2008
Benicio has revealed that The Argentine and Guerrilla
took on a life of their own before work even started on them.
"Every time I went south of New York City, for years before
we even shot anything, people would come up and say,
'Oh, a Che Guevara movie. It's great!' like they had already
seen it," Benicio said at the film's press conference in Toronto.
"I remember being in an airport in Buenos Aires
and someone said, 'Oh, a Che Guevara movie.
It's great!' and we hadn't even shot anything.
I don't think we even had a script.
"So the movie was taking over in a way.
We had to find a way to do it. So in a way,
the movie kind of like was already in motion before
we even stepped on the gas. That added pressure to it."
Talking about the films, Benicio added:
"I'm making an interpretation as other actors
can make an interpretation of him."
"I knew a little about him but I didn't know much
about Che. I thought this could be an interesting
story - it's got so many dimensions. In the end,
he's like an underdog and for me, the fact that
he was executed put a flame that
this story should be told."
(Source: Metro.co.uk)
September 14, 2008
The Argentine stayed at #1 at the box office in Spain
for the week of September 8th to 14th.
(Source: Cine365.com)
September 13, 2008
Here are a few videos from the Toronto International Film Festival:
September 12, 2008
To view a video of the press conference for
The Argentine and Guerrilla, which was held in Toronto
on September 10th last, click on the photo below:
(Source: TIFF08.ca)
September 11, 2008
The Argentine and Guerrilla will be shown at the
BFI 52nd London Film Festival which will be held
from October 15 to October 30, 2008.
Here is the schedule:
The Argentine
Monday, October 27, 2008 at 12:30 PM (Odeon West End 2 Theatre)
Thursday, October 30, 2008 at 9:45 AM (Odeon West End 2 Theatre)*
*HE/FE Undergraduates
Guerrilla
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 12:30 PM (Odeon West End 2 Theatre)
Both film presented in full
Saturday, October 25, 2008 at 6 PM (Odeon West End 2 Theatre)
* * *
Booking opens to British Film Institute members
on September 24th and to the public on September 27th.
Box office: 0207 928 3232
September 10, 2008
Benicio attended the TIFF premiere party
at Greenhouse @ 99 Sudbury last night.
Steven Soderbergh, Laura Bickford and Benicio
(Source: ShoeMinx.com)
September 10, 2008
Here are some photos that were taken yesterday
at the premiere of The Argentine at the
Toronto International Film Festival:
Below are the photos of the press conference
which was held today:
Laura Bickford, Benicio and Steven Soderbergh
For more photos, click on the links below:
September 10, 2008
IFC Films announced today that it acquired
domestic rights to The Argentine and Guerrilla.
IFC will release the films in theaters this
December to qualify for the Academy Awards.
The Argentine and Guerrilla will play a one-week qualifying
run in Los Angeles and New York in December for
Oscar consideration. The films will reopen in theaters
in January and be available to cable and satellite
subscribers through IFC's movies-on-demand service.
"`Che' is nothing less than the film event of the year,"
said Jonathan Sehring, IFC Films President.
"By giving us the rise and fall of one of the great icons
of history, Steven Soderbergh and Benicio Del Toro,
who gives an incredible soulful performance,
have humanized him and given audiences
around the world something that will be
discussed for years to come."
(Source: KTAR.com)
The deal was negotiated by IFC President Jonathan Sehring,
VP of Acquisitions and Production Arianna Bocco
and Senior Counsel Betsy Rodgers
with Wild Bunch’s Vincent Maraval, Agnes Mentre,
Laurent Baudens and Pierre Selinger.
“This project is so important to us and we wanted to
partner with someone sharing our same idea of distribution,”
said Maraval. “This is a unique distribution challenge and
we needed someone with creative passion and marketing skill
to work with. IFC Films came with the same ambition and energy
that we had during the whole process of that exceptional
adventure. We are pleased and relieved to give them
our dearest baby to take care of.”
(Source: PasteMagazine.com)
September 9, 2008
Here is the schedule for The Argentine and Guerrilla
at the Toronto International Film Festival:
The Argentine:
September 9 at 9 PM (Elgin Theatre)
September 11 at 2:30 PM (Elgin Theatre)
Guerrilla:
September 10 at 9 PM (Elgin Theatre)
September 12 at 2:30 PM (Elgin Theatre)
Both films presented in full:
September 12 at 9 AM (Ryerson Theatre)
Please note that the version screening at Toronto
is shorter than the original version shown at Cannes, by
seven minutes for The Argentine, and by 4.5 minutes for Guerrilla.
All shows are sold out.
September 9, 2008
Click on the links below to view clips of The Argentine:
(Source: Cine365.com)
September 8, 2008
The Argentine has been placed at the top of the
Spanish box office with 1,782,436 euros collected
in its first 3 days of exhibition.
(Source: AndromedaHigh: TAQUILLA ESPAÑA)
September 8, 2008
John Foote said the following
about The Argentine and Guerrilla:
"Extraordinary, unsettling, demanding, courageous
and brilliant, this massive film stands as one of
the great achievements in modern cinema.
Handheld photography give the film a sense of urgency,
almost like a documentary; it seems as though
Soderbergh has stepped back in time and
shot what we really happened.
"Benicio Del Toro, meanwhile, has the role
of several lifetimes here and he knows it, pouring
every ounce of his substantial talent into the part,
disappearing under the skin of the character to
become Che. His eyes are watchful, taking in
everything he sees, sizing up everyone he meets
within seconds, burning with a fierce determination
that marks him as a man who has a cause
and will follow it through to the death.
"The cinematography is superb, the jungle lush and green,
but also unforgiving in its relentless power over man.
The art direction is perfect and the recreation of the
sequences in the United States, filmed in black and white,
feels completely authentic. Che was picketed, yelled at,
bomb threats came through, yet he still spoke and said exactly
what he wanted to say; could we expect anything less of him?"
(Source: incontention.com)
September 7, 2008
Here are various clips from the premiere
of The Argentine in Spain:
* * *
Click on the links below to listen to
two radio interviews with Benicio:
(Interview 2 starts at 21:58)
* * *
Click on the links below to see photos
of the Spanish premiere of The Argentine:
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Click on the photo below to view a clip
of a part of the press conference
of The Argentine at the premiere in Spain:
(Sources: YouTube.com, Telecinco.es, Yahoo! España Vídeo, AtlasNews.com, rtve.es, elmundo.es, Flickr.com and adn.es)
September 6, 2008
Click on the photo below to view a new clip
of an interview with Benicio during the premiere
of Things We Lost In The Fire in Puerto Rico.
The interview is in Spanish.
(Source: AquiTVO.com)
September 5, 2008
Benicio is featured in the
following magazines:
Uomo Vogue (Italy) / September issue
GQ (Spain) / September issue
Acción (Spain) / September issue
and
Esquire (Spain) / September issue
and
Film Comment / September - October issue
and
New York Magazine / September issue
and
Tar / October issue
September 5, 2008
Click on the photos below to watch two different parts of an
interview with Steven Soderbergh about The Argentine and Guerrilla:
(Source: Cine365.com)
(Source: elmundo.es)
September 4, 2008
Click on the photo below to watch a 10:36-minute clip of Benicio
on the Hoy Por Hoy program (broadcasted in Spain by Cadena SER):
(Source: elPais.com)
September 3, 2008
The photos below were taken at a press conference which
took place yesterday at the Premiere of The Agentine in Spain:
September 3, 2008
Click on the photos below to see clips from some of the interviews
in which Benicio took part while in Spain to promote The Argentine:
(In Spanish)
(In Spanish)
(In Spanish)
(In Spanish)
Hoy Por Hoy program broadcasted by Cadena SER
(Audio only, in Spanish)
Part of the Hoy Por Hoy program called "Audio Photo"
(Audio only, in Spanish)
September 3, 2008
The following photographs were taken at the Premiere
of The Argentine yesterday in Spain:
For more photos, click on the links below:
September 2, 2008
Today is the premiere of The Argentine in Madrid, Spain.
The premiere will start at 9:15 PM
at the Cine Capitol in Madrid, Gran Vía, 41.
Telecinco is going to broadcast live from the red carpet.
Click here for the live broadcast.
(Source: Telecinco.es)
September 1, 2008
Benicio will be interviewed tomorrow
in Madrid at 10:30 (local time) on the program Hoy Por Hoy.
You can send your questions to Benicio by clicking here.
(Source: CadenaSER.com)
September 1, 2008
Benicio, Steven Soderbergh and Laura Bickford
will attend a reception given by the King and Queen
of Spain, tonight at 6:30 PM, on the occasion of
the Spanish premiere of The Argentine.
(Source: PrimeraHora.com)