Restoring Titón: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea’s Classics Remastered
Generally regarded as Cuba’s foremost filmmaker, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea (1928-1996) first rose to prominence with Memories of Underdevelopment (1968) and later found a wider international audience with Strawberry and Chocolate-the first and only Cuban film nominated for an Oscar in 1994. Influenced by Italian neorealism and an early love of cinema, Gutiérrez Alea’s work created a sharp post-revolutionary Cuba analysis. Commenting on his style, Gutiérrez called himself “a man who makes criticism inside the revolution, who wants to ameliorate the process, to perfect it, but not to destroy it.”
Español Generalmente aclamado como el cineasta cubano más prominente, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea (1928-1996) afirmó su reputación con Memorias del subdesarrollo (1968), y luego alcanzó fama internacional con Fresa y chocolate al volverse la primera y única película cubana nominada al Oscar en 1994. Influenciado por el neorrealismo italiano y un temprano amor al cine, las obras de Gutiérrez Alea crearon un agudo análisis posrevolucionario de Cuba. Comentando sobre su estilo, Gutiérrez se llamó a sí mismo “un hombre que hace críticas dentro de la revolución, que quiere mejorar el proceso, perfeccionarlo, pero no destruirlo”.DATES & SCREENINGS
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea | Cuba | 1971 | Fiction | 130min
MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE: 4/7 @ 2:00PM
AMC LOEWS 34th STREET: 4/13 @ 4:20PM – Preceded by an introduction by Luciano Castillo, Director of the Cinemateca de Cuba/Cuban Film Archives
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea | Cuba | 1979 | Fiction | 130min
MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE: 4/8 @ 2:00PM
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea & Juan Carlos Tabio | Cuba | 1993 | Fiction | 117min
AMC LOEWS 34th STREET:4/14 @ 4:30PM – Followed by a conversation with the film’s screenwriter, Senel Paz, and actors Jorge Perugorria & Mirtha Ibarra.
HFFNY is proud to honor the acclaimed director’s 90th birthday year with screenings of three of his films, digitally restored and re-mastered by the Cinemateca de Cuba and the Academy Film Archive:
