Tuesday
House of Dumb is as sympathetic as ever to film director Steven Soderbergh.
It seems that the viewers of Soderbergh's latest biographical work were indeed inspired to follow the example of the subject of the movie:
The situation was uncomfortable for the people and for [Eutimio], so I ended the problem giving him a shot with a .32 pistol in the right side of the brain, with exit orifice in the right temporal [lobe]. He gasped for a little while and was dead. Upon proceeding to remove his belongings I couldn't get off the watch tied by a chain to his belt, and then he told me in a steady voice farther away than fear: "Yank it off, boy, what does it matter." I did so and his possessions were now mine.
I am starting to wonder if there is a god after all, hehehe. How sweet it is.
Posted by Perry de Havilland at July 21, 2009 07:20 PM
Filmed in Spanish? Insufficient money? Psycho director? "Che" sounds like a parody of the ill-fated movie "Medellin" in the HBO TV series "Entourage". (I don't think it can be the other way around because the "Entourage" story arc was three seasons ago.)
Posted by Laird at July 21, 2009 08:58 PM
Absolutely hilarious! Oh the irony. One of the funniest things I've read in the culture pages in ages. Many of my colleagues in film and TV are stupidly enamoured of the Butcher of La Cabana and thought the film was superb. I was going to rent it on DVD anyway but the thought of getting a pirated copy instead is strangely appealing.
I wonder what they'd have done if it turned a profit?
Posted by Nigel at July 22, 2009 12:07 PM
"I wonder what they'd have done if it turned a profit?"
Sent the cheque to the Cuban government for redistribution to the comrades under the wise guidance of the Primer Secretario General de su Comité Central, of course. Tsk, tsk, Nigel; how could you doubt this?
Posted by Natalie Solent at July 22, 2009 03:56 PM
Socialists (at least socialists who take socialism seriously - as Maxists do) of course do not respect private property.
Both the goods and the bodies (including the "private parts") of others must be available to "the people" under socialism.
To say a Marxist supports robbery, rape and murder is like saying water is wet.
However, sadly, one does need to remind people of this basic truth - as many people seem unaware of it.
I sometimes wonder if those rich (and often physically attractive) Hollywoodheads really understand what would happen to them if the Latin American (and other) Marxist revolutionaries they support, ever gained total control of the United States.
As for the film "Che" - it got National Lottery funding in Britain I believe.
Posted by Paul Marks at July 24, 2009 04:09 PM
"You are streatching things Paul" - not at all.
Abduction has become bery common in nations such as Mexico and the "kidnappers" are well versed in Liberation Theology excuses for their actions (Rev. Wright in a American context).
The abductors have the right to use violence, mutilation and murder to gain the money of "the rich" (not just people with lots of money - but poor people they regard as "class traitors"), and they also have the right to use the bodies of "the rich" for sexual gratification. They are quite clear on this - both in theory and in practice, in Mexico and many other Latin American nations.
Comming to America soon - Hollywoodheads please note.
Posted by Paul Marks at July 27, 2009 03:09 PM
Bit of a late addition this but it turns out that I now know somebody who worked on this. A friend of a friend also did some time on it.
Neither of them found it a pleasant experience. The producers didn't turn out to be particularly good employers - they wanted a lot of work but weren't willing to offer much in the way of reward.
I am now even happier that the film tanked.
Posted by Nigel at October 2, 2009 06:22 PM
