IFC Films takes Soderbergh’s CHE
Will the real Vinny Chase please stand up?
After the sour reactions at Cannes to Steven Soderbergh’s 15-hour-long tribute to one of hipsterdom’s most recognizable” bourgeois faux-revolutionary turned tee-shirt graphic” icons, it looked like the overly ambitious biopic was destined for the Blockbuster Exclusive shelf, and its director destined for a career making films beginning with the word “Ocean’s” and ending with a number. However after a Toronto Film Fest screening of the truncated version of Soderbergh’s two-part Marxist epic, IFC Films (which does not, I repeat does NOT stand for “I F***K CHILDREN”) decided to roll the dice, plunking down an undisclosed amount (at least undisclosed to Variety) for North American rights.
IFC plans to utilize their unconventional day-and-date release strategy, meaning we’ll see Ché in theaters (at least in major urban markets) simultaneous to its appearing in video stores and on VOD (which does not stand for “VIOLATE ORALLY DOGS”). Hopefully this strategy will work this time around for Soderbergh — it certainly didn’t for his 2005 film Bubble –because something needs to justify the existence of “independent film” circa 2008, or we’re looking at a future where Michael Bay ’splosion fests are the artistic high-water mark of American cinema.
You know, as I proofread my sloppy typing in the article above, I can’t help but think this article sounds suspiciously familiar. Didn’t this shit happen on Entourage? Isn’t this just the Medellin story line? Shit, don’t tell me the dooshnozzles responsible for that show have some sort of time machine. And why do I watch that f@&king show? I hate it, I hate everyone on it, yet I watch every goddamn episode. I’m even tempted to cancel HBO just so I stop watching it, but then I’d only end up making some excuse for buying the DVDs. “Why are you buying that shit, I thought you hate that show?” Mom asks. I don’t know, mom. I just don’t know. It’s not like I have to live vicariously through those losers; my life is pretty much identical to Vinny Chase’s in every way, except replace the money with “achievement points,” the luxury cars with “Rascal Mobility Scooter,” the hot supermodels with “cats,” and fame with “entertainment blog that no one reads.” Jeesh, it’s almost like they’re writing my life! I should probably call a lawyer, huh?
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