Post by captainofbeef on Apr 28, 2010 12:37:58 GMT -5
Far from a conventional biopic, Steven Soderbergh’s 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 (Benicio del Toro, in a stunning, Cannes-award-winning performance), from his overthrow of the Batista dictatorship to his 1964 United Nations trip to the end of his short life. Composed of two parts, the first a kaleidoscopic view of the Cuban Revolution and the second an all-action dramatization of Che’s failed campaign in Bolivia, Che is Soderbergh’s most epic vision.
* High-definition digital masters, supervised and approved by director Steven Soderbergh, with DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
* New audio commentaries featuring Jon Lee Anderson, author of Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life
* Making “Che,” a new documentary featuring Soderbergh, producer Laura Bickford, actor-producer Benicio del Toro, and writers Peter Buchman and Ben van der Veen
* Interviews with participants in and historians of the Cuban Revolution and Che’s Bolivian campaign
* End of a Revolution, a short documentary made in Bolivia right after Che’s execution in 1967
* “Che” and the Digital Cinema Revolution, an original video piece looking at the RED camera and its effect on modern film production
* Deleted scenes
* Theatrical trailer
* PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Amy Taubin
