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May 22, 2008
Not As Far As I Can Throw 'Em
This is one of those moments where I actually would like to have been in Cannes...
The critics are all worked up over Che and based on what I'm reading... they don't really know what it is and they all felt compelled to offer their opinions way too early. Some are even wagging their fingers at Soderbergh, explaining what the movie must be or not be.
I have no idea how I would feel about the four hours of the film as they are right now. But I do know that I am frustrated that I might never get the chance to find out. If Soderbergh cuts the film under Cannes pressure - even though there is no consistent correlation between Cannes response and US release success - this version, or a slightly different 4-hour version, will still likely turn up on DVD some day.
But honestly, the perceptions are so all over the place that I can't say I trust a single thing I've read about the movie yet... except for those who have acknowledged their confusion and their sense of same amongst their peers.
Posted by poland at May 22, 2008 01:04 AM
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Where the hell is Eric Kohn now that the world needs him?
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at May 22, 2008 01:39 AM
Here's what Eric Kohn's been up to lately.
Posted by: David Poland at May 22, 2008 02:18 AM
Well, wasn't it a surprise that Che was showing up at Cannes at all, let alone in it's four-hour form. I don't think there had been any plan to release the four-hour version until Cannes. Right?
Posted by: KamikazeCamelV2.0 at May 22, 2008 07:19 AM
It might be worth pointing out that there weren't even any credits at the end of the film. Also, in our screening, they accidentally started showing the second part first before realizing the mistake. It definitely had the feel of something rushed to the project booth at the very last minute.
Posted by: Eric at May 22, 2008 07:32 AM
I mean projection booth.
Posted by: Eric at May 22, 2008 07:35 AM
I have no idea what was shown at Cannes. What I can say with 100 per cent certainty is that any modern film about Che that omits the horror and torture show of La Cabana can - only - be a useless endeavor.
I am sure Sean Penn knew going in that is the film he would award the top prize to and I am sure he loved it.
Posted by: Nicol D at May 22, 2008 10:13 AM
You're sure of a lot of things there.
Posted by: jeffmcm at May 22, 2008 11:42 AM
psychic friends network...(twilight zone music)
Posted by: leahnz at May 22, 2008 02:15 PM
We'll see in a few days.
Posted by: Nicol D at May 22, 2008 06:25 PM
I think it's more like we'll see in a few months when the movie is out.
Posted by: jeffmcm at May 22, 2008 06:30 PM
Well we - know - the film doesn't deal with La Cabana.
Are they going to shoot more footage?
Posted by: Nicol D at May 22, 2008 07:15 PM
I think you might want to try a little html action there, Nicol.
I'm just waiting to see the movie and then make a decision about it. It doesn't have to depict something to 'deal' with it.
Posted by: jeffmcm at May 22, 2008 08:31 PM
Jeff,
By all accounts the film does not "deal" with the horror and torture show at La Cabana.
Do you have any information to the contrary that I could read?
To not depict or deal with it in a film of this running time makes the film moot.
Posted by: Nicol D at May 23, 2008 05:00 AM
Sometimes Nicol sounds like the Comic Book Guy of right-wing demagoguery.
Posted by: Eric at May 23, 2008 05:59 AM
Did Stone's NIXON include close-up of dead burning Vietnamese babies covered in Napalm?
Posted by: christian at May 23, 2008 02:31 PM
Is this Che movie just out of an Entourage episode?
Latin hero, movie too long, Cannes not impressed and nobody wants to buy it?
Posted by: BTLine at May 23, 2008 02:43 PM
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