Che

Che - AKA Che Guevara
$14.99
I picked up the film expecting a little more than what I got, but all in all I would recommend it to someone interested in Che (definitely not the top of my list though.)

The dialogue of the film was decently well written and had the acting to match. The action sequences are interesting and don't leave you with that "infallible Che" feeling some films and texts give the guerrilla. You see the man's errors and triumph's. The film is obviously slanted pro-Che which, I don't necessarily have a problem with. However, the film doesn't show any of the controversial happenings in Che's life which, diminishes the films validity in my opinion. Furthermore, the film gives almost no time showing Che in post-revolution Cuba (probably why the more controversial moments are left out). The ripping pace brings you from the Cuban revolution to Bolivia in about two or three scenes.

All the above errors are almost tolerable if it wasn't for the film's...well...filming! The majority of the movie feels like it's being recorded with a hand-held, low-cost, camera. The footage was then edited by an undergraduate film student using his new macbook. My second biggest gripe with the film is the language. I'm not a native Spanish speaker but, even I was turned off by the fact the whole cast was nothing but Hispanics speaking English with a Spanish accent.

In short, if your interested in the life of Che there are many more valuable works that dramatize the guerrilla's life (The Motorcycle Diaries and Che: Parts I & II). This is an incomplete story with poor filming to put the icing on the cake. The story is quite interesting though and the action/dialogue will keep watching.

The True Story of Che Guevara
$19.95
Very funny, this is coming from the man who said to Felix Rodriguez: " I am worth more alive than Dead to you!" If you want to know who this coward bubbling sociopath idiot was just reading Exposing Che, and Un Mito O Realidad and Shadow warrior. All these other books come straight from the Source: His family or extremely biased admirers. He was so good at warfare that he got killed because he couldn't even lead bolivian campesinos who were on the left. the irony is he became what he hated most: A capitalist Icon.

Che (Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]
$49.95
Far from a conventional biopic, Steven Soderberghs film about Che Guevara is a fascinating exploration of the revolutionary as icon. Daring in its refusal to make the socialist leader into an easy martyr or hero, Che paints a vivid, naturalistic portrait of the man himself (with a stunning, Cannes-award-winning performance by Benicio del Toro), from his overthrow of the Batista dictatorship, to his 1964 United Nations trip, to the end of his short life. Originally released in two parts, the first a kaleido-scopic view of the Cuban revolution and the second an all-action dramatization of Che's failed campaign in Bolivia, Che is presented here in its complete form.

Che (Criterion Collection)
$49.95
In an attempt to clear the confusion relating to the recently released UK & Canadian CHE DVD versions (Available separately or part 1 & 2 together) these DVD's are the Movies w/ limited extras which came out in August 2009. The newly Pre-Order-able (Now) for Jan. 19th 2010 release Criterion Collection Box set 3 Disc & 2 Disc Blu-ray are the definitive releases of this uncompromising masterpiece. (details Below)

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Disc Features

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION:

* High-definition digital transfers of Che: Part One and Che: Part Two, supervised and approved by director Steven Soderbergh, with DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
* Audio commentaries on both films, featuring Jon Lee Anderson, author of Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life
* Making "Che," a new documentary about the film's production, featuring interviews with Soderbergh, producer Laura Bickford, actor-producer Benicio del Toro, and writers Peter Buchman and Ben van der Veen
* New interviews with Cuban historians as well as participants in the 1958 Cuban Revolution and Che's 1967 Bolivian campaign
* Deleted scenes
* Theatrical trailers
* PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Amy Taubin
* More!

NOTE: Che: Part One appears in 2.35:1 aspect ratio. Che: Part Two appears in 1.78:1 aspect ratio.