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  • Motorcycle Diaries

    Although not a bike movie per se it seems worth watching.. Just read an eulogistic review in the WSJ..

    Trailer at: http://swedish.imdb.com/title/tt0318...ay-E20684-10-2


    PARK CITY -- It's a trip back in time, headwise, to the '60s. An on-the-road venture of the Kerouac-ean style, "The Motorcycle Diaries" is based in part on the diaries of Che Guevara. Yes, that Che Guevara. Although "Motorcycle" is of the '60s zeitgeist, the actual trip took place in 1952. Such a filmic venture, realistically, will have its most hospitable venues around liberal universities.

    Ultimately, this cinematic journey is a trek of personal transformation, and one need not have had a poster of Che in the dorm to appreciate this nonpolitical saga. "Motorcycle" is the coming of-maturity tale of two young, idealistic men who wish to traverse South America before they hit 30.

    Down to generics, "Motorcycle" is a trek/buddy movie with opposite personalities: Ernesto Guevara de la Serna (Gad Garcia Bernal) is serious and a bit stiff, while Alberto Granado (Rodrigo Dc La Serna) is playful and pragmatic. Crammed atop a beat-up Norton 500, they're an o...
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