Diarios de Motocicleta (2004)
by
Walter Salles
Movie Seen: 26 July 2015
Note Written: 31 July 2015
'The Motorcycle Diaries' was a long-pending movie for me. The urge to watch the movie was on an increase from after I finished reading the book a couple months ago. The movie is a delightful adventure experience about the road trip taken up by Ernesto Che Guevara and Alberto Granado. The experiences noted in the diary of Che has been well adapted to make this movie. Sans some changes for the effect of drama, the movie follows the book well in path. For the viewer the movie induces the feelings to embark upon such a journey ourselves- if we could get hold of something like 'La Poderosa' and some money. The journey started as fun for Che, but ended as something much bigger. This is when he began to think a lot about the injustices prevailing in the world, mainly due to economic desparities. 'Che' is now a symbol of many things- youthfulness, revolution, confidence, and much more. It is kind of sad to see him and figures like him transformed to symbols and tools of fashion and capitalism. Many icons have become mere fashion accessories now- it would be nice if people knew the value of them and wore them, but that's not what's happening now. Religion works this way too. The whole world has become one big commercial.
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