The Long March of Comrade Guevara, Reivew on The Motorcycle Diaries

After watching this work (left in the photo above) directed by Walter Salles (who previously directed "Grand Central Station"), I couldn't help but think of two passionate words "youth and revolution". There are already too many introductions about Comrade Guevara, and it is said that his portrait is one of the most reproduced works in the world. This young medical student and his companions rode heavy motorcycles freely in the beautiful and sad South American continent. The various experiences and experiences of the journey profoundly changed his future life trajectory - he is no longer a famous future Wealthy lepers, but for the happiness of all the people of South America who have been harmed.

An eight-month trip in 1952, Ernesto "Che" Guevara traveled from Argentina to Chile, Peru, Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela, full of youthful adventures, passionate poetry (Neruda!) and anti-authoritarian idealism. Part of self-discovery, part of new discoveries about the world around him, finally guided him to the cause of revolution. So this extraordinary journey can be called "the Long March of Comrade Guevara" - if the losers can rewrite history.

Watching the movie, re-reading Latin America - The Severed Vessel by Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano, behind the history written by the victors, the truth is forgotten. History becomes a legend, or, a legend.

The Severed Vessel in Latin America rips through the lies of the victors and shatters a whitewashed history. The awakening of the insulted and victimized always begins with seeing the truth. Closing your eyes and kneeling on your knees is just a form of inertia for a single slave, but for a nation, giving up its interpretation of history is undoubtedly a kind of self-destruction. As Galeano said: "History has always been a cruel teacher to us. via Ding Guoqiang

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