El Che - Investigating a Legend

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Actor: El Che-Investigating a Legend
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Spanish (Published)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 150 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-04-15
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: White Star

DVD Reviews of El Che - Investigating a Legend

DVD Review: El Che - DVD
Summary: 5 Stars

Just when you think you know enough about an important historical figure, like "Che", you get a DVD like this that takes you to the next level. It is worth every penny and is the kind of DVD that can take a "repeat" viewing!

DVD Review: Capt Nemo
Summary: 4 Stars

I just saw this documentary. My parents fled Cuba in 1960 when my affluent grandparents were disposed of almost everything they owned. I grew up knowing Che the butcher of La Cabana, after seeing this documentary I was struck how much Che was like Capt Nemo from Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea. Whether Che was a Stalinist/Maoist figure or a misguided Quixotic figure is up to history to decide. Sadly his legacy in Cuba today is a broken, ruined country that was once one of the most prosperous in Latin America. The big building in Havana with his image on it is the HQ of the DGI, Cuba's secret police.

DVD Review: From a face on a handbag to a real person.
Summary: 5 Stars

I don't admire Che Guevara but I'm not particularly interested in bashing him either. In fact, I really didn't know much about him at all other than he had something to do with making Cuba what it is today, and a certain image of him appears on all sorts of fashion accessories for some reason. So, I watched this documentary hoping to learn something.

And, indeed I did. This is what a documentary should be: organized, narrated, and with a wealth of historical footage that I never knew existed. Now I consider myself at least "Che literate", and as an asthma sufferer myself I found myself empathizing with him on a certain level. I can't imagine what it must have been like dealing with asthma before the modern anti-asthma drugs were developed.

So, without writing an editorial on Che Guevara the person, and sticking to this DVD, I would just recommend that anyone who wants to wear a Che T-shirt or carry a Che handbag at least view this first and learn a little about the man whose face they're decorating themselves with.

DVD Review: A Prized Possession
Summary: 5 Stars

After having a chance to see this documentary (several times) it has become for me a prized possession. Without a doubt, it is one of the most riveting tales I've ever watched. It explores a group of revolutionaries who display boundless courage amid great personal sacrifice in order to realize an almost insane dream. All this is done against the seemingly insurmountable and savagely brutal forces of the Batista regime that terrorized the Cuban masses with the support of the U.S.

At the center of the whirlwind of change were Fidel Castro and Che Guevara. While Fidel had finite ambitions, El Che sought a utopia. This was the main difference between the two and as fate would have it, it is largely the reason while Fidel still survives and El Che does not. This is something that no one with a passion for justice and equality can watch just once. It is treasure to have a documentary like this recorded about such a pivotal figure in human history.

DVD Review: Great documentary
Summary: 5 Stars

Very objective in nature. There are photos and footage never seen about Che Guevara's life. An educational piece of art.

Description of El Che - Investigating a Legend

Che Guevara, the man with the beret with the star, embodies one of the strongest myths of the 20th century. He was a combination of a saint and an adventurer; somewhere between Don Quixote and a latter-day Jesus Christ. In his relations with Fidel Castro, he is the hero of a tragedy of Shakespearean proportions. Che Guevara became a symbol of an entire generation. Today he is a myth. Some still draw inspiration from him - others condemn him; sometimes bitterly. For all, he is a subject of controversy and passion. This film examines the myth, and contains: His voyages of discovery through Latin America, the meeting with Fidel Castro, when an instantaneous friendship was born, his travels around the world, and footage of his tragic end in Bolivia at age 39.

Special Bonus Feature: Tracing Che. In this documentary, a Canadian film director goes in search of the man behind the myth, re-creating the legendary road trip through South America on an old Norton motorcycle that Che documented in The Motorcycle Diaries. On his way, he encounters many of Che's family and friends - including the friend who took the trip with him - who shed light on the truth behind this icon of the 20th century. This is a film that discovers the humanity, the passion, and the free spirit of a young 22 year old whose eyes were forced open on a relentless road trip.

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