Post #232130 by MrBaliHai on Mon, May 15, 2006 5:11 PM

I'm sure that the intent of those who authorized the making of this film was to juxtapose the decadence of the tourist trade and the island's elite with the grinding poverty that the vast majority of Cubans had to endure. Whether or not director Mikheil Kalatozishvili intentionally made the nightclub and Copacabana scenes look so fabulous is an interesting question. Directors often tried to subvert the strict limitations that the Soviet propaganda officers placed on them, but I don't know enough about Kalatozishvili's dedication to the Party's ideals to make that call.