Envisioning the cinematic future of Cuba- Starts with 12/17 Dinner at Versailles

[Peter CINERAMAX]

Cool?

[Peter CINERAMAX]

OF COURSE this is Family Folklore and must be handed as a Tall Tale until the definitive records are found, but my aunt for example swore that she saw papers to reclaim a Marquis Title in the hands of the below named Leonardo Selles, my father said that was bullshit.

But yes both my parents and my brother and sister told me about Queen Isabela II's sword memento.

Found my Grandmothers brothers school record: but nothing on Coronel Jose Selles their father, Nokey is one of my sequential (10) last names, in Spain you can keep going back generations of mother and fathers last names.

Selles means eyebrows in French.

This is a picture of Queen Isabela II



My Parents had a sword encrusted with stones given to Jose Selles before he was sent by the King to fight rebels in Cuba sometime around mid 1800, allegedly they had a love affair which is something for what the Queen was well known: The Promiscuous Queen. 11 out of her 12 pregnancies were attributed to 11 different men.

I swear I am not making this up. She is in Spielberg's AMISTAD, she married her cousin at age 15 who apparently could not consummate the marriage...
http://www.youngactressreviews.org/reviews/amistad/Anna_Paquin-Amistad-clip1.mp4


http://letimorena9.blogspot.com/2012/06/isabel-ii-la-reina-promiscua.html

So he was conveniently shipped off to fight rebels by the Viagra Challenged King, swept under the rug.

[Peter CINERAMAX]

they have the 3d models....

[Peter CINERAMAX]

Correction these are city blocks my post is inaccurate ...

I told you to take my family folklore with a grain of salt.

If you see the number of houses in old havana by the green intensity there don't seem to be quite 500 homes.

Looks like the 500 homes part was at least partially a Tall tale, perhaps Colonel Jose Selles was a Lieutenant in reality, I will continue my investigation....

[Peter CINERAMAX]

Of course these were probably bootlegged, Holywood should create a tiered pricing structure for Hotel Window cinemas in Havana where people are so poor. Investors could implement Imax and Dolby Cinema Grade in the remodeled sections of Old Havana provided they created comunal theater centers in the rest of the Island. If technology is the first thing trough which reconnection of USA and CUBA will happen, then I say we revive the technical and cultural greatness of cinemas past. A measured deployment that balances for profit high tech cinemas in the tourist sectors with equally contributed venues for the cuban proletariat is the solution in my view.

Government of Cuba Closes Private Cinemas
November 2, 2013 | Print Print |

Small private cinemas like this one will be immediately shut down. Photo: Cubanite

HAVANA TIMES — The Cuban government today ordered the “immediate” closure of private movie theaters, one of the many activities that have emerged in recent years in the context of limited legalized private initiative, reportó dpa news.

The measure affects mostly 3D theaters, which have become popular on the island. In Havana, several people offer films in private cafes or at homes, in small rooms or spaces adapted to that end.

The authorities also banned private gaming rooms.

“The exhibition of movies (including 3D rooms) and computer games are to immediately cease in any self-employed business activity,” reads an official note from the Council of Ministers published in Granma newspaper. These services “have never been authorized”, notes the text.

Raul Castro’s government recently began to tighten the rules against the emerging private sector of the island, the so-called “self-employed”. A few weeks ago the government clamped down against the sale of imported clothing, another popular private business activity in the streets of Havana.

Under the leadership of Raul Castro, the island has been undergoing a gradual economic reform process with elements of market reforms after decades of state monopoly. The measures include the authorization of self-employment in more than 200 small trades and activities.

The private sector was totally abolished by Fidel Castro in the late ’60s during the “revolutionary offensive”, which nationalized small businesses.

According to the government, there are currently 442,000 registered as “self-employed”. The Castro administration hopes for this emerging sector to absorb over a million state workers to be laid off in the coming years.

The emergence of the private sector has also given rise to increasing social differences. While many of the “self-employed” have improved significantly their income, state workers continue to receive low wages averaging around US $20 a month.

[Peter CINERAMAX]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/power-players-abc-news/cuba-libre--rum--cigars-and-a-trip-to-havana-234955488.html