Che - El Argentino

[trannybanger]

Has anyone seen Steven Soderbergh's film? It is the first part of a two part biopic.

[Coroner]

Has anyone seen Steven Soderbergh's film? It is the first part of a two part biopic.

Is it worth watching?

[saifan]

Has anyone seen Steven Soderbergh's film? It is the first part of a two part biopic.

Is it worth watching?

Any of Soderbergh's films are worth watching IMO.
Have yet to see this yet. Don't think it is out in the states for a few more months.

[Coroner]

Has anyone seen Steven Soderbergh's film? It is the first part of a two part biopic.

Is it worth watching?

Any of Soderbergh's films are worth watching IMO.
Have yet to see this yet. Don't think it is out in the states for a few more months.

I remember his remake of Tarkovsky´s "Solaris" and to be honest, he fucked it up. But frankly, I haven´t seen many Soderbergh movies and will perhaps give it a try.

[trannybanger]

I think its well done, the camera's they used really give it an amazing feeling. If you are expecting some some sort of film with moments of tension, as well as romance or sadness this is not the film. It is overall a well made documentary, and if you enjoyed The Motorcycle Diaries you will most likely enjoy this.

[Coroner]

I think its well done, the camera's they used really give it an amazing feeling. If you are expecting some some sort of film with moments of tension, as well as romance or sadness this is not the film. It is overall a well made documentary, and if you enjoyed The Motorcycle Diaries you will most likely enjoy this.

Thanks for the short review, banger.

[peggygee]

Well I'm sure it will kick the ass of 1969's Che, with Omar Sharif as
Che and Jack Palance as Fidel Castro

For those of you stateside, it was just at Linoln Center.

Che

Series: 46th New York Film Festival [Sept. 26 – Oct. 12, 2008]
Director: Steven Soderbergh, Country: France/Spain, Release: 2008,
Runtime: 268 with a 30 minute intermission

The most eagerly awaited event at Cannes last May, Steven Soderbergh’s
sweeping, Spanish-language meditation on the theory and practice of
guerrilla warfare focuses on the two key episodes in Ernesto “Che”
Guevara’s military career.

Benicio Del Toro (Best Actor at Cannes) brilliantly embodies the
Argentine-born revolutionary, but Che is hardly a biopic. Rather, it’s a
structuralist epic that in the tradition of Roberto Rossellini’s historical
dramas objectively ponders the flow of history. The first two hours,
mainly set in the late 1950s, concern the miraculous success of the Cuban
Revolution. The second part dwells in harrowing detail on Guevara’s
doomed attempt to repeat this victory a decade later in Bolivia.

At once boldly simplified and massively detailed, this didactic, dialectical
and dazzlingly choreographed combat film challenges us to confront a
figure as relevant to our times as he was to his own.

An IFC Films release.

[Odelay]

Soderberg is more hit than miss, but I do agree with the guy above that he misses occasionally, although I haven't seen the mentioned "Solaris".

All that said... I'm guessing he made a good go at this subject. Del Toro seems like an inspired choice in casting the lead role. Looking forward to seeing this.

[trannybanger]

Could not find anyone on earth more perfect for this than Benecio del Toro

[saifan]

Soderberg is more hit than miss, but I do agree with the guy above that he misses occasionally, although I haven't seen the mentioned "Solaris".

All that said... I'm guessing he made a good go at this subject. Del Toro seems like an inspired choice in casting the lead role. Looking forward to seeing this.

I don't want to hijack this thread and make it about Soderbergh, but I think the great thing about him is that he came from the independent side of things, was able to make some big Hollywood films, but kept his foot in the indie world too. What other director could make a film like Ocean's 13 but also strong indie fair like The Limey or Bubble?