Jan 1st
Che** (15)
Cineworld Ipswich
US/Spa/Fra 2008. Wild Bunch/Morena Films/Telecinco.
Part One 126m.
Part Two 131m.
Glamorised, long-winded biopic of Che Guevara, from his joining the Cuban Communist revolution (Part One), to his ill-fated attempts to spread the revolution through the rest of South America (Part Two), of which the second half is markedly different in style to the first. Soderbergh initially displays his usual interesting cross-time narrative editing technique, flowing back and forth from Guevera's appearance at the UN in 1965. The second half switches to a more conventional old-fashioned style of epic film making, somewhat akin to Lawrence of Arabia. An honourable effort, but on the whole the Cuban revolution here seems to resemble a few people hanging around the jungle rather than a major uprising.
Written by: Peter Buchman, Benjamin A. van der Veen, based on the books "Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War" and "Bolivian Diary" by Ernesto "Che" Guevara.
Producers: Laura Bickford, Steven Soderbergh, Benicio Del Toro.
Director: Steven Soderbergh.
Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Demian Bichir (as Fidel Castro), Catalina Sandino Moreno, Luis Alberto Garcia, Julia Ormond; Joaquim de Almeida, Franka Potente, Lous Diamond Phillips, Nestor Rodulfo, Cristian Mercado, Matt Damon, and others.
Photography: Peter Andrews (Steven Soderbergh).
Music: Alberto Iglesias.
Editing: Pablo Zumarraga.
+ the cinema version here was a rare joint screening (as screened at the Cannes Film Festival - with an intermission and no credits) at selected Cineworld cinemas, with both parts planned for separate release
Che** (15)
Cineworld Ipswich
US/Spa/Fra 2008. Wild Bunch/Morena Films/Telecinco.
Part One 126m.
Part Two 131m.
Glamorised, long-winded biopic of Che Guevara, from his joining the Cuban Communist revolution (Part One), to his ill-fated attempts to spread the revolution through the rest of South America (Part Two), of which the second half is markedly different in style to the first. Soderbergh initially displays his usual interesting cross-time narrative editing technique, flowing back and forth from Guevera's appearance at the UN in 1965. The second half switches to a more conventional old-fashioned style of epic film making, somewhat akin to Lawrence of Arabia. An honourable effort, but on the whole the Cuban revolution here seems to resemble a few people hanging around the jungle rather than a major uprising.
Written by: Peter Buchman, Benjamin A. van der Veen, based on the books "Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War" and "Bolivian Diary" by Ernesto "Che" Guevara.
Producers: Laura Bickford, Steven Soderbergh, Benicio Del Toro.
Director: Steven Soderbergh.
Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Demian Bichir (as Fidel Castro), Catalina Sandino Moreno, Luis Alberto Garcia, Julia Ormond; Joaquim de Almeida, Franka Potente, Lous Diamond Phillips, Nestor Rodulfo, Cristian Mercado, Matt Damon, and others.
Photography: Peter Andrews (Steven Soderbergh).
Music: Alberto Iglesias.
Editing: Pablo Zumarraga.
+ the cinema version here was a rare joint screening (as screened at the Cannes Film Festival - with an intermission and no credits) at selected Cineworld cinemas, with both parts planned for separate release
Labels: World Cinema
posted by Joe at 5:29 PM
3 Comments:
Interesting story, I don't know anything about Che Guevara -- I guess we'll see the films on DVD one day. What cinema did you see this version at?
Ipswich - blog updated. Part 1 comes out the end of this month.
Fly casual,
Joe
Thanks! Is part 1 better than part 2?
A work pal saw part 1 at the Electric Cinema in Birmingham at the weekend, and he really enjoyed it.
see ya,
Derek
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