Reds (1981)
Co-written and
directed by it's star Warren Beatty this film also features Diane
Keaton, Jack Nicholson and Maureen Stapleton. Two left leaning
American reporters fall in love in on the eve of WW1 and travel to
Russia during the revolution.
The plot of this film
is very much the story of two people rather than the story of the
world changing events they witness and I have to say I find that
story less interesting. While the story does a fairly good job of
showing the negative side of both the revolution and the fracturing
politics of the period in the US I found the first third of the film
spends far too long on opening relationship of the protagonists. At
the time this film was nominated for a slew of Oscars (picking up
three) but I found this film a rather slow and less interesting watch
than other films on this subject.
3/5
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