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Rise of the reds 1.87 russia10/9/2023 ![]() That this great historical perspective could rise out of that is truly a testimony to Beatty's talent. ![]() He is also at his fumbling best as John Reed, whose 10 Days That Shook The World fell into well-deserved obscurity probably almost as soon as it was written. The "witnesses" device works well for Warren Beatty who as a director and writer always seems to include the easily overlooked details of the stories in most of his films. It has a lot of great professional actors in it, and lots of the people who were actually there at the time this part of our history was being made. Technically, the movie is beautiful to look at, well written and well acted. A fascinating, expertly made look at why "The Red Menace" never was that, here in the United States, and why the Russian Revolution never turned out to be what it could have been.
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