comment #1

Sabina E says ...

the 1st photo is marvelous.

I can't wait to see CHE, but I'm not sure how I'm going to be able to sit through 4.5 hours of a movie without closed captioning. So I think I might wait for the DVD release.

comment #2

115thDreamer says ...

Yeah, I went to the roadshow presentation here in LA at the Nuart 5-6 days after it had opened, and there was a good crowd - I was surprised how many people showed up. And hey, we all got commemorative programs - not too shabby. It's just over 4.5 hours with the intermission (15 minutes) - no beginning or end credits - all that info. is in the program. It's kind of cool to see a really long one every once in a while - I don't think I've seen anything with an intermission in the theater since the Brannagh "Hamlet".

comment #3

Breedlove says ...

Saw the matinee at the IFC center yesterday. Incredible, monumental achievment. What a movie. Jeff, you were spot on. There was a definite buzz in the air. It felt like an event. It was fun. Even got a cool little photo booklet made up to look like one of those old Life magazines.

Soderbergh will be there tonight after the final showing.

Last thing - to warm up for 'Che' I watched 'Things We Lost in the Fire' the day before. It's an amazing movie. Del Toro gives possibly one of the ten best performances I've ever seen in a movie - we're talking Brando level. It's one of those performances that haunts you for days - I've been having dreams about the character he plays in it...

comment #4

Gabriel says ...

"I can't wait to see CHE, but I'm not sure how I'm going to be able to sit through 4.5 hours of a movie without closed captioning."

Do you mean closed captioning for the 5% of it that features English dialogue?

comment #5

Sabina E says ...

Gabriel,

I always need closed captioning for English language films, and for foreign films, English subtitles for me, since I am Deaf. I can read classical Arabic and Urdu, but other than that, I don't know any foreign languages, sadly.

comment #6

Breedlove says ...

I was gonna say the same thing, that it's mainly Spanish with English subtitles, so you might be ok. I think you'd be ok with the second part, but the main thing you'd miss is the voiceover for the first part. He's giving an interview but you hear the English translation.

comment #7

Gabriel says ...

Understandable. But in addition to the film being mostly in Spanish (with, as Breedlove said, English subs), a lot of it is nonverbal. You would miss some of the U.N. material in the first film; it would be a bummer, but it definitely wouldn't ruin the film for you.

comment #8

nemo says ...

Trevor Jett? Now that's interesting.

Is Trevor really Jett's first name? If so, how did you and his mother happen to chose that name? It's an unusual choice for American parents. (Jett is unusual as well, but I always assumed you were influenced by James Dean's Jett Rink in Giant.)

comment #9

PCP_Patriots says ...

Che is getting some pretty mediocre reviews. I figure it will fail making a few Cuban-Americans sleep well at night.

comment #10

PCP_Patriots says ...

nemo, I figure Jeff must be a Anglophile. I'm trying to get my fiance to sing praise of baby names like Orson, Neville, and Nigel but it ain't working too well.

(I do say though Jeff is a common name so disagree with you there).