31 October 2006, by Webmaster
Warren Beatty’s 1981 Oscar-winning movie "Reds," a "political masterpiece" according to Entertainment Weekly, has just been released on DVD. In EW’s interview with Beatty about the movie, he discusses how "Reds" could not be made today: it costs too much for an indie film, and the studios don’t see it as a moneymaking venture.
Yet "Reds" and movies like it have unquestionable social and artistic value. The cinematic medium’s realistic nature conveys emotion with an unavoidable and universal (...)