8000 Sunset Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90046
In high school, Laemmle Sunset 5 was where I discovered the foreign films and 90s indies that were prerequisites for the film student I was becoming. Now, newer theaters like the Arclight and Landmark have overtaken the market, nearly eliminating my regular visits. I watched Steven Soderbergh's Che over the course of two days. During the film's four hours I was relieved that Soderbergh's extensive project avoided the typical pitfalls of a Hollywood biopic. The measured meditation on the life and death of Che Guvara took advantage of duration and allowed for the development of secondary figures and relationships. Instead of forcing the material into a curt, linear narrative Soderbergh allows for exploration, nuance and variation. Despite my declared resistance to biopics and Soderbergh I was deeply effected by both the elliptical narrative and interrogation of capitalism.
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