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

DVD Reviews of The Lost City

DVD 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.

DVD Review: This is a mess
Summary: 1 Stars

S l o w, painfully slow homage to the last days of Havana before the revolution. Trouble is Andy Garcia acted AND directed, and no one told him, no. The pace is glacial. Garcia loves Cuban music and he pays almost as much homage to it as to his plot, such as it is. And what is Bill Murray doing in this? He is totally out of place. The colors really pop and the scenery is pretty, but Garcia should stick to acting. The script stinks, and the directing is painful.

DVD Review: A superb film
Summary: 5 Stars

Andy Garcia, son of Cuban immigrants, traces the darkest moments experienced by a bourgeois family trapped by the Revolution. Andy Garcia gives a just farewell to Guevara myth that appears as in itself, minister of justice exception (the courts of exception) responsible for serial murders, crimes (finally! How long I expected for a movie Very dangerous and pale Guevara.

The passions. Trouble when bribing a Batista, gangrene American Mafia (though described in "Havana" the thriller by Stephen Hunter) disputed the bloody communism.

Andy Garcia issues a superb history. Bravo.

DVD Review: LOST CITY A REALITY
Summary: 5 Stars

I purchased several copies (5) of Lost City. Why, you may ask. Well, I gave 4 away to close friends who were interested in what happened in Cuba and Castro in the early 1960's.

I lived those days in Cuba as a teenager; experienced the radical changes in the government structure, the theft of Cuban's personal homes, properties and businesses....so, I know first hand what happened and what was depicted in this video by Andy Garcia - a fellow Cuban-American.

Also, I happened to have a very close friend, Peter Dominguez Fox, nephew of Martin Fox, the owner of Tropicana Nightclub which is depicted as the nightclub in the video. I visited Tropicana many times with Peter and other friends that were American born and Cuban raised or Cuban born and American raised like myself. I recommend this video without reservations.

DVD Review: A little slow, but the imagry is GREAT!~
Summary: 4 Stars

I have a passion for Cuban culture and this movie really does a great job depicting that. It has a good story, but it can be slow at times.

Description 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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