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Jennyfer 2022-02-02 08:16:20

It contains so many elements that it is no wonder it is called a "kaleidoscope". Everyone can find what they want from this film. A tale of idealist disillusionment, the revolutionary love depicted in it is pure and passionate, like a cup of boiling water. Not a revolutionary love, but a revolutionary love, not a hero, but an ordinary young idealist. As a biography, it can be regarded as finding a balance between a big era and a small person. The starting and turning are a little stiff, some places are too procrastinating and some places are changing too fast, but it can still give five stars. What left a deep impression is that the old man made her laugh, but the content was contemptuous and vulgar, and the jokes that Jack told his favorite ended up being cold, sometimes understanding and intimacy really did not bring Pleasure, like the love triangle between Louise Jack Eugene, but who's to say it's not love. In the first part, Louise was regarded as the female version of Nora, and in the latter part, Diane played her growth and transformation very well. I was deeply moved by the idealized love at the end that finally sank into life itself, but still remained true.

Some lines:

"In the name of defense, is there a reason to start a nightmare against counter-revolution?"

"When you separate a man from what he loves most, all you do is purify his heart. When you purify his heart, you eliminate dissent. When you eliminate dissent, you kill the revolution "Revolution is dissent!"

"Znovier, you don't even know that a person can be loyal to the collective and speak on behalf of his own country and the Comintern at the same time. Loyal to his wife, but still loyal to the revolution, and you have nothing to give at all!"

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  • Stefanie 2022-03-26 09:01:14

    It's too long...and then it leads to a very running account...seems like this kind of "epic" movie is also popular for a while

  • Branson 2022-02-02 08:16:20

    I don't like reading biographies very much, and I also don't like watching this movie very much. There should be a heavy historical texture, but the focus is on the love of two idealists. Fortunately, this love is not too cliché, the drama is full of tension, and the scenes of several historical events are full of historical sense, but the film itself only stops At the level of curiosity, the essence of history is not deeply explored; however, a few paragraphs of narrative are ingenious and skeptical; of course, the important point is that Nicholson is the most handsome.

Reds quotes

  • John Reed: Zinoviev, you don't think a man can be an individual and be true to the collective, or speak for his own country and speak for the International at the same time, or love his wife and still be faithful to the revolution. You don't have a "self" to give.

    Grigory Zinoviev: Would you be willing to give yourself to this revolution?

    John Reed: You separate a man from what he loves most, what you do is purge what's unique in him. And when you purge what's unique in him, you purge dissent. And when you purge dissent, you kill the revolution! Dissent IS revolution!

  • Louise Bryant: [to Eugene O'Neill] Are you nervous, or is that a tremor?