Red Hot (1993) directed by Paul Haggis  --  Trailer for the film included



 run time 1 hr 35 min                    In  Russian and English

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In the 1950's rock and roll becomes very popular around the world. But in Russia, that kind of music is

banned. Only, Alexi, a teenager with great musical talent, receives from his traveling uncle rock

records and his friend decides to make copies to sell on the black market. Alexi falls in love with the

daughter of an important minister to the Russian government. The records soon become a national threat and

the KGB does not appreciate.



Directed by  Paul Haggis



Cast



Carla Gugino

Balthazar Ghetty

Christian Bale

with Donald Sutherland



full cast in the credit roll



My notes begin with this quote from the film:



         "They're making copies of our copies."



  Red Hot was available in video stores in the early 90's in VHS.  When Red Hot came out on DVD I got a

copy gave it to the local library.  I think it was just a dupe from the VHS.  The quality of the transfer

is from that era.  The Russian source was no doubt the same.  Somewhere there is a Red Hot torrent in

Korean out on the net.  The source of this recode is from one of the languages shown above in Russian.  

They valued the film.



  The quote above is from the highlight of the film for me which I'll not give away directly.  But it

applies so aptly to what we and particularly I do on the file shares.  Simply put,  information and

knowledge want to be free like Stuart Brand originally said to Steve Wozniak.  And that is what Red Hot is

about.



 The artwork and story remind me a lot of the film "Swing Kids" (also from 1993) and highly recommended

as well.  Swing Kids is in good availability.  It has clips on You tube. In that one it's fun to see the

one-day-to-play Batman Christian Bale cutting a rug to "Sing Sing Sing" in a jitterbug sequence.



 From You Tube, I've included the trailer for Red Hot.  Though the action is at a pace, this is Haggis'

first film and the story itself makes it worthwhile throughout.  



 

Notes written November 3rd,  2019