Fall of the Bolsheviks

Vicenta 2022-02-02 08:16:20

I've watched it in succession these days: The Red Molecule, The Burning Sun, and The Katyn Forest. ** The Red Molecules (1986/Warren Beatty) around
the 1920s is a biographical film by the famous American journalist John Reed (who personally experienced "Ten Days That Shaked the World", which reflected the Russian October Revolution).
Critics tend to position the film as a romance, which in my opinion is an idealist's disillusionment - socialist John Reed pursues ideals at the cost of his life, and as he increasingly discovers the ruthlessness of Bolsheviks to stifle dissent , he was tired, he came to the end of his 32-year-old life.
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"The Burning Sun" (1994 / Nikita Mikhalkov) in the 1930s was adapted from real events, reflecting the Soviet Union on the eve of Stalin's party in 1936. The fighting hero Kotov was created by himself. The Red Authority strangled, and Kotov was convinced that he and his comrades had built a better country. **The Polish Katyn Forest (2007 / Andrzej Wajda) in
the 1940s and under the Soviet Union directly describes the Polish Katyn massacre and the story in which this truth has been repeatedly exploited, altered and defended.
At this time, the state apparatus under Stalin is no different from the Nazis, and the film clearly tells us with its opening chapter that can be recorded in film history.
After watching these three films, what more do I need to say?
Superfluous, I feel that films like this lead our view of history, that the facts that happened and did not depend on the attitude of someone and ourselves, the facts are somewhere, and they determine where we come from and where we go.

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Extended Reading
  • Deontae 2022-03-19 09:01:11

    It's better to call it "Red Molecule". For more than three hours, the line of sight could not be taken away. The hero goes from writer to activist, and the heroine goes from family rebellion to political awakening, every step of the way is clearly visible. A major feature is whose single sentence is longer and whose consciousness is higher.

  • Maximo 2022-03-16 09:01:09

    A movie that really tests the audience's patience! Any love will look great against a revolutionary background! Three hours is so tiring! The pace is slow!

Reds quotes

  • John Reed: It's the truth. Does that mean anything around here?

    Pete Van Wherry: Well, who the hell's to say what the truth is?

  • Pete Van Wherry: The IWW's a bunch of Reds. Come on! We got Reds in the IWW, got Reds in the Village. We've got nothing but Reds around here.