I agree that "Reds" was Hollywood crap. I mean, they couldn't even do "Grapes of Wrath" -- so, how "Reds"?
^^^^ CB: I'm thinking Hollywood would be better at portraying a Harvard graduate from a well off family in Oregon, and early twentieth century Greenwich village intellectuals , and their adventures in Mexico rev., union struggles and the Russian rev. based on Reeds "Ten Days" than working class farm workers . Reed was tailor made for Hollywood.
The Red Army chorus singing revolutionary songs is kind of stirring for internationalists ( weep, weep)
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But Reed's "Ten Days that Shook the World" is a great (and short) read.
^^^^ CB: The Lenin Locomotive.
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For films about the revolution, see Eisenstein's stuff.
Also, the two great WWII movies (of many great Russian WWII movies), see "The Cranes Are Flying" and "Ballad of a Soldier." They capture some of the spirit and faith of the revo.
Magnificent film making.
Joanna