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Update: The PDF file with an error concerning Steven Soderbergh's Che isn't from the Toronto Film Festival crew. It was put together by a dedicated Toronto film buff named Greg Cruse, who runs a fan site called TOfilmfest.ca. The guy "deserves a lot of credit," I'm told, "for sifting through all the festival info and putting it together in various bundles and for allowing it to be circulated for free."
The previous version of this post noted that "the titles and corresponding storylines of Steven Soderbergh's The Argentine and Guerilla, which together form his epic-length Che, have apparently been switched in a PDF super-file of all the Toronto Film Festival movies.
"Peter Buchman's script of The Argentine and the Part 1 film that showed in Cannes is/was about the successful Cuban revolution of '56 through late '58. The script of Guerilla, which corresponds the Part 2 of Che shown in Cannes, is/was about the 1966 and '67 Bolivian insurrection that ended in failure and Guevara's death. But the Toronto PDF file says that Guerilla is about Cuba and The Argentine is about Bolivia."
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on August 24, 2008 at 11:47 AM
comment #1
EOTW says ...
Remind me again which part deals with the mass murdering Che? Oh yeah, neither.
Posted by EOTW at August 24, 2008 12:40 PM
comment #2
NDH says ...
So it's officially listed as two separate films now? Does that mean that the 4-hour behemoth known as "Che" has left the building? I was kinda looking forward to a single 4-hour film with an intermission (like "Gone with the Wind" or "Lawrence of Arabia"), but I guess attention spans no longer accommodate such projects.
Posted by NDH at August 24, 2008 12:53 PM
comment #3
mutinyco says ...
It's always been two separate films, though they're linked together. The idea is to screen one directly following the other to create the 4-hour experience.
I think that's right.
Posted by mutinyco at August 24, 2008 12:59 PM
comment #4
Edward says ...
Does knowing that Che was a murdering thug delute the appreciation of a film that leaves out some of these more sordid factual details? It seems to me that we should be able to appreciate a film on it's own merits. Of course it's easy to dismiss a film sight unseen; especially if it doesn't fit our small world view.
Posted by Edward at August 24, 2008 1:19 PM
comment #5
Richardson says ...
Yeah, that would be like if Shakespeare wrote a play about King John and never mentioned the Magna Carta.
I mean, if you're writing about something, you have to make sure to only tell people all of the facts they already know. Otherwise, what's the point?
Posted by Richardson at August 24, 2008 1:54 PM
comment #6
Edward says ...
Shakespeare did his share of rewriting history to suit his artistic vision.
Posted by Edward at August 24, 2008 4:37 PM
comment #7
filmfestivalgeek says ...
Greg Cruse deserves a great deal of credit. A little faux-pas took place but, overall, he and many of us bloggers are doing their best to compile information on what is one large, ugly beast of a festival.
Hollywood Elsewhere doesn't do a bad job either and I don't care if I get flamed out for the suck-up compliment - the more info the better, coming from us all.
Posted by filmfestivalgeek at August 24, 2008 5:49 PM
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