Director: Steven Soderbergh (Steven Soderbergh)
Starring: Benicio Del Toro (Benicio Del Toro)
at the Cannes Film Festival, rush The complete screening of "The Biography of Che Guevara" ("The Biography of Che Guevara" = "Argentina" + "Guerilla"), which was completed for four hours, caused many audiences to sleep in the venue. If you plan to watch the upper and lower parts on the weekend afternoon, this example reminds you that you must recharge and fight the sleepy mind for four hours. Considering the content of the story, the two parts of "Argentina" and "Guerillas" are not closely related, one is in Cuba and the other is in Bolivia, independent and separate. If you add "The Motorcycle Diaries" (The Motorcycle Diaries), another high-spirited life of Che Guevara, they can be used as references to form a complete Che Guevara.
In the age of consumption, Guevara's avatar no longer needs annotations. He appeared with huge posters, T-shirt designs and individual tattoos, which became a commodity or a common symbol. People have long paid no attention to the fact that he is a soldier and a revolutionary. His life and death, ideals and pursuits are no longer important. The film attempts to create a real Che Guevara that is close to ordinary people. He came to New York to speak at the UN General Assembly and resisted disagreement. In the jungle, he got asthmatic and stabbed his horse with rage. If you use revolutionary romanticism to interpret, the latter should definitely be ignored, or it will be followed by a group of heroic figures who have the ideals to die, and the fighting spirit is still there.
In "Argentina", Guevara's Cuban years alternated with attending the UN General Assembly, and the narrative time traveled freely. Soderbergh didn't want to provide a time machine. He just wanted to present a more comprehensive and plump Guevara image. He wanted to violently revolutionize but also not forget to treat illnesses and save people. To put it more bluntly, he should be able to use culture and military. Fighting side-by-side with Castro in Cuba was a dedication to action, he fought guerrillas in the jungle and charged with a gun. The expression of his opinions at the UN General Assembly is his reflection and practical pursuit. These words are not only proved by practical passages, but also laid the foundation for the life and death battle in the second half of "Guerilla". "Argentina" ends on the eve of the success of the revolution, and also indicates that Guevara is no longer an ordinary Argentine. He has become a fighting hero and revolutionary leader in Cuba, exuding brilliance and charm.
Strictly speaking, Soderbergh did not save Guevara's political experience. He led the Cuban delegation to participate in the General Assembly meeting is the epitome of identity change. However, most people don't have much interest in Che Guevara's politics. He can abandon everything and start all over again. "Argentina" is still talking about how heroes are made, and "Guerilla" will turn to the tragic side of Che Guevara. It is undeniable that Che Guevara can become a legend because of his super personality charm, and it is also inseparable from his fate of being loyal to his ideals and being killed prematurely. Death allowed revolutionaries to be sublimated like saints martyrs, and the influence of death worship continued for decades. The suffering Guevara did not leave Bolivia, and his body followed the plane to overlook the country. To be precise, Che Guevara fell on the peasants he had been trying to wake up and rescue. They did not trust the guerrillas, and they were unwilling to cooperate and secretly informed them. It was simply a realistic textbook of the inferiority and limitations of small peasants. Once encountered this fateful arrangement, heroism and personal legends should also come to an end.
Everyone’s opinions and personal opinions are not seen in this film, only everything about Che Guevara, his dedication and hard work, confusion and struggle. "The Biography of Che Guevara" pursues stability, and does not create too many highlights in the style of the image. It is worth mentioning the scenes of guerrillas wading and being ambushed in the "Guerillas", but the director also scruples that if there are too many, it will be destroyed invisibly. The true feeling created with painstaking efforts. 【Southern Metropolis Daily http://gcontent.nddaily.com/8/3f/83fa5a432ae55c25/Blog/036/896768.html】
The film is meticulous and has a high degree of completion, but the director is too obsessed with textual records and forgot to give the audience a bit of passion. ——Peter Brunette ("Hollywood Report")
Soderbergh removed revolutionary romanticism from the film as much as possible, and only a small part was also to weaken its existence. ——Owen Gleiberman ("Entertainment Weekly")
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