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hollywood-elsewhere.com - 5/26/2008
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Steven Soderbergh's Che, my choice for the most exciting and far-reaching film of the Cannes Film Festival, didn't win the Palme d'Or this evening. Lamentable, dispiriting news. Instead the jury gave the coveted top prize to Laurent Cantet's justly admired...

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Why You Should Take an Interest in Steven Soderbergh's Che
FirstShowing.net — ... I was somewhat inspired to get the word out about Che from Jeffrey Wells post on Che losing the Palme d'Or. Not only does he call it "the most exciting and far-reaching film of the Cannes Film Festival," but Wells called the actual news "lamentable [and] dispiriting" given that Che should have undeniably took the top prize. I trust in Wells enough that he knows good films, for the most part, and speaks his mind strongly when it comes to discussions like this. In a ...

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