Episode 40: The Motorcycle diaries (2004) | A Revolutionary Journey
For our final episode discussing films about Ernest "Che" Guevara, we watched Walter Salles 2004 film The Motorcycle Diaries, an acount of Guevara's eye-opening journey through South America that inspired the revolutionary ideals Che would soon bring to all of Latin America. Also: Other recent watches: Love Lies Bleeding (2024), Dune II (2024), Bones and All (2022), Jodorowsky's Dune (2013), and RATS! (2024); packing the supreme court; Craig celebrates a personal achievement;p and vanguardism and its importance to a revolution.
Episode 39: Che - Part 2 | A Revolutionary Death
Hal and Craig watched Steven Soderberg's Che: Part Two (2008), chronicling Che Guevara's time fighting in the Bolivian Revolution and his eventual capture and execution. Discussion also includes:
Craig's recent trip to Chicago (lots of Cubs and White Sox talk!);
The Black Panther Cubs and Fred Hampton's legacy of community action;
Hal's letterboxd list of movies about artistes;
Our recent movie watches: IN A VIOLENT NATURE (2024), MARAT/SADE (1967), SLAVE PLAY. NOT A MOVIE. A PLAY. (2024);
Why the Bolivian Revolution failed, where the Cuban Revolution did not.
Episode 38: Che - Part 1 (2008) | The Politics of Revolution
Hal and Craig watch Steven Soderbergh's Che: Part One (2008), chronicling the life of Argentine Revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara and his time leading guerilla fighters in the Cuban Revolution. Discussions also include:
Kendrick Lamar's Pop-Out Concert;
Yorgos Lanthimos' new film KINDS OF KINDNESS;
Paul Schrader and his sad, broken men;
Hal breaks down some troubling new legislation regarding SNAP benefits and food access;
Book talk! (TENDER IS THE FLESH by Augustina Bazterrica & WHEN THE CLOCK BROKE by John Ganz)