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Submitted by greanpeas on 06/30/2008 05:21 PM
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Reds
In the movie "Reds", which is set in the years just before and during World War I, journalist Jack Reed fervently believes and fights the anti-war movement through his writings and speeches, which he uses obsessively ti escape from the circumstances that plague his life. His denial of realtiy is exemplified in his relationship to Louise.
She enters his life on a plateau equal to his, but as the relationship progresses, she gradually becomes the proverbial "little housewife". Jack uses her as an ornament he carries along to the plethora of parties to which he is constantly invited. All is well while they are dancing and having fun, but when the conversation turns into a political debate Louise is placed back on the shelf like a mute bisque doll. Eventually (very often, it seems) Jack goes abroad, apparently to attend to his duties as one of the anti-war radicals. In reality, this is an excuse to excape before the relationship begins to intensify.
Louise on the other hand is harshly slapped on the face by her reality. A reality that strongly suggests that she is becoming an extention of him. She also begins to notice that neither Jack nor his colleagues take her or her opinions seriously. This sense of invisability is what drives her to an affair with O'Neil, the poet and playwright. Only then does she feel truly acknolwedged. This relationship, by contrast, has all the passion and depth she desires, but with the wrong person. O'Neil is not Jack, nor will he ever be. when Jack returns from his revolutionary ventures she leaves O'Neil and resumes her relationship with him. Even though Jack is well aware of the relationship between Louise and her lover, he prefers to pretend it never happened because to do so would be to admit his emotional dependence on a woman which he cannot do because he craves to be unbound by human limitations.
Jack neglects the fact that his health is deteriorating for the...
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