Comments on: Che Release Strategy

By: At the CHE “roadshow” last night « Dushman Paganych

At the CHE “roadshow” last night « Dushman Paganych — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:23:53 +0000

[...] is using a new, or at least, relatively rare, film marketing technique. An industry blog called Spout says: Soderbergh talked a bit about the “roadshow” concept, through which the entire [...]

By: Julián

Julián — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:04:25 +0000

Can’t wait to see it in NYC next month, at least the first part, it would be wise to release the second part at least a month later.
Great choice doing a 2 piece movie, as it will explore more the story,so far it had rave reviews everywhere.
As for the film per-se I’ll reserve my opinion till I see it, hopefully won’t be so bias and pollitically incorrect as “Evita”, Hollywood tend to make caricatures of every polical figure, if is something on the vein of “Mongol”, I’ll be pleased,.
In the other hand how can you portrait an icon as The Che? Fortunalty Soderbergh will find a balance, but the public sensibility is ready for this kind of movie, unlike the ’60’s.

By: David Black

David Black — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:29:24 +0000

Uh, Jason H., are you suggesting that a film about a commie radical IS NOT going to be political?

Soderbergh’s generation loved people like CG when they were in university doing massive amounts of illegal drugs and sleeping with anyone with a pulse.

Your request to stop sharing my free opinion on CG is indicative of someone who would readily embrace the anti-libertarian views of communists.

I’ll wager a substantial sum that when Oliver Stoned’s biopic of Bush is released you’ll be one of the first to hop aboard the Bush bashing bandwagon.

By: T.S.

T.S. — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:01:27 +0000

Humm, bring this to Chicago, strike a 70MM DTS print, and charge $15. Then we’ll have something going.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:05:26 +0000

I saw the CHE Experience at Toronto this year (4hrs 50 min, including an intermission in between.) It also screened separately as individual films, and I worry that Mr. Soderbergh has settled upon a format that will cripple the success and viewability of his film. I think the films should come out as separate entities AFTER this $25 experience. Release them 2 weeks apart, with a short explanation at the beginning (and maybe at the end) and let people see it that way too. I would like to see it that way now that I saw it as a whole. For a 2-part movie, there’s nothing wrong with splitting it. It might even be better to see it apart, to digest and have the second part a bit later. Might give some nice perspective on it.

That said, that was one of my favorite filmic experiences of my life, seeing it together like that w/ a film loving crowd. The movie also happens to be amazing. His best work, hands down, since “Traffic.”

By: Eric Robert Wilkinson

Eric Robert Wilkinson — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:10:04 +0000

DESPERATELY want to see this film in BOTH its 4 1/2 hour form, and it’s separate 2:15 minute segments, ala KILL BILL… Wish I lived in New York…

By: Jason H.

Jason H. — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:05:00 +0000

Wow Davie Black, why don’t you keep your politics out of it? You clearly wouldn’t invest $25 for someone who stands for something you clearly think of very poorly, but that doesn’t mean that everyone thinks like you.

If everyone thought like you, no one would watch movies, because we’d all have our heads in the sand or up our arses. I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you keep yours in the sand, next time why don’t you keep it there instead of commenting?

By: David Black

David Black — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:50:32 +0000

Very few people are going to invest 25 bucks and part of a day on a biopic of a Commie loser like che guevara.

They tried it once in the 1960s and it bombed then, when more people knew who that creep was.

By: Craig

Craig — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:29:46 +0000

I saw the full screening of this at TIFF, and it is not only worth it, the time actually kind of flies by. It’s an event movie, not in the same sense as summer blockbusters are, but it is an experience to watch - and a great flick too.

By: ricardo rodriguez

ricardo rodriguez — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:15:42 +0000

what about small towns
i dont view this thing on a small screen the first time. this movie demands big screen. so whats a guy in florida to do

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:38:46 +0000

The longer a film, the more I want to see it in the theater.

By: Jette

Jette — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:06:17 +0000

Normally I prefer to see movies in theaters, but when we cross the four-hour barrier, I think longingly of DVD and my own comfy couch (unless Alamo Drafthouse would show “Che” with a long and interesting feast attached … I might pay for that).