The film is drunk on the possibilities of cinema in a way that’s rare and essential. A sparkling Blu-ray transfer makes it a must-see.
The film gives visible shape to Coppola’s ambivalent attitude toward the ability of fiction to help us understand our own lived past.
Crónica de una Fuga plays like a feature-length (and un-funny) version of the Beastie Boys’s “Sabotage” video.
Motorcycle Diaries flatters gullible white liberals with its Cliffs Notes evocation of social problems abroad.