The Motorcycle Diaries
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Sep 23, 2026
SamHOST
a huge, I was like a huge Evita fan when I was, and my parents really liked Eva Peron and Che Guevara.
SamHOST
And I like, I think I've said this before, the first R-rated movie I ever saw was The Motorcycle Diaries.
SamHOST
The
AlexiHOST
Wow.
Jason FraleyHOST
But you play Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.
Jason FraleyHOST
So what type of research was required to play that role? Or what did Benicio have to do? Because I know Bernal did Motorcycle Diaries.
Jason FraleyHOST
-"Motorcycle Diaries."
Demián BichirGUEST
Yeah.
Demián BichirGUEST
Those are two different... -"Very
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It was a precursor to a longer trip which Guevara and Granado embarked on together early in 1952.
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The expedition has become well known through the publication, in 1995, of the diary Guevara kept during it and the making of a motion picture, the Motorcycle Diaries, based thereon.
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The pair travelled together on a 1939 Norton 500cc motorcycle which they dubbed La Poderosa, meaning the mighty one.
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The name was ironic and the motorcycle was far from reliable.
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He was a figure who read and wrote voraciously.
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He kept extensive diaries, many of which have been published since his own lifetime, casting light on his time in the Congo and Bolivia, as well as Cuba.
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His diaries of his early travels have also formed the basis for the motorcycle diaries.
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As we have seen, in 1961 he published Guerrilla Warfare, Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, he also composed many articles and short-form narrative was his preferred medium.
Brendan CassidyGUEST
He's always made movies that kind of hovered in that three and a half out of five star range for me on Letterboxd.
Brendan CassidyGUEST
But this movie actually made me go back and think about, you know, something like The Motorcycle Diaries, for instance, and ask myself, did I underrate that movie? because I was kind of blown away by Central Station.
Brendan CassidyGUEST
I really was.
Brendan CassidyGUEST
I agree with you about these two lead performances.
JD DuranHOST
most of those movies i don't love them and then central station we get to 98 and we watched that movie and i was like i was completely floored like where where did that guy go for years like yeah like good movies made good movies but to this level my god
Brendan CassidyGUEST
Yeah.
Brendan CassidyGUEST
I mean, I could see the artist behind Central Station in movies like The Motorcycle Diaries.
Brendan CassidyGUEST
I agree.
David RobertsonHOST
Possibly the most famous singer, I think, is the singer-songwriter and guitarist Jörg Drexler, who won an Academy Award for this piece, Al otro lado del río.
David RobertsonHOST
I remember it from The Motorcycle Diaries, a film I really enjoyed.
David RobertsonHOST
So, enjoy Jörg.
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Clavo mi remo en el agua Llevo tu remo en el mio Creo que he visto una luz Al otro lado del río El día le irá pudiendo Poco a poco al frío Creo que he visto una luz Al otro lado del río
Tom AugustineHOST
That is the date of the premiere of I'm Still Here.
Tom AugustineHOST
This is the Oscar-winning Brazilian film from Walter Salas, who also made The Motorcycle Diaries.
Tom AugustineHOST
This is a film about a woman married to a former politician during the 1971 Brazilian military dictatorship.
Tom AugustineHOST
And a violent act basically upsets her life and sets it on a kind of different course.
Brandon VickHOST
Inc.
Stephen McCashHOST
and El Otro Lado del Rio from the Motorcycle Diaries.
Stoney KeeleyHOST
Oh, we'll see.
Stoney KeeleyHOST
There you go.
Brandon VickHOST
If Hard Out Here for a Pimp and nothing else from Hustle & Flow was nominated for the Golden Globes, Dolly Parton was and she lost.
Brandon VickHOST
I'm curious as to who won the Golden Globe.
Brandon VickHOST
I have a feeling it might be that Motorcycle Diaries.
Stephen McCashHOST
Well, that was a different year, though.
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I'll stay there because I was going to start there.
Philip ClarkHOST
Which revolutionary is the subject of the 2004 biopic film The Motorcycle Diaries?
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The Motorcycle Diaries? Has it got anything to do with the art of motorcycle maintenance? Well, was it a movie?
Philip ClarkHOST
Which revolutionary is the subject of the 2004 biopic Motorcycle Diaries?
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Oh, I don't know.
Dylan StoneHOST
It appears near the beginning of the movie and was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song.
Dylan StoneHOST
It lost to Al Otro Lado Del Rio from the Motorcycle Diaries.
Dylan StoneHOST
Lead singer Adam Duritz said, They just told me that the song had to be uplifting.
Dylan StoneHOST
They actually said, don't write a song about Shrek.