JackChe
August 28th 2009 02:50
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.
Guerrilla filmmaking on an epic scale, Steven Soderbergh’s painstakingly authentic Che takes a remarkably dispassionate look at the iconic revolutionary hero. Shot in rugged locations in Mexico, Spain and Puerto Rico, the film provides breathtaking evidence of the widescreen brilliance and expressive power of the new Red digital camera. Panoramic historical spectacle is no longer the exclusive domain of the military industrial complex! Che is in fact two films which will be showing, at the filmmaker’s request, as a single presentation in many cinemas. Part One, The Argentine, depicts the 1956–58 Cuban campaign and ends in glory with Che and Fidel en route to Havana. Part Two, Guerrilla, follows Che’s disastrous attempt to repeat the Cuban strategy in Bolivia.
*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the WIkipedia article for Che (film).
*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the WIkipedia article for Che (film).
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