REDS PART 1 

An superb film in so many regards. American history that we are never taught. I met Margaret Sanger’s widower in New York, at Books & Co. on Madison Avenue. I asked him about Jack Reed, and he told me Reed had taught him to swim in Provincetown.

Walsh: What would you say this war is about? Beaty: Profits. Haha!

Fan of Reds since it came out.

This was WBs passion project...of course this came out during the height of Reagan/capitalism. Releasing it today would probably find a much better reception/audience

oh ty for posting. I have asked so many times for this film at shops and they do not have a copy. GOOD GOD!!! It is one of Warren's best films.

So ahead of its time was this film in every way....love the early interviews...set the stage...Went to this film when I was clueless. Grateful for being exposed to this brilliance.

The song over the credits is called Dill Pickles by Charles Johnson and it was written in 1906.

John Reed: a proletarian internationalist, who shook the world with his reportage not just 10 days but till now.

Greetings, One of the best motion picture i've seen. Very good cast,also a very good story. You dont have to adore communisme. Just let the story come over you,enjoy!! Marc

4:38 - That's Henry Miller. Priceless footage. I wonder if Beatty has anymore of this footage that wasn't put in the film. Must be. Priceless. Just priceless. Henry Miller -- for me -- is one of the great American writers that no on reads anymore. What a rich talent. I recommend 'Tropic of Capricorn' most of all. What an imagination. And what a portrait of New York in the early part of the 20th century.

Thanks for the upload 👍

I'M BACK AT SQUARE ONE!!! I AM NOW VIEWING PART 1 AGAIN. I GOT UP TO PART 5 AND, FOR THE LIFE OF ME, I COULDN'T FIND IT. IT'S DRIVING ME NUTS!!!!!

Fabulous movie. Writer Henry Miller at 4:44.

I love the witnesses portion of this film I just wish that their names had been listed. I would like to know who was saying what.

would someone please be so kind to say what the title of the opening piano music is?

To gain perspective on the lives of Reed and Bryant, Beatty filmed interviews with a group of men and women, referred to only as "The Witnesses" as early as 1971. As well as being listed in the opening credits, identified the witnesses in its March 1982 issue.[8] In a capsule review for , film critic Vincent Canbyrefers to them as "more than two dozen very, very old people, billed only as The Witnesses, whom Mr. Beatty interviewed about the Reeds and their long-gone times." He went on to say, "More than anything else in these interviews give the film its poignant point of view and separate it from all other romantic adventure films ever made."[9] "The most evocative aspect of the presentation is a documentary enhancement - interviews with a number of venerable 'witnesses,' whose recollections of the period help to set the scene, bridge transitions and preserve a touching human perspective," wrote Gary Arnold of .[10]

Are these first-person interviews actual contemporaries? That's amazing. I'd like to know who they are.

Reed said the war was about profits. He was wrong, it was about something worse. It was pride. Such a huge difference between 1914 and '39. In '39 the attitudes from the man on the street, especially Britian and France was, "Let's get this over with." In 1914 it was, "Oh please don't have this war be over until I can join in it."

What's the name of the song during the opening credits?

No, you're quite right on that part. There was much opposition, understandably so as it became longer and more savage. But at the initial onset in 1914 the wave of nationalisim was at it's historical pinnicle with all the empire's at their peak.

I am a socialist . Capitalism is inequity and waste on a global level . It stands in the way of humsn progress .

Came across John Reed´s name in my migration studies in Finland.

I love when John Reed (Beatty's character) calmly replied : "Profit" to the question 'what would you say this war about?'. He technically just boiled down the nature of military-industrial complex in one simple-word..:D That's one of my favourite from this film. Anyway, i think this film is quite excellent although a bit (too) long..

Yup, some things never change ...

Eu sou fã do Will Durant, alguém pode me dizer se o rosto dele aparece nestes depoimentos? Obrigado.

Too bad those witnesses aren't individually identified. Some of the names of witnesses listed at the beginning include authors who I may have read (e.g. Will Durant and Henry Miller), but whom I do not recognize by appearance. I saw this movie in the early 1980s when it came out and when I was still in my early 20s. No way I'd recognize by appearance even those people whose names or works I am familiar with.

@Silverwire100 Will you give me a break? I glanced at your favorite films list. Very admirable, particularly for a kid your age. You need to live a little more, so as to learn to appreciate the interconnectedness of society, emotions and business. Don't forget that the great films you admire so much are the product of a capitalist system. Also remember that Beatty indoctrinated his crew so successfully with Red philosophy that they ended up striking, which almost derailed production of REDS

The witnesses are more interesting than the film. They're living history; the film isn't bad as entertainment, but it's pure Hollywood.

por favor subtitulen!!!

Wish they titled who was speaking. I'm pretty sure that is Scott Nearing @4:10

@goback3spaces OH ITS BETTER THAN PURE HOLLYWOOD....IT 'S A GOOD FILM

I believe the very first witness is Rebecca West.

what's the name of that tune in the beginning

Happy Belated Birthday to Warren Beatty!

I have always wanted to know who these people are who are.

@freymaroto Naw, it's more like the Slow & the Rebellious...

@Silverwire100 Is that what the masses have been conditioned to think? I know they've been conditioned to think something, but I didn't think it was that. I mean, I never turn on the TV and hear anyone imploring me not to explore my emotions.

Yikes this movie is actually really anti-communist if you look at what happens in it. Only the Warren Beatty character gets that this perversion iIS the revolution, fascinating. The secene in Baku is hilarious, I am pretty sure that exact same scene happened like yesterday in Iran.

My favorite movie of all time. If you watch the whole movie and listen to the dialogue you will realize this is NOT a pro communist movie. There are subtle digs throughout the movie leading to major anti-communist dialogue toward the end. Warren Beatty ends up looking like a doofus running all over the world for no reason and Diane Keaton ends up looking like the only grown up. It IS a big love story.

I like baseball ... Too funny.

@xtiml Let me know when you find the smoking gun in the Soviet Archives.

How could you NOT grow up smart watching Pictures like these???

The description calls it "Red's." God fucking help us.

@xtiml "JEWS JEWS ZIONISTS JEWS JEWS BLAH BLAH JEWS." -Every angry high school dropout basement-dweller on RU-vid ever.

Reed's widow, Louise Bryant, was able to come to terms with the unpleasant sides of life in Soviet Russia and even found warm words for the Red Terror. She claimed that it was objective circumstances that forced such sensitive people as Lenin and Dzerzhinsky to use it: “[Dzerzhinsky] had the duty to ensure that the prisoners were liquidated quickly and humanely. He carried out this grim task quickly and efficiently, for which even the convicts themselves were certainly grateful to him, because there is nothing more terrible than an executioner whose hands shake and his heart trembles.

@JLOZANO2 Uh?

Hey! FINISH!!!!!!

seriously

Firehouse inviting others . Blondie.

Something other than stale romance flick platitudes, like Reed hitting his head on the chandelier all the time, and the dog trying to get in when they're making love. What has all of that to do with Bolshevism? If Eisenstein had lived long enough, just think of the movie he might've made from Reed's life!

@ 4:20 is pacifist Scott Nearing

I wasn't expecting my profit from Austin but I was amazed when I saw my bitcoin profit just today.