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  • Revolutionary Without a Clue

    01/23/2009 12:11:55 PM PST · by Ericka81 · 1 replies · 119+ views
    Culture11 ^ | 1/23/2009 | Peter Suderman
    What is a revolutionary? A man with ideas? A man with a gun? An inspirational leader? Judging from Che, Steven Soderbergh's four-hour biopic on the life of Cuban revolutionary Che Guevera, the answer is none of the above; instead, it's just a guy who talks your ear off about being a revolutionary. In fact, the impression you'd get from Che is that he hardly talks about anything else — including the guiding philosophy that drove him to revolution. Che seems to be an attempt to understand the revolutionary mindset while ignoring revolutionary ideas. Sure, it's offhandedly mentioned that Che is...