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Che (Parts One & Two)
Taken as a single cinema going experience, seeing both parts of Steven Soderbergh’s Che is like going to a jungle training camp (minus the mozzies). It’s long and at times arduous but well worth the effort. This examination of the life of Ernesto 'Che' Guevara goes a long way towards humanizing the image that we have all seen on t-shirts, hats and posters.
Splitting the film into two long parts gives the filmmaker the chance to use more on-screen time to examine a most extraordinary life. His casting is spot on and after seeing both films, it seems inconceivable that the choice of Benicio del Toro as Che could have been bettered. It also gives Soderbergh the chance to give each film a unique feel.
Part one basically covers Che’s ascendancy and his successes in the revolution in Cuba, where he helped Fidel Castro throw out the ruling class in that small island nation. Part two covers his descent into the underfinanced and undermanned failure at true revolution in Bolivia that ultimately led to his death.
I enjoyed part one more as watching success is always more comfortable than watching failure and the scenes were mostly set in lush green jungles and looked amazing. Part two was a decidedly more challenging prospect. It feels much longer and the constant dry and dusty surrounds get under your skin. Watching such a noble man fail was also difficult.
Condensing such an exceptional life into a movie (or even two) was always going to limit the amount of information that can be divulged but the cast and crew of Che succeed in giving the viewer a working idea of the man behind the image and for that we should be grateful.
Rob Hudson
www.che-movie.co.uk
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