Home Media Magazine - May 11-17, 2008 - (Page 20)

NEW ON DVD from FIRST RUN FEATURES ª FASCINATING!º -Dave Kehr, CHICAGO READER ª A LEGENDARY FILM ± MAGNIFICENT, AGELESS!º -Berlin Film Festival Edited by Angelique Flores Uncovering `C he' Josh Evans is the latest director to explore the revolutionary By Billy Gil he Guevara's life is filled with enough intrigue to fill many movies. In the same way Walter Salles' 2004 film The Motorcycle Diaries covered Ernesto ªC heº Guevara's youth traveling through South America and witnessing the extreme poverty that would inspire him to become a Marxist revolutionary, Josh Evans' Che covers only the time that Che Guevara spent in Cuba, fighting against dictator Fulgencio Batista in the Cuban Revolution. Evans is only the latest filmmaker to take on the controversial icon, whose image now graces everything from the walls of cooperative living houses to shopping-mall T-shirts around the country. ªH is life was amazing,º Evans said. ªH e constantly was in motion his whole life.º Evans began researching and conceptualizing the film back in 2000, eventually writing a 450-page script about Guevara's entire life that he meticulously whittled down to 160 pages. The final product, after two years of editing, is the brisk Che, clocking in at about 80 minutes. ª That' s the core of the movie really, the fact that 82 guys got on a boat (from Mexico to Cuba), 70 got killed, and within nine months they mounted the beginning of the most improbable revolution,º Evans said. ª Just the fact that they did it was amazing.º C ªP eople who don't like him, who might have lost their homes and families [during the revolution], might think it pretentious at best I Che: Rise and Fall Ð Westlake that someone made a film about I The Motorcycle Diaries Ð him,º Evans said. ª I don't think the Universal movie says that he's this great guy. I Che Guevara: Where You' d Never ª What I find compelling about him Imagine Him Ð First Run was he was a man who had a belief I The True Story of Che Guevara and took action. You can say there Ð A&E are horrible people who do that, but I don' t think he put himself first. I Evans said the film doesn't aim to think he was really bothered by povglorify or diminish Guevara's deeds erty and wanted to change [things].º Che is due on DVD May 20 from as much as represent one man's Image Entertainment, at $14.99. dedication to his convictions. I Other Films about Che Guevara: Hot, Fluffy and ¼ Platinum Considered one of the most significant German films of all time, Solo Sunny captures the vividness and realism of 70s film mavericks like Robert Altman and Hal Ashby. This mesmerizing portrait of Sunny ± a soulful, aspiring singer who falls in love, breaks hearts and has her own broken ± captures the gritty-glitzy Berlin of the 70s in its visuals and its catchy soundtrack. SRP: $24.95 · 102 minutes, color, German w/English subt. · Catalog #: FRF 913287D Prebook: MAY 20 · Street Date: JUNE 24 ª THE EAST GERMAN VERSION OF THE WILD ONES!º -Desson Howe, WASHINGTON POST -J. Hoberman, VILLAGE VOICE ª A SENSATION FASCINATING!º Comedian Gabriel Iglesias (center) received his Recording Industry Association of America Platinum DVD for sales of Hot and Fluffy, on DVD from Image Entertainment. With him are (L-R): Steven De Mille, SVP of marketing for Image; Judi Marmel-Brown, partner at Levity; Richard Buchalter, SVP of sales at Image; and Robert Hartmann, partner at Levity. COM I NG just released Loco Comedy Jam Vol. 1 (DVD $14.98), which features such comedians as George Lopez, Gabriel Iglesias, Mike Robles, Jeff Garcia, Joey Medina, Pablo Francisco and Rick Najera. July 8 (prebook June 3) offers the horror film La Resurrección de Amanda Morales (DVD $12.98) and Comando TNT (Tontos No Tarados), a hit South American TV show that' s been compared to ªJ ackass.º UP I BCI ECLIPSE cial Club. Hello, Hemingway, a feature $19.95). Arriving July 22 (prebook June based in 1950s Havana, includes three shorts about Ernest Hemingway. The DVDs are $24.95 each. 20) is Mañana te Cuento 2 (DVD $19.95), which had a record-breaking opening day box office in Latin America. I IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT has Amando a Maradona (DVD $14.98), a documentary about the legendary soccer player. The disc comes with commentary from Maradona. I LIONSGATE July 29 (prebook July 2) debuts on DVD the multi-Goya Award winning Barrio and Éxtasis, starring Javier Bardem, at $14.98 each. I MAVERICK ENTERTAINMENT GROUP July 22 (prebook June 20) releases Mar Rojo (DVD $16.98), starring Maribel Verdu (Pan' s Labyrinth, Y Tu Mama Tambien). In this landmark film about rebellious youth, a group of teenagers meet daily on Schönhauser Avenue in East Berlin to dance to rock n' roll, swap Western goods and escape the control of their parents and the State. Directed by Gerhard Klein (The Gleiwitz Case), this ª classic cult filmº (Washington Diplomat) is considered one of Germany' s most important films. SRP: $24.95 · 82 minutes, b/w, German w/English subt. · Catalog #: FRF 913270D I CINEQUEST June 17 (prebook I LAGUNA PROMay 21) releases Boxers+Ballerinas DUCTIONS May 20 (DVD $24.99). I FIRST RUN FEATURES has out two classics from the ª Cuban Masterworks Collection.º We Are the Music! highlights the golden age of Cuban music and includes a short about Omara Portuondo from the Buena Vista So- Contact Us at 800-229-8575 or email sales@firstrunfeatures.com releases the drama El Evangelista (DVD $19.95), winner of the Audience Award at the Chicago Latino Film Festival. July 8 (prebook June 6) comes Como en el Cine: Season Two (eight-DVD $24.95), with the unedited second season of the Azteca America novela. Due July 15 (prebook June 13) is the actioner Double Dagger (DVD I WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT July 1 (prebook May 20) releases City of Men (DVD $29.99) a feature film based on the Brazilian series of the same name. ± Angelique Flores 20 Home Media Magazine May 11± 17, 2008

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