May
22
Cannes: Soderbergh Talks Che
Here are some of the high points of the Che press conference Thursday:
"The process of editing was intense," said director Steven Soderbergh. "The further you get into it, you need context. That's why you need two movies."
Soderbergh visited Cuba five times but never met Che Guevara cohort Fidel Castro: "I was told, 'Pedro may call you.' He has a reputation for calling at 2 am and saying 'Come over. Let's talk.' I also heard that he likes to stop the film and talk about it when it moves him to. This film he may not survive."
Soderbergh admired Water Salles' The Motorcycle Diaries, starring Gael Garcia Bernal as the young Ernesto Guevara: "Walter's movie is really an Act One. With these, now it's a trilogy."
He defended his film's friendly approach to the iconic and polarizing revolutionary: "I've read the anti-Che literature out there. I get the arguments. I feel there's no amount of barbarity I could put on the screen that would satisfy them."
The shoot was rough and tumble:
"On the set I told the actors that I'm not going to be able to take care of you. I'm just trying to get this movie shot on schedule. And they formed a support group to survive it.
It sounds like he wants to use Smello-vision: "I wish we could transit the smell to the screen. There was a smell on the set."
[Photo of press conference by Jeffrey Wells]
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