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These American Communists fought on so many fronts, and gave and got the best and the worst of it. As Folk Singer Pete Seeger says in Seeing Red, "Don't mourn for a fighter who made a mistake and lost, but mourn the suckers who never bothered putting up a fight." They rejected the skeptics in their midst. Recalls Dorothy Healey, who for a quarter-century headed the party's Southern California district: "What was the meaning of life? You had that answer." But those same eyes, sparkling with conviction, could be blinkered in the face of such...
Pete Seeger, one of the most memorable people in the documentary, reflects on his experience as a communist with this remark: "If you're going to mourn don't mourn for a fighter who made a mistake and lost." Seeing Red all but praises. Like The Good Fight, which tells the story of the Lincoln Brigade, it presents a history of America on film unavailable in any other medium. Seeing Red is a comprehensive study of American Communists that allows one to meet the ideology of communism through the once youthful eyes of those who saw an America below their...
...anniversary of Malcolm X's death presents a chance to return to his speeches and ideas. The challenge Malcolm X offered was one of involvement in the struggle for change on a continuous basis. Rather than mourn his loss. Blacks must learn from his teachings and move onward. That would be the greatest form of remembrance...
...national treasure. Kinski too is back within her best range, cheerfully sexy instead of glumly sultry. In short, Unfaithfully Yours is faithful to comedy's best professional standards. It is smart, well paced, nice looking and reminds you of Hollywood's good old days without making you mourn for them. -By Richard Schickel
...DEATH OF THE Soviet Union's most mysterious and short-lived ruler Yuri V. Andropov was announced last week, leaving his successes a myriad of domestic and foreign policy problems, not the least of which is the current chill in superpower relations. While it is hard to mourn a man for all intents and purposes dead for several months--who became a frightening parody of the fabled Big Brother of George Orwell's 1984. Andropov's death serves as a depressing reminder of how little progress the U.S. and the Soviet Union have made in this decade...