2009
Click on the photo below to watch an interview with Benicio
about The Argentine and Guerrilla:
(Source: Blinks.com)
March 30, 2009
Here's Jürgen Fauth's review of The Argentine and Guerrilla:
"With his two-part epic about the iconic revolutionary leader
Ernesto "Che" Guevara, Steven Soderbergh circumvents
the genre's pitfalls: his Che is free of cliche and achieves
a degree of emphatic insight and sharp characterization
that deserves to be called revolutionary.
The Argentine and The Guerrilla constantly rhyme with each
other, commenting on the other film and deepening its meaning.
Che is, among other things, a study in the art,
practice, and history of guerrilla warfare.
In a bravura performance that breathes breathes passion
and empathy, Benicio del Toro gives the Argentine doctor
an iron will that is articulated in scene after scene -- whether
he drags himself up a jungle incline in the wheezing throes of
an asthma attack, turns around a looted car on the way to
Havana, or delivers a fiery speech at the United Nations."
(Source: About.com)
March 29, 2009
Click on the photo below to watch a report in German
about The Argentine and Guerrilla:
(Source: Video.msn.com)
March 28, 2009
You can watch an interview that Benicio did in Spain
last February 3rd, by clicking on the photo below:
(Source: ITNSource.com)
March 27, 2009
Click on the photo below to access the Spanish website for Guerrilla:
March 26, 2009
Steven Soderbergh's sweeping four-and-a-half-hour long
biopic Che is a stunning masterwork of documentarian vision,
likely to set the bar for future works of historical biography
brought to film. The film unfolds with a brave, objectivist stance
that never wavers or never seems to lapse into the gratuitous
fictional liberties that could overtake such a biopic as this.
Onscreen, Benicio Del Toro as Guevara is a force;
his conviction alone anchors the film and allows the viewer
to sympathize with Che yet not at all times believe his
choices to be correct. Del Toro emphasizes Guevara's
nonnegotiable desire for his guerrilla army to be educated
and self-aware, and perhaps it is this sole trait that accentuates
his undeniable charisma. Che pulls out a few cute casting surprises
(Julia Ormond and Franka Potente are both welcome surprises),
but heralds Del Toro as the rightful and undeniable star of the show.
Che is a master chronicle of historical drama on film,
and it will be awhile before anyone can harness the electric energy
that both Soderbergh and Del Toro bring to one of the best biopics
in the history of cinema.
(Source: FilmLink.com)
March 25, 2009
Click on the photo below to watch an interview with Benicio
and Steven Soderbergh which took place on December 17, 2008
on the French television program Le Grand Journal, during
the promotion of The Argentine and Guerrilla:
(Source: CanalPlus.fr)
March 24, 2009
The Argentine and Guerrilla will be released on DVD in the UK
on June 29, 2009. You can pre-order the DVDs
by clicking on the photos below:
The Argentine
Guerrilla
(Source: Amazon.co.uk)
March 23, 2009
The Argentine will be released in Germany on March 26, 2009.
As for Guerrilla, the date will be announced soon.
March 22, 2009
Benicio is featured in the current March 2009 issue
of MAXIM Italy. The interview is four pages and
there are two full-page photos by Matt Carr.
(Source: nononno.com)
March 21, 2009
Sin City will be released on Blu-ray in the Recut,
Extended, Unrated version on April 21, 2009.
The disc will include both the theatrical version and
the unrated cut of the film, along with the same
extras of the Recut, Extended, Unrated standard
edition - plus two additional bonus features.
Special Features:
-
Recut, Extended and Unrated Version separated into four stories (approx. 147 minutes)
-
Original theatrical release (approximately 124 minutes): all-new feature commentary with Robert Rodriguez & Frank Miller, all-new feature commentary with Robert Rodriguez & Quentin Tarantino, an audio track featuring a recording of the Austin audience reaction
-
15-Minute Film School With Robert Rodriguez
-
The Long Take: 14 uninterrupted minutes of Tarantino's segment
-
"Sin City Live" Night at Antones - filmmakers, cast and crew party
-
10-Minute Cooking School With Robert Rodriguez
-
How It Went Down: Convincing Frank Miller to Make the Film
-
A Hard Top With a Decent Engine: The Cars of Sin City
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Trench Coats & Fishnets: The Costumes of Sin City
-
Making the Monsters: Special Effects Make-up
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The Movie in High-Speed Green Screen - all green screen version
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Booze, Broads & Guns: The Props of Sin City
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Special Guest Director: Quentin Tarantino
-
Sin-Chroni-City interactive game
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Teaser & theatrical trailers
-
The Kill 'Em Good interactive comic book (Brand new feature)
-
Cine Explore visual commentary (Brand new feature)
(Source: movieweb.com)
March 20, 2009
In Italy, The Argentine will be released on April 10, 2009,
and Guerrilla on May 1, 2009.
March 19, 2009
Below is a review of The Argentine and Guerrilla
by film critics Wesley Morris and Ty Burr.
Click on the photo to watch their review:
(Source: link.brightcove.com)
March 18, 2009
Here's a report (in Spanish with German subtitles)
that was made when Benicio went to Havana, Cuba, to
promote The Argentine and Guerrilla in December 2008.
To watch the report, click on the photo below:
(Source: Bazonline.ch)
March 17, 2009
Click on the photo below to watch an interview
(in English, subtitled in French) with Benicio
and Steven Soderbergh:
(Source: AlloCine.fr)
March 16, 2009
Click on the photo below to watch the
complete interview Benicio did with ITN in London:
(Source: ITNsource.com)
March 15, 2009
Here are the English and the French versions of the
The Argentine and Guerrilla posters from Switzerland:
March 14, 2009
Check your local cinema listing for
The Argentine and Guerrilla
as they are still playing in cinemas.
Here are some film critics' reviews about the films:
"Che is a tour-de-force of storytelling and filmmaking...
Both films work perfectly as halves, complementing each other...
Benicio Del Toro gives one of the year's most memorable
performances in a film that is an anti-biopic, a war movie
and a compelling docudrama all rolled into one."
"Benicio del Toro is persuasive as the fiercely ethical firebrand,
in a film that includes unusual and unfamiliar chapters in
Che's life. Steven Soderbergh's film is 257 minutes long,
but far from boring."
(about The Argentine)
"...a terrific performance from Benicio Del Toro...
It's a very well-made film... It's bold and relevant
and thoroughly engaging."
March 13, 2009
The Northwest Film Center and Cinema 21 will be
presenting the special Road Show edition of CHE,
with no titles or credits (a program will be distributed
to the audience) and one intermission. In addition,
director Steven Soderbergh will be in attendance
to introduce and discuss the film this
opening weekend (March 13 14).
(Source: ArtDaily.org)
March 12, 2009
For Spanish composer Alberto Iglesias, the challenge
of scoring The Argentine and Guerrilla was not the film's
four-hour running time or its no-frills, docudrama tone,
but creating two entirely different scores.
Going into the project, Iglesias says he knew Soderbergh
wanted separate scores for The Argentine and Guerrilla.
"The idea that Steven gave me was that each film had
to have different scores, not a variation or continuation,
but a completely different idea for each one," he says.
"I had to divide my brain in two."
Neither Soderbergh nor Iglesias felt either film warranted
an epic, dramatic score; instead, the music is drawn from
the landscape, "as part of the environment," Iglesias says,
and less from emotion.
As part of his research, Iglesias says he traveled
to South America and Cuba as a reference, adding
"color" and "flavor" to the music, but neither score is
meant to be geo-specific.
"Working on films, I think it's better to be very open
to new experiences," Iglesias says. "With 'Che,'
I put myself in a new place; and for each film,
I try to find something new to offer."
When it comes to his music, Iglesias insists he has
no personal style, saying it varies with each film. For
"Che," Iglesias wanted the music to be "transparent,"
but admits sticking to that at times was difficult.
"Sometimes it's easier to speak loudly," he says.
(Source: Variety.com)
March 11, 2009
Here's a large version of the US Guerrilla poster.
March 10, 2009
Benicio will work with Daniel Day-Lewis and
Gael García Bernal in a Martin Scorsese film
entitled Silence, which is due to be released
in 2010. The film is currently in pre-production
and is set to be filmed in New Zealand this year.
Silence is based on a 1966 novel of historical
fiction by Japanese author Shusaku Endo.
(Source: Imdb.com and Wikipedia.org)
March 9, 2009
Below are two videos (in Spanish) of interviews
with Benicio while he was in Cartagena, Columbia,
to promote The Argentine and Guerrilla:
(Source: YouTube.com and canalrcn.com)
March 8, 2009
Click on the photo below to watch a news clip (in Spanish)
about The Argentine and Guerrilla which includes interviews
with Benicio, Steven Soderbergh, screenwriter Peter Buchman,
actors Óscar Jaenada and Carlos Bardem.
(Source: YouTube.com)
March 7, 2009
Here are various clips of new reports about Benicio's
meeting with Hugo Chávez, the President of Venezuela,
which took place last March 4th:
(in Portuguese)
(in Italian)
(in Spanish)
(in Spanish)
March 6, 2009
There was a test screening of The Wolfman
last Wednesday in New Mexico, and already
three reviews have been posted about the film.
The reviews contain spoilers but if you
still wish to read them, click here.
(Source: AICN.com)
March 5, 2009
Benicio is the narrator of a documentary film that celebrates
the wonders of the rainforest. The film will debut during the
first week of April at the El Portal Visitor Center of the
El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico.
Journey Into a Tropical Rainforest presents a tour through
the four different forest types that exist within El Yunque
(Bosque de Tabonuco, Palo Colorado, Palma de Sierra and
Bosque Enano). The 15-minute film, recorded in English and
produced in high definition, focuses on how the water finds
its way through this natural area, the route of paths, as well
as the biodiversity of the flora and fauna, including highly
endangered species such as the
Puerto Rican Cotorra.
Why did Benicio participate in the documentary?
"Because he is in love with nature and he has always
spoken up for the environment," said Maria Falcón,
the president of the production company,
Geoambiente del Caribe, that made the short film.
"He
has become a kind of ambassador."
A narrative in Spanish with Benicio's voice will
soon be
available too, as well as an extended 30-minute version,
including interviews with some of the scientists who do
research in the Federal National Forest, which is
administered by the U.S. Forest Service.
(Source: ElNuevoDia.com)
March 4, 2009
While in Venezuela to promote The Argentine and Guerrilla,
Benicio and Demián Bichir met with President Hugo Chávez today.
They spoke for about an hour in the office of the President.
Click on the photo below to see a clip of the meeting:
(Source: Es.Noticias.Yahoo.com)
March 3, 2009
The Mayor of the Venezuelan municipality of Libertador,
Jorge Rodríguez, organized a free screening today of
The Argentine and Guerrilla in the Nuevo Circo, an
arena that was formerly used for bullfights.
The Mayor accompanied Benicio to the screening,
which was attended by hundreds of spectators
who accepted the invitation to this event.
Benicio and Demián Bichir presented the films
at two free screenings in downtown Caracas, and
they also visited the Sistema Nacional de Orquestas.
(Click on thumbnail to enlarge)
Major league baseball player Antonio "El Potro" Álvarez, Benicio and the Mayor of Caracas Jorge Rodriguez
arriving at the screening of The Argentine and Guerrilla in the Nuevo Circo.
March 2, 2009
Benicio arrived today in Caracas, Venezuela,
to promote The Argentine and Guerrilla.
March 1, 2009
While Benicio was in Cartagena, Colombia,
for the premiere of The Argentine and Guerrilla,
last February 27th, Mayor Judith Pinedo handed
Benicio the key to the city.
