The Soviets (the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or USSR) seem to be focused on conquering the United States though their real motivation can have several explanations.
They might simply have wanted the USA's territory for their own exploitation. The area they conquered included Alaska, where the USA has vast oil fields, the Canadian Rocky Mountains and a significant portion of the Great Plains where the US grows most of its crops -- it's stated in the opening titles that the USSR's wheat harvest has suffered recently. There were probably other natural resources they wanted to seize like oil fields in Texas. Natural resources have been a standard of conflicts for thousands of years and this was no exception.
The Soviet Union may also have invaded for political reasons. As the opening title cards state, breakdowns in international relations led to the war breaking out. At the time the film was pitched and produced, there was a long and largely quiet conflict called the Cold War which had been silently fought between nations that were governed by communism and others that were governed by democracy. The differences between the two are immensely intricate but at a basic level, United States were the leading nation on the democratic side and the Soviet Union were the leading collective on the communist side. The USA and it's allies saw communism as a dictatorial form of governing that oppressed its citizens, curtailed basic human rights and its leaders failing to provide for their people at a basic level and ultimately warlike, seeking to conquer weaker nations around the world and install other communist governments. The Soviets saw democracies as corrupt with elected officials , ruled by the influence of capitalism (the idea of material wealth being more important than wealth being distributed more evenly among the citizenry) and doomed to fail.
In the opening title cards we see that an organization called NATO -- the North Atlantic Treaty Organization formed after World War 2 to protect nations opposed to Soviet influence in Europe -- has collapsed when more nations, especially those in Europe, have fallen to the influence of the USSR for varying reasons. Such an event would leave many countries that counted on NATO protection vulnerable to attack. Therefore the last opposing country to the Soviet's influence was the USA.
Cuba, an island nation in the Caribbean Sea, was a communist satellite country of the USSR. During the height of the Cold War in 1962, the USSR wanted to install nuclear missiles on the island. Then-President John Kennedy prompted a standoff that lasted 13 days with the Soviet premiere, Nikita Kruschev and the Cuban president, Fidel Castro. Ultimately, the Soviets lost the tense period of diplomacy. Cuba's motivation in this story is to join the Soviets and finally defeat the United States. Assisting them was the nation of Nicaragua, who must have seen an alliance with the communist forces as a huge gain.
They might simply have wanted the USA's territory for their own exploitation. The area they conquered included Alaska, where the USA has vast oil fields, the Canadian Rocky Mountains and a significant portion of the Great Plains where the US grows most of its crops -- it's stated in the opening titles that the USSR's wheat harvest has suffered recently. There were probably other natural resources they wanted to seize like oil fields in Texas. Natural resources have been a standard of conflicts for thousands of years and this was no exception.
The Soviet Union may also have invaded for political reasons. As the opening title cards state, breakdowns in international relations led to the war breaking out. At the time the film was pitched and produced, there was a long and largely quiet conflict called the Cold War which had been silently fought between nations that were governed by communism and others that were governed by democracy. The differences between the two are immensely intricate but at a basic level, United States were the leading nation on the democratic side and the Soviet Union were the leading collective on the communist side. The USA and it's allies saw communism as a dictatorial form of governing that oppressed its citizens, curtailed basic human rights and its leaders failing to provide for their people at a basic level and ultimately warlike, seeking to conquer weaker nations around the world and install other communist governments. The Soviets saw democracies as corrupt with elected officials , ruled by the influence of capitalism (the idea of material wealth being more important than wealth being distributed more evenly among the citizenry) and doomed to fail.
In the opening title cards we see that an organization called NATO -- the North Atlantic Treaty Organization formed after World War 2 to protect nations opposed to Soviet influence in Europe -- has collapsed when more nations, especially those in Europe, have fallen to the influence of the USSR for varying reasons. Such an event would leave many countries that counted on NATO protection vulnerable to attack. Therefore the last opposing country to the Soviet's influence was the USA.
Cuba, an island nation in the Caribbean Sea, was a communist satellite country of the USSR. During the height of the Cold War in 1962, the USSR wanted to install nuclear missiles on the island. Then-President John Kennedy prompted a standoff that lasted 13 days with the Soviet premiere, Nikita Kruschev and the Cuban president, Fidel Castro. Ultimately, the Soviets lost the tense period of diplomacy. Cuba's motivation in this story is to join the Soviets and finally defeat the United States. Assisting them was the nation of Nicaragua, who must have seen an alliance with the communist forces as a huge gain.
The origin of these strange phrases is public radio broadcasts to the French resistance on 06JUN1944 (D-Day). As the Allies were invading France, these and other seemingly meaningless phrases were mutually understood instructions that various members and cells of the French Resistance were awaiting to implement a spectrum of pre-arranged acts of sabotage and mayhem to assist the invasion. The Nazis and most civilians naturally had no idea of their actual meaning.
In Red Dawn, the phrases are intentionally recycled as messages in code to anyone in the occupied zone who can understand them.
"The chair is against the wall" probably means that the war has reached a stalemate along the front lines IE, both sides are making little or no progress in gaining any territory; the United States hasn't made much progress in taking back the occupied territory seized by the Soviets and their Central American collaborators and the opposition isn't gaining any new territory in their effort to conquer the USA.
The second phrase, "John has a long mustache" means that the conflict may go on indefinitely.
In Red Dawn, the phrases are intentionally recycled as messages in code to anyone in the occupied zone who can understand them.
"The chair is against the wall" probably means that the war has reached a stalemate along the front lines IE, both sides are making little or no progress in gaining any territory; the United States hasn't made much progress in taking back the occupied territory seized by the Soviets and their Central American collaborators and the opposition isn't gaining any new territory in their effort to conquer the USA.
The second phrase, "John has a long mustache" means that the conflict may go on indefinitely.
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- How long is Red Dawn?1 hour and 54 minutes
- When was Red Dawn released?August 10, 1984
- What is the IMDb rating of Red Dawn?6.3 out of 10
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- Who are the characters in Red Dawn?Jed, Matt, Danny, Mr. Mason, Mr. Eckert, Colonel Ernesto Bella, Strelnikov, Bratchenko, Mayor Bates, Yuri, and others
- What is the plot of Red Dawn?It is the dawn of World War III. In the western mountains of America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town, and their country, from invading Soviet forces.
- What was the budget for Red Dawn?$17 million
- How much did Red Dawn earn at the worldwide box office?$38.4 million
- How much did Red Dawn earn at the US box office?$38.4 million
- What is Red Dawn rated?PG-13
- What genre is Red Dawn?Action, Drama, Thriller, and War
- How many awards has Red Dawn been nominated for?1 nomination
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