Reds - train station scene

At the AFI tribute to Warren Beatty: In recalling the landmark film, "Reds", Diane Keaton talked about the famous reunion-at-the-train-station scene near the films end. Its my favorite few minutes of anything Ive done on film, Keaton said, which is saying a lot. She said of Warren Beatty, who directed her, I didnt make it easy for him. She said that she wore a Walkman (you remember - the tape kind) blasting Bob Dylan to block out all your direction. It was take after take till I finally got it. Keaton continued: Its the memory of the kind of love I never imagined possible in the movies. On that train station in Spain, where the scene was filmed, Keaton said, it was the sweet anguish of love when I saw your face.

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

Two people who wanted to change the world and they realize all that matters is each other. PERFECT cinematic love story!

[@AndersonDE7]

One of the five best movies of the 20th Century. Vastly underrated. Beatty and Keaton were both magnificent.

[@WC3POchannel10A]

One of the great scenes in film history from an epic that is epically underrated.

[@judyl5260]

Agreed

[@abriellehorvath3195]

She is the BEST actress ever. Even better than Meryl Streep. Nancy Myers said it best, “Keaton can deliver five different emotions in one take by her facial expressions alone. Acting doesn’t get better than that”. She is an underrated actress of her time for sure. Should have won the Oscar for Reds!!!

[@Lightner445555555555]

Elisabeth Moss is either today's Meryl Streep or Diane Keaton 🤔.

[@lasonn4127]

I find Meryl Streep somewhat predictable, although I have enjoyed performances where she is heavily costumed and playing a historical character, like Florence Foster Jenkins, behind which she can hide 'technique'. Otherwise, for a truly naked face for drama and great comic timing -- sometimes both in one movie, like in Something's Gotta Give -- Diane Keaton is phenomenal. I have not seen Meryl Streep demonstrate this level of mastery. Helen Hunt was so amazing in As Good as it Gets; wish she had more opportunities to demonstrate that kind of versatility.

[@a_leaf]

Everything you say is true about Diane. But she dresses in a quirky "don't take me seriously" kind of way. And the cold truth is that the outside world 100% judges you based on clothing and how you carry yourself despite all the talent in the world you may possess. So for her freedom to dress like a Jewish man she has sacraficed her oscars and other opportunities in life. I hope it's worth it

[@MrRufusRToyota]

Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit. But good job with it.

[@zuzuspetals2003]

Keaton said this scene needed 39 takes. Boy did they nail it in the final take. A really great film. Both of them should have won oscars (for acting). Unfortunately they were up against 2 hollywood icons and sentimental favourites that year (Fonda and Hepburn).

[@billcbren]

The anticipation and terror on her face. Amazing.

[@profwaggstaff]

As a projectionist, I ran this film in a small theater in Pennsylvania. I watched this seen every night and was amazed by it. The acting, the sounds, the editing, the score, all came together perfectly. And the emotion on Diane Keaton’s face was amazing.

What a scene! Not a word from her, just her eyes and a smile of relief. Excellent!

[@profwaggstaff]

Of all the movies I’ve watched in 50 years, this scene is among the very best, if not the best. The crowd motion, the echoing sounds, the music... And of course Keaton and Beatty. Perfect.

[@michele21auntiem]

I love the way she lets people just knock her about once she sees him. Everything they both survived brought them back together.

[@spartyman4]

Beautiful Scene. I cried for the first time in 9 years when I watched this.

[@dande1ion46]

Absolutely my favorite scene ever in any movie.

[@gwynhwyfarpendragon1795]

I'm not even that big a Keaton fan, but this scene was heart-wrenching! She said that they did many, many takes and that the one we see is the last one...thank goodness for that! It's amazing.

[@jasonford6317]

I saw it the year it opened. Ironically, I was not in the USA when I first saw it but it made a lasting impact. I never tire of this film.

[@jasonford6317]

@Woody Meggs Because I am native of the USA but was situated abroad at the time as was Jack Reed, the protagonist of the film. The film's center of gravity is outside the USA. The chief conflicts are occurring or perhaps originating in real time INSIDE the USA. Here is another Irony: He is the only American buried beside the Kremlin Wall.

[@jasonford6317]

@Woody Meggs No I was not.

[@marylandria]

One of the most beautiful love stories ever

[@thegiantpaperpanda]

My heart breaks every time.

[@ellenchavez2043]

There were a lot of mixed feelings when this movie came out, given the subject matter and politics of the time. It was amazing it won any awards. Warren's acceptance speech for Best Director still resonates today.

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

That's up there with the best hugs in movie history! 🥰🥰

[@1motorcycleboy]

This STILL gives me goosebumps despite the fact that I have seen this film maybe 50 times. The only thing I can even begin to compare it to would be Slim Pickens death scene in Pat Garret and Billy The Kid.

[@Heathcliffe123]

Absolutely pitch perfect scene, bravo . Magnificent

[@PianoMan1191]

This movie proved Diane Keaton can be more than the hilarious girl next door who wears ties. I nearly cry every time I watch this scene. Although there is no talking between these two, you can tell from the look in their eyes what emotions are flowing throw them. Both breathtaking and Oscar-robbed performances.

[@cassiosxs]

Why People keep Saying its underrated? Warren Beatty won the Oscar and everyone in Hollywood has seen this movie and its respected. It's always brought out time and time again in every new dvd format. And there have been films and TV shows that have been influenced by REDS. Underrated would be something like DRIVE, which is a masterpiece and yet completely ignored by the Oscars and not a lot of people saw it on the theaters. By the way, I love Drive, but I had to say it.

[@eclecticmn4838]

I never saw a movie more than once in the theater except one. I saw Reds 5 times. It ripped my heart out. Warren Beatty has the ability to show pain in actors faces. I joked that he must have someone off camera pinching their little toe with a pliers. This is NOT a pro communist movie. The dialogue shows that to people who will listen. Diane Keaton grows from airhead to the only one of the couple making sense by the end of the movie.

[@writingservices5849]

I loved this film the first time and all the subsequent times I’ve watched it

[@renatalimarzi]

One of the BEST scene EVER

[@nicotati]

Bellísima, la vi cientos de veces y la difundo siempre como la mirada más bella de la historia del cine.

[@donkeyjote0104]

Great movie, shows how crucial ideological moments that was going to be the tragedy of 20th century, where WW1, WW2 and the Cold War made the world in wrong ways. This is the movie we have to see and learn in this 21th century, living struggle times that should be reminded to next generations.

[@matildem.g.6197]

there will be a moment like this...more than this.

[@1966buttons]

Has anyone ever noticed that Annette Bening and Diane Keaton have something similar going on facially?

[@ashdev99]

Love and hate for Warren Beatty!!!!!

[@244rjs]

Love this scene! Epic movie.

[@CarrieStaker]

I went to see this no less than 7 times when it was first released. "I'd like to kill you but I can't. " O'Neil to Bryant gut gripping moment - raw power of the relationships ability to consume a person.

[@eclecticmn4838]

I only saw it 5 times when released. You beat me. The pain and jealousy show in all their faces.

[@Vohuslav]

2:47. Ese hermoso tema siempre me gustó ❤❤❤

[@donchevere2]

just saw the dvd Reds again and read a vanity fair article on the filming. Even though one shouldn't win an oscar just for working hard, this film was infinitely better than Chariots. so were the other nominees. Raiders, though a different genre, would be my close second. Warren's consolation: time. Reds has garnered much respect. Similar situation: i have seen Saving Private Ryan many times while it was robbed by S. in Love - which i've only seen once. it was also better than Chariots.

[@poetcomic1]

Diane looks adorable in Commie Central Casting Worker's Drag.

[@logansmovieoutlet9622]

Who else loves this movie

[@myrab77]

Classic!

[@franckiszckowharton447]

...powerful...film s best scene...unfirgettable

[@kellyharper8072]

Great film.

[@donchevere2]

reminds me of how the English Patient won over Fargo, Jerry Maguire. EP and Chariots of Fire are the worst Oscar winners i can think of. It really hurt me that Reds didn't win. Beatty was a genius. Chariots sucked. i was floored that year. GP, i'm with you

[@eclecticmn4838]

Cramer vs Cramer won over Apocalypse Now. Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton should have swept the Oscars that year. They got screwed.

[@AbbyNormal777]

GREAT MOVIE!

[@cinziarioda6633]

Una storia d'amore meravigliosa

[@gwynhwyfarpendragon1795]

Valid and insightful questions, but to compare cinema with journalism, and especially history is a losing battle. Beatty re-worked and effectively conveyed the American liberal response to what was happening in Russia. There was pie-eyed idealism, yes, but the soul of the doctrine of Marx and Engels remains pure in his vision.

[@AbbyNormal777]

ditto..great movie.

[@AbbyNormal777]

definitely.

[@mariolamarin]

esta escena es para lo que saben el concepto de sensibilidad, lo que significa...

[@midejaime]

esta escena se rodo el estación de trenes plaza de armas en Sevilla yo participe como extra creo recordar que fue en el año 1978

[@drstranger7430]

the film started shooting in '79. it was probably that or in '80.

[@midejaime]

@@drstranger7430 se rodo en el 79 ahora lo recuerdo bien

[@elimagieux9614]

Je vais toujours skier à travers la Finlande pour vous trouver.

[@gwynhwyfarpendragon1795]

Beatty only won for Best Director, when it should have been Best Actor. I remember watching the ceremony and seething with fury as that bowl of porridge, "Chariots of Fire" won BP, despite its sappy, muddled premise and lame acting. Not even Vangelis' soupy score (did he get lobotomized?) could help such a wreck of a film! Beatty, meanwhile, had worked for YEARS on REDS! That is why.

[@jacktheripoff1888]

@mattaki I was unaware that Putin was clamping down on Stalin researchers. It's a good thing that they compiled as much as they did in the 90's. As far as literature goes, I would say that the best reading I've done was "Let History Judge" by Roy Medvedev, "The Great Terror" and "Harvest Of Sorrow" by Robert Conquest, and "Hitler And Stalin, Parallel Lives" by Alan Bullock. Discovery Channel aired a really good doccumentary series in the 90's called "Monster-A Portrait Of Stalin In Blood"

[@Lord7ler]

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[@domapusic]

@jacktheripoff1888 where did you get that information, if i may ask?

[@1966buttons]

oh my goodness! I thought Warren Beatty was a perfectionist? Did anyone hear the horn of a modern train blast out at 2mins 12 seconds ish? That wouldn't have existed when the film was supposed to be set. lol

[@AlejandroPRGH]

Lynne Keren More like a modern public address system, I'd say. This scene was shot at the Principe Pio railway station in Madrid, Spain, which is my home town. The station has a modern part and an old disused part which was, of course, the part used as a movie set.

[@mattaki]

@NeoGracchus A true model of scholarship and integrity in public discourse. Well trolled, sir!

[@stephaniestanley8041]

The suffering and the fight is real and going on today. Strength to the Ukrainian people.

[@mattaki]

@NeoGracchus Spaz down, chief, no one is making any apologies for Hitler. Hitler was an anti-semite, but Nazi Aryan/anti-Juden policies were from Goebbles/Fischer. Nazis would've continued even if Hitler was replaced, a planned internal Nazi coup in '45 was to give military to the generals but continued all party policies. However, when Mao/Stalin died, the death toll stopped. The CCP has continually revised Mao's fatalies upwards and the EU has declared Stalinism a genocide alongside Nazism.

[@jacktheripoff1888]

@mattaki Yes, Stalin supplies plenty of ammo for sarcasam. But I think you are a tad low in the numbers on the purges from 1934-38. You had anywhere from 10-20 million sent to the gulags, and you know not many survived.

[@bnkundwa]

Sociologists are in charge of decoding before it is too late. So, what is your idea about reds? Fruits are sweeter and red in summer.

[@mattaki]

@Dannydoc1951 Communism in this movie is the Soviet system, a heretical implementation to Marx's idea (just ask the Mensheviks). After Stalin's Kuklak massacre and collectivization, while the industrial class was increasing, the wealth distribution pyramid in the USSR wasn't proportionally much different than 1914 except for the czar himself. The most direct message is from the Emma Goldman character, which was ignored by many on the left and right respectively when exalting/blasting this movie.

[@mattaki]

@NeoGracchus Robert Conquest, the Sovietologist, works for the Hoover institute. If you're rallying against their publications, now I understand where your extremism stems from.

[@davidanderson7382]

At first she seemed so wrong for this part...

[@renanzeira5368]

oi

[@ChrisTopher-vs9zz]

it's spelled: oy

[@tonywalton1052]

I am a communist because of this film

[@guswilliams9603]

Tony Walton Why? It’s not pro communist. In fact it makes some pretty poignant criticisms of communist reality in the face of idealist revolutionary thought. I take it you didn’t listen to Eugène O’Neill or Emma Goldman criticise everything about the thoughts and implementations of communism. Or how about Zinoviev bullying Reed out of the international? A 3 hour movie and you couldn’t catch any of those moments?

[@janicewilson9813]

I was a communist before I saw this film. My favorite scene is the one where Lenin and the Bolshevics are gathered.

[@perspective7204]

@@guswilliams9603 " it makes some pretty poignant criticisms of communist reality" And whom do you think makes those criticisms? Emma Goldman, a socialist and anarchist. Socialists are some of the biggest critics of Soviet Russia, Lenin and Rosa Luxembourg (a well known german socialist) were not on common ground. "criticise everything about the thoughts and implementations of communism", they criticized Lenin and the Soviet party. The Soviets did not attempt to implement communism, communism by it's definition is a stateless and moneyless society. They criticize the way the revolution was handled, but to be fair, Soviet Russia was invaded shortly after the revolution by many nations including the United States. So to call it a sideshow because of socialism, is avoiding the fact that the Western powers destroyed large portions of the Soviet Union in the civil war. It was a shitshow because they had just been through a World War and were being invaded by their former allies once more.

[@guswilliams9603]

@@perspective7204 You don't need to lecture me like an academic pal. I'm fully aware of the differing interpretations of Marx's vision. The problem is that they will all, always fail. Marx got the velocity and nature of money wrong, Marx got value wrong, Marx got labor wrong. He didn't get much right. At the end of the day people venerate Marx because they're middle-class intellectuals who want to have a plan for a better world. Communism is a bourgeois fantasy. It is the economics of the leisure class. Take Jack Reed for example! An upper-middle class Harvard graduate. An intellectual. A writer. Oh yeah, Reed really knew what was best for the workers of the world! So much so that he became an apologist for the early USSR's strong-fisted approach to post-revolutionary society. "Communism by its definition is stateless and moneyless." HA "The USSR failed because of imperial intervention." HA You commies are like a broken record. You have hardcore Marxist doctrinaires who will defend Stalin and Mao to the death, and then you have the economically illiterate "democratic socialists" who renounce former attempts at communism because they think they can do it better! Marxism makes me sick. Communism is nothing but the utopian musings of a middle-class philosophizer (Marx) and factory owner (Engels). It's pathetic that people even defend the theory, since it's been ripped to shreds by economists for 150 years.

[@perspective7204]

@@guswilliams9603 Oooff. You're an apologist for capitalism. The same capitalism that enslaved Africa. The same capitalism that led you to kill Native Americans. The same capitalism that brought you into World War 1. The same capitalism that starved workers for hundredths of years. Your shitty economic policies are nothing but nonsense. Marx was right by the looks of it. Capitalism is failing like it always has

[@erniesullivan]

Bar stools and bus stops

[@emailwilliamgrobanmanageme6677]

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[@emailwilliamgrobanmanageme6677]

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[@ChrisTopher-vs9zz]

sorry but lousy acting in this scene from keaton... we know the "audience" is crying BUCKETS at this scene -- so WHY isn't Keaton????

[@drstranger7430]

bc not every good acting needs an ocean of tears or a loud-ass dialogue, sometimes all it needs is FACE. And she did exactly THAT.

[@janicewilson9813]

Not the best scene the best scene is LENIN.

[@joannaradacina2585]

Communist revolution......what a tragedy for our humanity 😢

[@JoeMmt347]

Speaking of Oscars, Brokeback Mountain, American Beauty and that one with Dennis Quaid were horrible. Compared to some real classics like Dr Zhivago or Treasure of Sierra Madre. You people that didnt like Chariots must not be into sports cause I liked it lots. There was a lot going on w the religious elements and the fact the English chap was Jewish....

[@mattaki]

@jacktheripoff1888 Were you being sarcastic? Stalin falsified everything he could!

[@johndougherty7275]

This movie is bad beyond belief.

[@dc6461]

That people that would give comment like that exist is beyond belief.