Thursday, July 23, 2009

Che on DVD




Wikipedia:
"Che is a two-part 2008 biopic about Marxist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Benicio del Toro. Rather than a chronological recitation, the films offer an elliptical series of interspersed moments along the overall timeline. Part One is entitled The Argentine and focuses on the Cuban revolution from the landing of Fidel Castro, Guevara and other revolutionaries on the Caribbean island to their successful toppling of the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista two years later. Part Two, entitled Guerrilla, focuses on Guevara's futile attempt to bring revolution to Bolivia and his ill-fated demise. Both parts are shot in a cinéma vérité style, but each has different approaches to narrative linearity, camerawork, and aspect ratios; this duality is intended to be reflective of the two military campaigns' divergent outcomes."

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