In his new movie, "The Lost City,", star/director/producer Andy Garcia tells the story of his family, and the story of Cuba.
He also hopes to stick it to pop icon/revolutionary killer Ché Guevera once and for all.
"I'd be curious to go around and ask them how much they really know about Che. Some people wearing the T-shirt don't even know his name. They know he's some sort of revolutionary, and to wear his image is cool because you feel like a revolutionary. Someone told me the other day that they asked one of these people if they were aware of all the executions that Che was a part of in Cuba and the guy said, 'Well, I don't know if that's true, as if it had been made up to discredit him.' I wish you could say it was made up because that would mean that all those people didn't die under his thumb. That's the tragedy."
No wonder "The Lost City" won't easily be found in movie theaters in South America, where Ché rode his motorcycle and where he met his just end.
To read more comments from Garcia about Guevara, Fidel Castro and the failure of the Cuban revolution, read here and here.
"The Lost City" opens Friday in Miami, Los Angeles, New York and New Jersey.
For a complete release schedule, go here.
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