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Benicio Del Toro Officially Over Talking About ‘Che’
2:22AM STV | Give Benicio Del Toro some credit: He’s been on the Che World Tour since last May’s Cannes premiere, and there are only so many ways to deflect inquiries about his character’s mass-murder pastime.
Benicio Del Toro Puts Mouthy Bros On Notice
3:45AM Kyle Buchanan | Benicio Del Toro deserves credit for a great many things: his Oscar-winning acting, his inspiration to the mushmouthed, and now, for crafting 2009’s very first meme. More »
Friendly Crowd Reminds Steven Soderbergh That Che Guevara Killed Some Folks
3:40AM STV | Che’s “roadshow” engagement attracted capacity crowds in L.A. and New York over the weekend, with director Steven Soderbergh even making a special NYC appearance to take his audience’s thoughtful questions and verbal abuse. More »
Keanu Reeves Devastates ‘Doubt,’ ‘Che,’ Rest of Earth
1:45AM STV | Welcome back to Defamer Attractions, your regular guide to everything new, noteworthy and/or Keanu-rrific at the movies. This week: Earth is doomed, Clint is done, and Che is looooonnng. More »
Upbeat ‘Che’ Trailer Promises the Holidays’ Jauntiest Four-Hour Marxist Epic
2:07AM STV | Having endured Che in its 257-minute entirety, at least one of us at Defamer HQ can attest to its new trailer’s elegance in condensing the Che Guevara biopic to a lean two minutes, 31 seconds. From Benicio Del Toro’s brooding monochrome gaze to the minimalist grit of revolutionary battle, its comprehensive compression renders the theatrical experience virtually irrelevant. Still, we sort of would have preferred more of the Bollywoodesque “Che You, Che Me” set piece that bridges Guevara’s time between Cuba and Bolivia, but! You can’t have everything. There will be plenty of time for show tunes when Soderbergh gets busy with Cleo, anyway. [IFC Films] More »
A Bathroom Attendant Etiquette Lesson With The Men Of ‘Che’
4:45AM STV | With his director newly flush after offloading Che during the Toronto Film Festival, did Benicio Del Toro defer to Steven Soderbergh’s tipping largesse during a shared men’s room visit? Is that the single stupidest question we’ve ever posed? Either way, there’s more, reports the National Post: More »
Today in Toronto Hell: Paris Shows, ‘Che’ Sells, Kevin Smith Wins a Crapfight
4:30AM STV | With most of the industry having seen what it came for and Jeremy Piven having released his date(s) back into the Canadian wild, the 2008 Toronto Film Festival is all but over. But, as befits the event’s stature, the whirlwind since our last Toronto Hell round-up deserves a closer look — from the Paris Hilton doc you’ll never see again to Kevin Smith literally keeping Zack and Miri’s shit together, enjoy the news others traveled thousands of miles for from the comfort of your own industrial slave galley:
Today in Cannes Hell: Market Lags for Everything But Photos of Lindsay Lohan Making Out With Samantha Ronson
3:00AM Defamer Hollywood | As we established previously, little is happening movie- or industry-wise at the Cannes Film Festival; even Croisette-weary NY Times critic A.O. Scott is officially on the record now with his ambivalence about this year’s crop. As such, we lead today’s fest news round-up not with the general befuddlement over Synecdoche, New York or continued rapture around Che, but with the only story worth our consideration as the event slumps, thuds and dies until a phoenix-like restoration in 2009: OMG Is Lindsay, like, totally kissing Samantha Ronson? More press conference photos shameless paparazzi indulgence after the jump.
Americans Need Balls, Indies Need Buyers as Chilly Cannes Winds Down
9:10AM Defamer Hollywood | Where are the big spenders this year at Cannes? After a 2007 buying spree that topped out with Universal snagging We Own the Night for a whopping $11.5 million, only one distributor has made any considerable investment in the current crop of selections — IFC Films, which made news Wednesday by acquiring the acclaimed Irish drama Hunger, its seventh buy in as many days. And even its other deals — an international mash-up including A Christmas Tale (France), Chaser (S. Korea) and the American indie The Pleasure of Being Robbed — are slated for minimal theatrical play as they funnel into IFC’s day-and-date on-demand circuit.
