Cuba at night, December 1960
'PM', 1960-61, Saba Cabrera Infante y Orlando Jiménez (Parte 1)
'PM', 1960-61, Saba Cabrera Infante y Orlando Jiménez (Parte 2)
'PM', siglas de Post Meridiano pero que podría entenderse también como una ironía sobre el lema revolucionario cubano 'Patria o Muerte', es el título de este cortometraje de unos 13 minutos filmado en Diciembre de 1960 y editado en 1961 por el cineasta Orlando Jiménez y el hermano mayor del escritor Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Saba, que muestra de forma documental, al estilo del free cinema de la época, la noche rumbera de Cuba. La pieza fue censurada en su momento ante la ira de Fidel Castro por el ansia irreverente de los intelectuales. Se lo tomó como una sorna sobre el espíritu revolucionario, mientras él predicaba que toda Cuba se levantaba en favor de la Revolución los cineastas parecían demostrar de forma tan aparentemente inocente que Cuba seguía de fiesta. La afrenta costaría el exilio de los cineastas junto a otros como Néstor Almendros y Guillermo Cabrera Infante, que formaban cuadrilla y compartían inquietudes y ya andaban bajo sospecha para entonces.
'PM ', which stands for Post Meridian but may be understood as an irony of Cuban revolutionary slogan "Patria o Muerte', is a short film of about 13 minutes filmed in December 1960 and edited in 1961 by filmmaker Orlando Jimenez and the older brother of writer Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Saba, the shootage showing a typical night of rumba in Cuba in that documentary-style of the free cinema of the time. The piece was censored because of the wrath that the irreverent attitude of those intellectuals caused in Fidel Castro. He took it as a mockery of the revolutionary spirit as he preached that all Cuba was in arms in favour of Revolution but the film seemed to show that Cuba was really still in a constant party. The affront costed them exile along with others as Nestor Almendros and Guillermo Cabrera Infante, who shared concerns and were all under suspicion.
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'PM ', which stands for Post Meridian but may be understood as an irony of Cuban revolutionary slogan "Patria o Muerte', is a short film of about 13 minutes filmed in December 1960 and edited in 1961 by filmmaker Orlando Jimenez and the older brother of writer Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Saba, the shootage showing a typical night of rumba in Cuba in that documentary-style of the free cinema of the time. The piece was censored because of the wrath that the irreverent attitude of those intellectuals caused in Fidel Castro. He took it as a mockery of the revolutionary spirit as he preached that all Cuba was in arms in favour of Revolution but the film seemed to show that Cuba was really still in a constant party. The affront costed them exile along with others as Nestor Almendros and Guillermo Cabrera Infante, who shared concerns and were all under suspicion.
[Visto originalmente enFirst seen at El País]
