Cuban film industry waits for next revolution

Posted on: March 24th, 2008
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“Castro, who often would hold meetings in his car if he wanted some privacy, had joined Garcia Espinosa and his friend Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the Colombian writer, during a reception that day for Jack Lemmon and Gregory Peck. The Hollywood duo had come to inform Garcia Espinosa — then head of ICAIC, the Cuban Film Institute — that the organization had been sanctioned as the official sponsor of Cuban entries in the Academy’s foreign-film category.

“Fifteen days later, Fidel said, ‘So do you have a curriculum yet?’ ” Garcia Espinosa’s wife Lola recalled with a laugh.”*

*From: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com
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