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He read what Che wrote and interviewed a range of people, including those who knew him when he was a child, as well as those who were there in his last days.
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It wasn't until he was in his early 20s and wandered into a bookstore in Mexico City that he discovered Che.
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He filmed Che Guevara's cult journal, "The Motorcycle Diaries, " and was hailed for his humanistic portrayal of the revolutionary's early life.
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He sent Che Guevara down there, and Che Guevara unfortunately got killed or fortunately got killed depending on how you look at it.
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Local resident Che Kevlin told the BBC he heard a "loud roar" at 22:00 BST.
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While Llosa offers a critical dismantling of the mythology surrounding Che Guevara in his first essay, he does not connect the Guevara legacy directly to modern Latin American liberalism.
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He now adds to that list the role of revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, an Argentine doctor whose role in the Cuban Revolution in the 1950s vaulted him to cult status where he remains today.
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He adopted the persona of the revolutionary intellectual, in the tradition of Leon Trotsky and Che Guevara.
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Soderbergh confirms his stature as one of the most versatile directors working today, equally capable of handling this international espionage thriller as he is comedic heist films ("Oceans" series), Epic biopics ("Che") and intimate indies ("The Girlfriend Experience").
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When making "The Motorcycle Diaries, " he conducted years of in-depth research into Latin America culture in the 1950s and completed Che's journey through South America's rugged landscape three times.
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