Steven Soderbergh takes on Che
Filed under: Drama, Newsstand, Mark Cuban, Joss Whedon
In an apparent effort to equal the insane workrate of Joss Whedon, Steven Soderbergh is about to direct yet another film (isn't he busy
enough with all that HD-Mark Cuban business?):
a biopic of Che Guevara, known to the world as That One Guy On The
T-Shirts. If Soderbergh has his way, after he's through with
the revolutionary, he'll be forever know as That One Commie Guy Benicio Del Toro Played. We can only hope. The movie has just finished location
scouting (since shooting it in Cuba is, sadly, not an option) and is
set to begin production in March in Veracruz, Mexico.Considering the prevalence of Che t-shirts on college campuses everywhere and the relative success of The Motorcycle Diaries, as long as Soderbergh doesn't screw this up, his film has got a ready-made audience.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
11-16-2005 @ 11:57AM
Christopher Campbell said...
I'm pretty upset that Terrence Malick is no longer directing this project, but I'm still looking forward to it.
And if its horrible? Maybe people will stop wearing the stupid t-shirts.
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11-16-2005 @ 12:24PM
Targ8ter said...
It's true. There are tremendous real-world benefits if this film flops. In any case, I hope they show how Che received both of his famous war wounds: falling off a roof, while drunk, and shooting himself in the leg, while drunk.
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11-16-2005 @ 12:41PM
Julie White said...
In all fairness...I don't think Soderbergh deserves being compared
to Joss Whedon.
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11-16-2005 @ 1:51PM
Targ8ter said...
That's very true, Julie. If you compare Firefly to Solaris, it becomes obvious...
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11-17-2005 @ 11:26AM
Alba Luna said...
I hope Soderbergh and Del Toro don't turn this into yet another romanticizing of a pretty ruthless totalitarian mascarading as a "man of the people". Che ordered hundreds of people executed without trial and hundreds more jailed for having a different opinion than his or Castro's. And now Mr. Del Toro, a very talented actor,is obsessed with making this movie and says he is an "ardent admirer" of this murderous scum bag. This is truly sad.
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11-18-2005 @ 8:17AM
Miranda said...
This movie has a lot of potential. It could talk about what happens when genuine idealism turns into ideology, or about the dangers of imposing social change, ostensibly to make the world a better place, or what happens when political leaders start to teach the people not what to think – just how to.
A movie like that would have a lot of relevance to today.
Ohwaitaminute, I’ve already seen this movie, yes now I remember, it was called ‘Serenity’ and it was directed by Joss Whedon.
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12-15-2005 @ 2:17AM
luap said...
Please everyone --start talking about the complete Che, not the CIA -fed stories.. read a balanced biography (Anderson;s is great not a hagiography) --and undo the overblown stats about the executions and such... sad to see his life reduced to this. Understand his REAL role in the tribunals and executions after the revolution.. who demanded it? Why? Compare the ones the people had shot and compare to B*sh's killing of how tens of thousands many innocent civiians over there? Whose dharma is for the rich and whose was for the poorest?
Talk of what you have personally discovereed --not just a pass along quote from someone else
pax
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