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Jan 16, 2009

Out of Frame: Che

Benicio del Toro as Che Guevara in Steven Soderbergh’s Che. It’s difficult to imagine a figure more polarizing than the subject of Steven Soderbergh’s ambitious new biopic. Mention the name Che Guevara, or flash a picture of one of the endless variations on Alberto Korda’s iconic image of the revolutionary leader, and you’re bound to get an earful. But most reactions are of the knee-jerk variety, and are based more on reputation than history….

 
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