I really wanted the film to be shown in the US because Cuba, for a huge section of the American public, has been eradicated from view.
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As proud as I am of European cinema, the way to make it survive is not to make it an endangered species but to put it out there in the world.
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Havana is one of the poorest cities I've been in the last few years and yet we were never asked for money from anybody during our stay.
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Many of the critics today get airline tickets, hotel accommodation, bags, beautiful photographs, gifts and other expenses paid by the distributors, and then are supposed to write serious articles about the movie.
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In this age of consumerism film criticism all over the world - in America first but also in Europe - has become something that caters for the movie industry instead of being a counterbalance.
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Of course the French are making very credible movies and it is still one of the greatest nations in terms of world cinema but the real problem is the decay in film criticism.
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