of Steven Soderbergh's biography of Che Guevara, which tells the story of Guevara's upbringing and his overthrow of the Cuban dictatorship with Castro.
Behind the scenes
of the difficult filming
of Che Guevara, a hero of the Communist revolutionary movement in the Third World for half a century and a symbol of the Western Left movement, Steven Soderbergh said: " This is a movie that I have to make because I have been curious about Che Guevara since I was very young. He is an idol for many people, as well as Mine, I have great respect for his belief in his beliefs. So after working, I had the idea of filming his life."
Steven Soderbergh also admitted frankly about the filming process. Not easy: "The first is to convince investors, because the film has always had a certain level of sensitivity. You know, even though it's been more than half a century, Che Guevara is still a taboo word in many places, and These are not good influences for the film. The first thing I have to convince is myself, because I can't give up, I must be firm in the idea of shooting, otherwise all this will definitely not continue; then I have to convince investors that this film The investment is not small, and I want them to know that their choice is not wrong."
When it comes to the release of the film into "Argentina" and "Guerrilla", Steven Soderbergh also expressed that this is very helpless: "Che Guevara's life was magnificent, and it was impossible to describe his life in the length of a normal film, so in the end the film I made was four hours long, which is still I cut out quite a few situations, including Che Guevara's upbringing. But when I showed the film to investors, they were still not satisfied, and one of them tapped me on the shoulder and said, "Four After many hours, how many viewers can watch it patiently? I think about it, I can only accept their final arrangement. So this film is divided into two parts.”
Guevara’s growth process
Regarding the film's final division into two episodes, Steven Soderbergh also said: "I sometimes think, maybe this is a good thing, because after this separation, I can deliberately choose some materials that I didn't want to add to it. Because after all one movie becomes two movies. In Argentina, I want to describe the story of Che Guevara growing up, and the story of him and his friend Fidel Castro. The whole of Cuba The stories are very grand, and this is an important place for Che Guevara to prove his ideal to the world. When we were shooting, this part also seemed to go well. Maybe some people don't want him to be so positive, but the fact is In this way, Cuba has changed because of Che Guevara, which no one can deny." The
leader of the Cuban Revolutionary Army, Fidel Castro, has great significance for the growth of Che Guevara, Steven Soderbergh also highlighted Demian Bichir, a Mexican newcomer who plays Fidel Castro: "Everyone knows he's a cool actor, and when I tell him you When I was going to play a revolutionary leader, he asked me how I should act, and I told him, you need to read a lot about Fidel Castro. Actually, we had a crazy idea to visit the Philippines Del Castro (laughs)... Of course, it's really impossible. Demian Bichir is a very dedicated actor, and for this role, he watched a lot of videos of the time and I began to gradually understand this role and the identity of this role. As a leader, you need a consistent temperament, there is no doubt that Demian Bichir has made serious efforts in this regard, and I often Also called him off the set, hello, leader! He greeted me with standard revolutionary gestures. It turned out very well, he and Fidel Castro became one. Hope everyone agrees with this Characters."
Regarding the Cuban style shown in the film, Steven Soderbergh said: "This time we shot a lot of locations, as a story about half a century ago, we have to restore reality, if it makes people feel It's modern, it's trendy, and that's the end of the movie. But when we planned to do live-action in Cuba, we found out that for political reasons, it couldn't happen at all. The biggest regret of this movie is that we couldn't finish shooting in Cuba. , so we need to find some similar scenes to complete the filming work. I believe that the whole effect will also satisfy the audience, but it is a pity after all, because of political reasons, it was not possible to achieve live shooting.”
Trivia
· The preparation time of this film is as long as five years. During this period, Steven Soderbergh also participated in the director work of other films in order to raise funds.
·The film officially started shooting in October 2006, and completed the shooting in early 2008, which lasted 15 months.
· Benicio del Toro initially suggested Ryan Gosling to director Steven Soderbergh to play Guevara's comrade-in-arms Benigno 'Beni' Ramírez. Ryan Gosling also met with Ramírez, who is still alive, and learned some Spanish in preparation for the role. However, due to the postponement of the filming plan, Ryan Gosling eventually withdrew from the film.
· "Argentina" and "Guerrilla" screened at the Cuban and Cannes Film Festivals are the full version of "Che" with two episodes linked together, up to 257 minutes.
· During the filming of the film, the Cuban government warned the film crew that any attack on Fidel Castro in the film would be banned in Cuba.
One- sentence comment
This is a work that can fully see the director's hard work, and we have seen an epic movie.
——"New York Post"
Benicio del Toro's hard work for this film is not in vain, this film has enough weight to become his masterpiece.
--The Washington Post
If the film isn't on the list of Oscar contenders, then there's no question that this is some form of corruption for the award.
- GetTheBigPicture.net
Maybe I'm surprised to say this: this movie is an action movie!
—JoBlo.com
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