In an interview with Cineaste Magazine in 1977, Gutiérrez Alea is quoted saying that "Memories was in general much better understood and evaluated in the US because people perceived the attempt to criticize the bourgeois mentality."
The quote highlights that Gutiérrez Alea believed the American audience was more receptive to his film's social commentary, which aimed to criticize the perceived excesses and limitations of bourgeois culture.