I also saw this film when it first came out. I was visiting friends in Nashville (where I had attended university). And we all went to see it as a group. Superb movie
My college roommate and I saw this three times in the theater in Santa Barbara back in the day. We were speechless when it lost to Chariots of Fire on Oscar night. (I was equally disappointed when Birdman beat Boyhood, but not speechless. I've learned enough about Oscar politics over the years by reading books like Down and Dirty Pictures to better know how things work.)
@@ProfessionalFilmmakers I forgot that "The Hateful Eight" had an intermission. I saw that at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood when it opened in December 2015.
I saw this movie 5 times in the theater when it came out, 4 more than any other. Best movie ever made. It is NOT a pro communist movie. I was speechless when Reds did not win best picture, but then Apocalypse Now lost to Cramer vs Cramer so ....
It’s all about politics(literally in this case). Kramer Vs Kramer, Chariots Of Fire....all very safe choices. Fine movies but without anything to think, discuss or philosophy about. And Apocalypse... and Reds are those kind of movies! For sure!!
Can Warren top this ? His soon to be released ,yet to be titled film on Howard Hughes may , or may not. His Oscar for directing was very well deserved. It certainly deserved more than 3,Oscars. but hey so did , "Casablanca."
Great intro to one of my favorite movies ever. But 1981 was hardly the height of the Cold War. It was, in fact, the waning days of the Cold War which, after all, started in the late 1940s/early 1950s. What a shame that he didn't do his homework on the historical context of the film's creation, let alone its historical setting.
I think he did some homework on the historical context of the film's creation and the film's historical setting, World War I and the Bolshevik Revolution. It's true that the late 1940s and early 1950s are probably the height of the Cold War (the Communist witch-hunts, the Hollywood blacklist, McCarthyism, the execution of the Rosenbergs, etc). But in the 1980s, under the Reagan/Bush administration, in the beginning of the conservative counter-revolution known as Neo-Liberalism, there was another peak of the Cold War. This is the time of the American boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow (followed by the Soviet boycott of the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles).
I strongly disagree when he says Reds is the last epic movie (Gandi, Malcom X, The Irishman, Once upon a time in America) and that its Jack Nicholsons last great performance (The Departed, Terms of Enderment, As Good as it gets)
It depends upon how you define "epic." I agree that those other films are great, but they don't quite reach the level of epic, especially not "The Irishman," which hardly has the grand sweep of "Reds." I believe that "Gandhi" comes close, but it doesn't quite match the cinematic grandeur of "Reds," "Lawrence of Arabia," etc. (For one thing, you need a truly great soundtrack to reach epic status, and "Gandhi" lacks one.) "Out of Africa" may come close as well, but except for the airplane ride, doesn't offer large vistas, or depict major historical or legendary events. Then again, I don't view "Gone With the Wind" as an epic, either. As for Nicholson, to be fair, Linklater made that statement but walked it back right afterward. I didn't see "The Departed," but his work in those other two rather flimsy movies doesn't come close. However, his appearance in "A Few Good Men" rivals his performance in "Reds," imo. Iconic.
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I also saw this film when it first came out. I was visiting friends in Nashville (where I had attended university). And we all went to see it as a group. Superb movie
My college roommate and I saw this three times in the theater in Santa Barbara back in the day. We were speechless when it lost to Chariots of Fire on Oscar night. (I was equally disappointed when Birdman beat Boyhood, but not speechless. I've learned enough about Oscar politics over the years by reading books like Down and Dirty Pictures to better know how things work.)
"Hamlet"(1996) directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh was the last film I saw in a theater that had an intermission. It was four hours long.
And then Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight" in 2015.
@@ProfessionalFilmmakers I forgot that "The Hateful Eight" had an intermission. I saw that at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood when it opened in December 2015.
Amazing movie!
Filippo M. Prandi
I saw this movie 5 times in the theater when it came out, 4 more than any other. Best movie ever made. It is NOT a pro communist movie. I was speechless when Reds did not win best picture, but then Apocalypse Now lost to Cramer vs Cramer so ....
It’s all about politics(literally in this case). Kramer Vs Kramer, Chariots Of Fire....all very safe choices. Fine movies but without anything to think, discuss or philosophy about. And Apocalypse... and Reds are those kind of movies! For sure!!
Can Warren top this ? His soon to be released ,yet to be titled film on Howard Hughes may , or may not. His Oscar for directing was very well deserved. It certainly deserved more than 3,Oscars. but hey so did , "Casablanca."
Lol the Howard Hughes film was an embarrassment. Thinks it’s safe to assume old Warren Beatty’s done, as far as his career is concerned.
Great intro to one of my favorite movies ever. But 1981 was hardly the height of the Cold War. It was, in fact, the waning days of the Cold War which, after all, started in the late 1940s/early 1950s. What a shame that he didn't do his homework on the historical context of the film's creation, let alone its historical setting.
Not like the 1950s. But I think there was a kind of low key revivals of the Cold War. A kind of Reaganite neo-McCarthyism
I think he did some homework on the historical context of the film's creation and the film's historical setting, World War I and the Bolshevik Revolution. It's true that the late 1940s and early 1950s are probably the height of the Cold War (the Communist witch-hunts, the Hollywood blacklist, McCarthyism, the execution of the Rosenbergs, etc). But in the 1980s, under the Reagan/Bush administration, in the beginning of the conservative counter-revolution known as Neo-Liberalism, there was another peak of the Cold War. This is the time of the American boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow (followed by the Soviet boycott of the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles).
Is it really an 80s film? Filming began in 1979.
I strongly disagree when he says Reds is the last epic movie (Gandi, Malcom X, The Irishman, Once upon a time in America) and that its Jack Nicholsons last great performance (The Departed, Terms of Enderment, As Good as it gets)
It depends upon how you define "epic." I agree that those other films are great, but they don't quite reach the level of epic, especially not "The Irishman," which hardly has the grand sweep of "Reds." I believe that "Gandhi" comes close, but it doesn't quite match the cinematic grandeur of "Reds," "Lawrence of Arabia," etc. (For one thing, you need a truly great soundtrack to reach epic status, and "Gandhi" lacks one.) "Out of Africa" may come close as well, but except for the airplane ride, doesn't offer large vistas, or depict major historical or legendary events. Then again, I don't view "Gone With the Wind" as an epic, either.
As for Nicholson, to be fair, Linklater made that statement but walked it back right afterward. I didn't see "The Departed," but his work in those other two rather flimsy movies doesn't come close. However, his appearance in "A Few Good Men" rivals his performance in "Reds," imo. Iconic.
Maybe don’t chomp and suck on your gum the whole time you’re giving a talk.