Friday, July 20, 2007
END OF THE REVOLUTION
I watched the second half of
today.
The story of John Reed; one of the founders of the Communist Party in the United States and author of Ten Days That Shook The World.
There were some problems with the disc so I can't comment accurately on its impact.
Let's just say that I saw enough to get the idea.
I don't think I will be getting an undamaged disc to get the whole picture.
It is very long.
Part of the problem is that the real people's experience in revolutionary Russia is obscured by time and circumstance.
A lot of what happens is guesswork.
But what we can be sure is that egos surmount ideology and the revolution is ended almost before it begins.
A new totalitarian government replaces the old.
Idealists are ground up in the wheels of power politics.
It is fun to watch though. Great sweeping views of the 'revolution train' flying through the steppes.
I will still give it a 5 out of Netflix5.
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