Review of Reds (1981) by Rami R — 16 Nov 2007
Reds, as its recent DVD advertising will tell you, is as releavant today as the time in which it is set (and for when it was originally released for that matter). While ostensibly about Jack Reed's involvement in the communist revolution the film covers personal liberties versus national security, workers rights, race and gender equality, fidelity, intellectualism and on and on and on.
A hyper-literate script, an epic scope and heart-breaking performances from Keaton and Beatty, Reds covers it aesthetic bases nicely. It's truly remarkable "gimmick" is how Beatty weaves first person accounts of Jack Reed into the narrative but it never comes off as a documentary spin on the proceedings.
Instead it hieghtens the viewers awareness of how little (or alternatively how much) personal perception has to do with reality.
This review of Reds (1981) was written by Rami R on 16 Nov 2007.
Reds has generally received very positive reviews.
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