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Steven Soderbergh...

Soderbergh is great and Ché is great and I was so thankful that they spoke in spanish (I dont speak spanish!). I say fuck the system, he was right to do it and soon DVD and Bluray will up the ante for him, I'm sure. :thumbup:

About Jims epiphany of "deal with what you have today" I can only say that I agree. But I would be lying if I would blindly chose some shiny product without evaluating it first.... and so did SS and PJ. They were hot for the adventure and they got it, so to speak :devil:
 
Che in Blur ray...

Che in Blur ray...

Che - Oh My God, I bought the double blu ray when it first came out and I've watched them over and over ever since. Its just magic. I love the fact its in Spanish - forces me to listen to what they say with an eye to subtitles. To hear the way the words roll off of the tongue.

The film looks beautiful - Truly stunning. I can't buy DVDs anymore, it has to be blu ray. The detail, the feel, the colours, it feels like you're in the cinema. The cinematography was just amazing. How much of it I wonder had very little lights...

My three favourite shots:
1. When the camera is mounted on the jeep in part one and they are driving through town in the day talking about blowing bridges.
2. The night time shot of the girls sitting on the corner worried that one will have to leave on Che's orders. Its the same shot that has che driving up in the jeep, the lights really playing into the camera and lighting the road. Also in part one.
3. In both parts, the shot on the Granma where Che is looking down at the wake of the boat and he then looks up to camera. Pure magic.

Just beautiful, and if a scarlet gives me half of that I'll be the happiest guy around.

Steven if you are reading, THANK-YOU for shooting CHE on RED, and thank you for a wealth of fantastic films.

And to Jim and the team - thank-you so much for making all this happen. For being real revolutionaries.

Richard
The Major
 
SS

SS

"Whether you think you can or think you can't, you are right."
-Henry Ford
 
Not sure if this has been already noted here:

Here's an interview with the Swedish film maker Roy Andersson [I loved his last two films; You, the Living, and Songs from the Second Floor], and this is what he has to say about Red :

"With the Red camera, I must say that you can make whatever you want. You get such a good picture in the beginning that in post-production you can get whatever you want."

And then the balancing act: "But I think on the other hand that the Red is not the only equipment you can use nowadays. There are many new systems coming out—from Canon, Sony. We'll see a lot of change in the future."

The next question was about Steven Soderbergh's Che, and that's why I have put it here.

PS: The Auteurs is a great site. I just discovered.
 
Shawn Nelson said:
Looks like SS isn't doing so well these days, poor dude. Also some strong words on what production on Che was like http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/jul/14/steven-soderbergh
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Last Night I've finished watching the two parts movie in Netflix “watching instantly”...(over two nights)

First, the Red Camera....was an incredible good looking footage, congratulations guys.

Secondly Steven Soderbergh....I liked his work since Traffic (2001).

Che was one of the best movies I ever seen, first because was actually an accurate “documentary” of true historical events.

Benicio del Toro was great portraying Che Guevara and his Spanish was perfect.

Actually, for some odd reason I have never really investigated about Che's life. The Movie was better than going to school to learn.

Later after I watched the two movies, I read as much as I could about Ernesto Guevara on the internet, including Wikipedia.

Without going too much into politics (that are for the most part always corrupt and bought by someone, either “good guys” or plainly “bad ones”), we need more people like Che, who fought and gave his life for the oppressed and poor....and he tried to make this a better and fair world for everybody.

Benicio del Toro being this movie his “baby”, my hats off to him, and also to Steven who had the courage to made the film.

I understand how Steven feels right now for the economical loss of this film (and by what he says in the phone interview), and probably for the “loss” of connections in the movie Industry....an industry like many others, that cannot scape the corruption and power that Che was fighting for...

In the end SS, will find peace with what he's done (a great thing BTW), and just like Che at the end of his “career” in Bolivia, he will PREVAIL forever....

This will be by FAR his BEST movie ever, just like Che, his work and his name will live forever....what is better than that?

Movies like these make me think WHY I love movies so much, and why I want to make movies like them one day.

Now I will go out and do whatever is in my power to “side” with those brave souls that made and produce this excellent movies...buy the double Bluray disc of these EPIC movies!

And the work and goals that Che (and others throughout history of mankind) were looking for, will be finished by someone more powerful than ANY men. Soon.

Cesar Rubio.
 
I saw both Che's in theaters in in Panama about six weeks ago, in Spanish, no subtitles (I am fluent) and thought they were a really good experience. Beautiful films. I especially liked the Cuban one, as I have cuban friends (though they aren't a fan of things currently), but the joking manner and accents...no one could believe it was shot in Spain and not in Cuba.
 
Che

Che

I must admit, "Che" is a beautiful film and very well done. Steven Soderbergh did wonderful job in showing the world how a sick murderer can be the hero too. Come on! He admitted publicly that they were executing people! He did become an inspiration for many political systems, most notably Cuba, but you tell Soderbergh, would he like to live in Cuba? A country where there are 200 persons imprisoned for thinking differently? People of the world! Don't let Hollywood fool you!

Now, sorry about this "propaganda", but my father was a real Cuban political prisoner and it hurts me to see films in favour of the cruel side. You gotta understand my position. I've worked with Red before but unfortunately I wasn't able to use it for this commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KqkRlf_tVY It was filmed on a VDSLR. Colour grading with an in-house software, and CGI from Autodesk. If you are wondering what was CGI in the ad, it was the prison bars and part of the walls ; )

BTW:
Did you get to meet Snappy?! He's incredible! :
http://reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?t=39096
 
Soderbergh's visit to Edinburgh Film Festival

Soderbergh's visit to Edinburgh Film Festival

In 2006 Soderbergh came to the Edinburgh Film Festival to participate in their 'Reel Life' programme (now called 'In Person') where they have filmmakers come and do a 90 min Q&A about their life and work.

It turns out that in 2005 Soderbergh had promised the then artistic director of the festival Shane Danielsen that he would be sending one one his films to Edinburgh (not sure which but think it might have been one he produced but didn't direct) but was later forced by a studio or distribution company to send it to London instead. He called Danielsen to apologise and ask how he could make it up to him (would any other major director make that call?). Danielsen said, next year is my last year running the festival, it would be great if you could come and do a Q&A. Soderbergh's reply - no problem, I'll be there.

When making the arrangements for Soderbergh to come across the following year Danielsen discovered that he was actually in the middle of shooting a film and got a bit panicked that his star attraction might not make it. It turned out though that to ensure he kept his word, Soderbergh had scheduled in 2 or 3 off-days to fly across solely to do the Q&A session.

A grateful Danielsen assumed it must have been one of his smaller personal projects until Soderbergh arrived and told him it was actually Oceans 13! They had a small break in shooting and Soderbergh being as cool as ice about the production had flown half way around the world, did a Q&A and then immediately got on a plane back to Vegas. In fact he wasn't able to stick around and sign autographs at the end of the session because they had a car waiting for him outside to speed him back to the airport for his flight back.

When Danielsen told this story at the Q&A, Soderbergh played it down as if leaving a $100M+ production starring just about every A-lister in Hollywood on your only days off to recover, recharge and prepare in order to fly half way around the world, go straight to a Q&A, then turn round and come straight back wasn't a big deal. Instead he just said that everything was under control on the shoot and they had a few days off anyway. Yeah, no big deal.
 
Steven did not shoot "Traffic" on the XL1, that motion picture was shot with 2 Moviecam XL's in Kodak 35mm. Traffic was beautiful and the Mexico stuff was some of the most killer wide latitude stuff on any screen. I think the thing that distinguishes himself most is the fact that he does not get married to any one format or process, he can go big Hollywood to indie grudge without a second thought.
 
Moviecam XL and Canon XL

Moviecam XL and Canon XL

I was responding to this post, there was a rumor years ago about this and some people still believe that Traffic was shot in DV!:

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Jimmy Gitonga
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Thank you Jim
Steven Soderbergh got me onto the Canon XL 1 for motion picture because of his movie "Traffic".
Which then got me into photography in order to "film" properly.
Which got me into "photoshopery" to process RAW photography properly.
Which has brought me to the edge of the dream...

Motion Picture, Photography, RAW.

Thank you Jim.

"One cannot lead a pride of lions without scar
 
Frank Weeks said:
Thanks for turning me on to this info. I didn't know they were available. I'm off to wear out my Roku.
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Your welcome.

Here is an unedited and very honest interview with Benicio del Toro.

Unfortunately is in Spanish (for the ones that does not speak the language).

I wish someone could make English subtitles for the interview...Del Toro speaks of several interesting things in modern politics and the ideals of El Che. (He also mentions that in those years (when El Che was alive) would have been impossible to have an Indigene President in Bolivia (like now)....or an Afro-American President in the USA...)


http://www.univision.com/content/videoplayer.jhtml?cid=1796872


He mentions that most Cuban-Americans in Miami, without seeing the movie were criticizing it!

How in the world can you do that???

Also the Oscars and Golden Globes "passed" on the movie, while he WON BEST ACTOR in the Cannes Film Festival (2008) for his work in the movie!

Go figure....


CR.
 
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