DATA OF INTEREST

GUEST:
FERENANDO VILLAVERDE

HOST:
JOSÉ LUIS APARICIO FERRERA


Synopsis:

The filmmaker and writer Fernando Villaverde discusses his cinematographic work, which began in the early 1960s at the Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC), where he filmed important short films such as “El parque” (1963, documentary) and “Elena” (1964, fiction), and continued in New York after his exile in 1965. He talks about his connection to the experimental scene of the time and about films such as “Apollo, man to the moon” (1970) and “A Lady’s Home Journal” (1972). He also tells us about those films whose production was interrupted by censorship, including “El mar”, the only fiction feature film he filmed on the island.

Bio:

Fernando Villaverde (Havana, 1938) was a director at the Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC) before going into exile in 1965. In Cuba he directed the short films “El parque” (1963, documentary) and “Elena” (1964, fiction), as well as the feature-length fiction film “El mar”, whose production was interrupted by censorship. In New York he became involved in the experimental film scene and made short films such as “Apollo, man to the moon” (1970) and “A Lady’s Home Journal” (1972). His books include “Los labios pintados de Diderot” (Letters de Oro Award, 1992) and “La irresistible caída del pared de Berlín” (2016).

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"Cinema" Series: The Cinema of Fernando Villaverde

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