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Garcia's Lost City Not Found in South America
Because of how the film portrays revolutionary Che Guevara, Andy Garcia's The
Lost City has been banned in parts of South America.
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
By FilmStew Staff Report
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Garcia starring in his own directorial debut, The Lost City
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Andy Garcia may be preparing for the release of his feature directorial debut,
The Lost City, but some countries in South America are having none of
it. According to a report on movie website MonstersAndCritics.com, the film
has been banned in parts of South America because it depicts revolutionary Ernesto
"Che" Guevara in a negative light.
Garcia, who wrote, directed and stars in the film, worked for years to get
his film made, only to have it shunned from several film festivals and cinema
chains because of how it portrays Che Guevara. Garcia believes his film tells
the truth about the life of Guevara, a Marxist revolutionary, and how he killed
many in Garcia's native Cuba as he fought to revolutionize the island nation
and bring Fidel Castro to power.
"There have been festivals that wouldn't show it. That will continue to
happen from people who don't want to see the image of Che be tarnished and from
people who support the Castro regime," Garcia said. "He still has
a lot of supporters out there. Some people think Castro is a savior, that he
looks out for the kids and the poor. It's a bunch of hogwash."
Set in Cuba during the 1950s, Lost City stars Garcia as a Havana nightclub
owner caught up in the transition of power from the oppressive regime of the
Batista to the Marxist Castro leadership. The change eventually leads the club
owner to flee to New York. Magnolia Pictures will be releasing the film limitedly on
April 28.
For his part, Garcia just hopes he is bringing to light some of the cruelness
reaped upon Cuba by Castro. "In the 45 years since Castro came to power,
Cuba has been in the top three countries for human rights abuses for 43 of those
years. People turn a blind eye to his atrocities."
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