A radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia, and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States.


Books with substantial mentioning of Reds

David Thomson
Have you seen?, A personal introduction to 1,000 films
New York, 2008

Danny Peary
Alternate Oscars, One Critic's Defiant Choices for Best Picture, Actor, and Actress - From 1927 to the Present
New York, 1993

Jean-Pierre Frimbois
Les 100 chefs-d'oeuvre du film historique
Alleur (Belgique), 1989

Frank N. Magill (ed.)
Magill's Cinema Annual 1982, A Survey of 1981 Films
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1982
pp. 312-315 info

Articles on Reds

Leger Grindon, Witness to Hollywood: oral testimony and historical interpretation in Warren Beatty's Reds, in: Film History, vol. 5, 1993 pp. 85-95

Reviews

Jim Beaver, Reds, in: Films in Review, vol. 33, 1982 pp. 112-113