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Che, Part One
thestar.com –
2009-07-14
Steven Soderbergh's elephantine account of the rise and deification of revolutionary icon Ernesto (Che) Guevara ran a bladder-bursting 4 hours and 22 minutes in its theatrical version, but it has been split into two for the DVD release. ... Full Article
Benicio del Toro delves into 'Che'
timesunion.com –
2009-04-09
A: Very brief. I was invited to meet him at this book fair. I was brought into a room, and he came in. He was aware of the trips we'd made to Cuba, and he said, "I'm glad you've been... ... Full Article
Tribeca Fest Announces Lineup (Part One)
cinematical.com –
2009-03-10
The Tribeca Film Festival has been in the news lately for significant personnel changes, but what about the movies? This year's edition gets underway on April 22, and Cinematical has received a list of the first 38 of the 86... ... Full Article
Che Part Two (15)
birminghammail.net –
2009-02-20
LESS than two months after the premiere of Part One, Benicio Del Toro is back as the guerilla leader Ernesto Che Guevara. This time he's quitting Cuba and heading to Bolivia to repeat his earlier trick of using violence to... ... Full Article
A Rorschach test for revolutionaries
theglobeandmail.com –
2009-02-20
First we got the posters and T-shirts, now there's the 4½-hour movie about the 20th-century's hippest revolutionary, Ernesto (Che) Guevara. At the conclusion of Steven Soderbergh's "road show" double-bill version of the Che films, moviegoers are less likely to be... ... Full Article
'Che' moves forward, on its own terms
nctimes.com –
2009-02-04
Got a few minutes? "Che" is one of those films for people who really enjoy movies that do their thing and tell their story and are unconcerned with your schedule. ... Full Article
Che: Part One
timesonline.co.uk –
2009-01-03
Soderbergh makes few concessions to the audience with his latest project - this is no sweeping, David Lean-style historical epic, nor is it an action-driven thriller. ... Full Article
Che: Part One, review
telegraph.co.uk –
2008-12-31
When Steven Soderbergh's biopic Che premiered in Cannes last summer, it did so in its full, unexpurgated four-hour version. The demands of the marketplace mean it debuts in Britain in two two-hour chunks, unofficially known as 'The Argentine' and 'Guerrilla',... ... Full Article
Che won't revolutionise the cinema
metro.co.uk –
2008-12-24
Pretty, sunny, audience friendly The Motorcycle Diaries depicted the early adventures of young Argentine doctor Ernesto 'Che' Guevara as something akin to a gap-year buddy movie. ... Full Article
Revolution televised in Che
thisislondon.co.uk –
2008-12-18
Having made several popular moneymakers, Steven Soderbergh seems to regard it as his right to treat his audiences with defiantly uncommercial projects, like this two-part, four-hour-plus biopic of Che Guevara . ... Full Article