US$2M “Avinash Theatre” Entertainment Complex opens

Glad to see this again in Guyana. I know the oligarchs had the same idea. Panday seem to make the first move. I hope he succeeds. As a teenager this was my fun in GT. Sad to see this industry die as it did. Thanks to Panday for resurrecting it with a bang. 

SWEET, SWEET GUYANA. GUYANA TOO SWEET. PRIVATE SECTOR WORKING WITH EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE GOVT HELP GUN TAKE GUYANA TO THE MOON. $2.50 us TO SEE A mOVIE IS A BARGAIN. I AM EXTREMELY HAPPY FOR MY GUYANESE PEOPLE..   FIVE MORE YEARS!!!  FIVE MORE YEARS!!!

When I used to go to Starlite most of the action was in the back seat.

My car used to go up and down like a VW .

The movie industry in Guyana died out when the video industry exploded. People could watch the same and even newer movies(pirated) in their homes without the hassle of going to the movies and at a fraction of the cost. I predict that Panday will suffer some heavy losses as he has to compete with pirated movies.

Also this complex will negate the need for the plans at Turkeyen where there was talk of setting up a movie complex, with Guyana being such a small nation, there is only so much room for a limited amount of movie theaters. 

Remind me again...which government failed to enforce the rule of law? Copyright laws that caused the cinema industry to fail? Which government is to be blamed if Panday fails because of movie pirating? 

Are you that illiterate?? Name ONE Country where Pirated Movies, Music, clothing etc are not available??/!!! Man, please think before you open your mouth. I know how SHAMELESS you are but if you try hard that HOISH attitude can be adjusted.

Actually I knew your intellect is undeveloped enough for you to make that statement. I was eagerly anticipating your simple mind. 

So I am not LYING, something that comes natrually with you.

I rest my case my simpleton friend. 

Imagine, the powerful controlling evil oligarchs who want everything for themselves was outdone by a local businessman.  Now, doesn't that speak to the power of the "oligarchs"!!  Hatred does wonders to the human mind.

HEHEHE LAAD AH MERCY. I AM ENJOYING THIS. I AM ONLY A BY STANDER NOW.

I never made the point the Oligarchs are smart. It is not smart to thrive in business with the support of government. The smart guys are the Badals and Pandays who made the move against the grain. Let's see how this one will play out. Remember they already had plans to set up one in Turkeyen and Providence. Let's see who will get pissed. 

Seems you ask the questions you want and provide the answers you love.

Granted, pirating is an issue like in many nations even the USA however, the bigger issue was a shift in lifestyle that came with the proliferation of TV/VCRs.  Security/crime also played a role as crowded places were a magnate for terrorists and criminals who were hell bent on creating mayhem.  People preferred to remain in the safety of their homes rather than venturing out resulting in a less sociable society as a whole.  People began flocking to the many resorts, etc for family outings.

Given the rise of Guyana and the relative prosperity, there is now a demand for a return for such which was part of our national pass-time.  As long as the criminals are kept in check and snuffed out regularly, Guyana's rise will continue. 

heh heh heh

There were crimes. However we always walked from Houston to Star Cinema, Globe Cinema, Astor, Strand, etc. Crime never stopped us and hundreds. In the poor days of the 1980s we did same as we could not get flour. The real reason for the death of the cinemas in Guyana was the failure of the government to enforce property rights laws. This failure has far reaching implications beyond the cinemas. Our artists and singers cannot reap the reward of their creativity. Had nothing to do with cultural shifts. 

The private sector continues to propel Guyana forward---exciting times are ahead for little Guyana.

Rev

 Stupid man, piracy and copyright infringement is indeed a problem but ( to name countries) nowhere else has it been so openly neglected that first run movies can be seen on national TV to the detriment of Cinema complexes.

As Nehru put you in your place, no country, even the US are able to control piracy. You AFC folks are selling lies to the folks,  pretending you can run a corruption free govt and end piracy and crime. Meanwhile your leaders are the same corrupt individuals that used to drink from the soup bowl of the PPP and go along with the same corrupt practices that you now despise. 

Nehru as a support base for a proposition one forwards is as lame as you can get. The point is no first run movie is mass distributed for public consumption on any publicly available distributed medium sufficiently so to kill movie houses en mass.

If indeed the state television is airing pirated movies, it is wrong and should be condemned, however I doubt this is the case.  However I note that you continue to detract from the real issue, the piracy via dvd's is the real threat. 

Yes, there is an 8 screen complex being built by a Trinidad conglomorate.

Druggie so are you acknowledging that widespread copyright abuses in Guyana is the real reason for the death of a vibrant cinema industry? 

You are truly dippy. DVD pirating does not and did not ruin Cinema complexes. The Movie houses ran on first run films. DVDs are officially released one or more months after the film is long left the movie houses. In Guyana, illegal first run movies were indeed shown on TV.

Are these folks doing a feasibility study before they invest their money? It seems to me this is over kill, going from zero movie theaters to two movie complexes with multiple screens in each.  But then again it is private money being spent, so they must have great confidence in Guyana under the PPP or maybe they expect better things under the PNC if the AFC boys have their way. 

Are those prices within reach of the avg worker in Guyana? Those seats do not flip up, they look too uncomfortable. As much as I wish him luck, I think it is much too late for this kind of thing in Guyana. Even in NA the cinemas here are having a hard time, they have to put in so much fancy stuff to attract people.  In  Guyana, they cant do that, the return on the investment will be very low.

You must be the only person in the world that don't realize that new movies are immediately put to DVD by the movie pirates all over the world. Most take a video camera into the movies and tape the first run while others use more sophisticated technology in collusion with folks in the movie industry. hahahahahaah

What does that have to do with the fact the are not on public broadcast systems immediately in contraventions of local law?  The ability to steal Pre Released DVDs or copying the film is not the same as pirating it largescale as what happened to us.

The PPP let broadcasters transmit all the pirated movies on TV and it killed the audience of the movies. If that little distinction does not jump your conceptual grasp from noise to information I cannot help you.

Actually, there was an extensive reporting on the demise of theaters in Guyana  and this precisely was given as the cause, a fall out of audience because they broadcasters pirated new movies.

I agree fully with this. It is the failure of the PPP to enforce rules of law and respect property rights that accounted for the demise of the cinema industry. Classic example for regulation failure and the dire consequences. Druggie don't visit GT around Astor/Globe, Metropole and Strand to see how depressed these areas have become. And furthermore the pirated DVDs are of extremely poor quality. Can't ever beat the cinema experience. 

It is not the PPP but parliament and the laws of Guyana that allows this to transpire. Don't let the PNC/AFC parliamentarians off the hook as they seem content to show up in parliament and collect a paycheck. 

 AN example of their disregard for these kinds of laws is seen in their recent rationalizing of the theft of intellectual property in the text books reprinting. We have laws in place and if they want to cover their asses they can revise them to exclude process protections.

Who is "they"? It is not the ruling party that determines laws or enforce them. The police are the ones tasked with enforcing laws and parliament are the ones responsible for tabling new ones or amending existing laws. 

What a simplistic view of things, Mr "Simpleton".  Cinemas in the USA were also going through challenges with the advent of the VCR and home cinema systems.  However, cinemas made big investments re-inventing the big-screen experience and having first release.

Guyana is a whole different story, and you know that.  In the 80's up to the early 90's, VCR's and cassettes were still not as prolific as in the 90's as such cinema was still the option.  VCR, more specific VCD and CDs took over in the late 80's early 90's which, coupled with lack of investment in the sector, saw the end.  Who would want to invest given the destitute situation and gave uncertainty under the PNC.

TK, you know the truth very well, but hatred and malice have you taking these irrational and outrageous positions.  If this is not the case, then you really need to shift away from theoretics and get real.

"They" are self evident....do a search of this site on text book pirating!

Yes, the Guyanese population acquiesce to this, including Nagamootoo and Ramjattan when they were part of the PPP. It is only when political opportunity came knocking that these gentlemen developed a conscience. But rest assured that the Guyanese population will remember this sudden conscience when they go to the polls in the upcoming snap elections and recall how their children were deprived of text books and the additional cost incurred. 

Drug proceeds going legit!!

Hate? I don't hate the Jagdeo-Ramotar cabal. I just don't see positives to give them praise. Importantly I don't give them an easy pass because they are Indos. I reiterate my position - bad policies and lack of vision by the PPP caused the cinema industry to fail thus bringing depressed regions in GT and other towns in Guyana. 

As I said, very simplistic view.

What is significant is that the afc/pnc majority in parliament did nothing over the past year to rectify copyright laws and help the movie industry. They are content to just shuffle their feet and collect a paycheck.  Their main focus was to perpetuate mo fiah slow fiah, they financed the Linden riots and then turn around and kill their own people. Then these fools moved on to Agricola where the send their brutes to beat and rob Indians in neighboring villages in the guise of protest.