows that while Cuban life under Batista was far from ideal, things got much worse under Castro.
We had a little difficulty following the characters early on. Bill Murray's role seemed puzzling an superfluous at times, but at other times, the wry wit & observations were right on. The extra feature interview of Garcia quotes Murray as saying he loved the script & wanted to particpate, even though no one would see the movie. Bill is obviously a smart Hollywood guy as the film got very little theater play, a real sad commentary on what the American public wants. I highly recommend this movie along with Garcia's other Cuban film "For Love or Country - The Arturo Sandoval Story"