I think you should examine the story again. It's fantastic. The 3 male protagonists, Pasha, Victor, and Yuri mirror each other in various ways. Yuri himself is indeed a passive character. Try as he might, he cannot be content with his wife and child. And Fate forces him to Lara's arms. The narrator, Yevgrev, is Yuri's half-brother. He's a high-powered commissar in the Party, but he is motivated more by preserving what he believes to be the true Russian spirit, which is embodied in the love between Yuri and Lara.
David Lean, my favorite Director and Freddie Young, my favorite Cinematographer... They collaborated to create three panoramic cinematic jewels... And when adjusted for inflation, Doctor Zhivago - 1965 is one of the ten highest grossing movies ever made...
@@movieinthemiddle2863 David Lean was equally genius when creating small scale, Brief Encounter - 1945 and large scale, Lawrence Of Arabia - 1962 movies and he never used any rear screen projection during any of his five epic jewels, during a time when everyone else was employing rear screen projection for their epics...
Dr Zhivago is a fantastic movie. You haven't understood the plot or paid attention to the tremendous attention to details and sub-plots. This is a thoughtful movie for people with an attention span longer than 15 minutes. Hopefully you will learn to appreciate it when you get wiser and more experienced.
I may have been 7 the first time I watched Doctor Zhivago and the sentiments are as I had last night watching again at 55. This film can't leave no one indifferent. It is a cinema masterpiece with remakable performances and historic scenery. You do not seem deep enough to be a film critic. You give me more as the guy selling tickets or popcorn at the movie theater. 🎬
You really got into it early! No wonder you have such an appreciation for it. Also I'm sorry you feel that way. When I make my videos I'm not necessarily always aiming to make a super in-depth analysis of the movie or series, but moreso my overall thoughts in a quick video. However, if you have any ideas of what you would like to see in the channel, or where you would have liked me to go into more depth, please let me know!
I, too, first saw this movie at an early age with my mom in a theater. I thought it was the coolest thing that it (and GWTW) had intermissions. I also came away from this review feeling it lacked depth. I clicked on the thumbnail because of the title, yet I don't really feel a true review was given. I wanted to know more about the plot as the movie progressed. As it turns out, you left out 2 very important scenes: 1) when Dr Z turns his horse and just leaves his war service, and 2) The very last gut-wrenching scene with Dr Z and Lara. In other words, I wanted meat, not soup. However, this is your channel to do with as you wish.
If you don’t understand why general Zhivago is trying to find out who the girl is, you are just not paying attention. He wants to know if she is his half niece, the daughter of his half brother, Yuri. If so, he wants to help her.
I've read the book about 10 years ago, I don't remember much from it, the style of writing I found is quite difficult (with all the Russian middlenames, you kinda lose track with all the characters). But I think the point about the Doctor is, he hardly judges anybody elses life or beliefs, therefor he can be perceived as a kind of dull charachter. He simply responds to what's happening to him and his country. (The war, the revolution, the fact his brother is a Bolshevik, that his family has to leave the city etc. he all aknowledges, but doesn't voice a real opinion on) Until the moment he meets Strelnikov on the train. He's now eye to eye with the regime that wants to abolish his freedom and art, which is one of the most memorable scenes.
I had seen this movie on a school fieldtrip when I was 13, and b/c I was very Catholic and religious then I felt that I had committed a sin b/c I had watched a movie that was a little riske. This movie has become and still is 50 years later my favorite movie of my life and in my opinion the best in terms of acting, and probably the last in its sprawling magnificence of raw emotion and history. Thank you for sharing this remarkable movie.
The reason Yuri goes back and forth is because the film makers really want the audience to feel like Yuri being torn between two worlds!!!! It's a "tug a war" and Yuri\s heart is the rope in the middle!!!
He is very good! He's got the great quality in an antagonist where he does things you hate, but then he does things you respect so you're not quite sure how to feel about him.
After rewatching it recently I agree, and if I could review it again I'd talk about him more. My main thoughts had just been on other things when I talked about it.
Omar Sharif said in an interview with Larry King that he wanted to play more of a stronger character but listen to Lean's direction for his character to be that of a more sensitive poet...Sharif understood this finally when seeing the completed film
I really like the concept of him not being like archetypical huge main character and being a quieter, poetic kind of guy. I'm happy they went in that direction with it, just as a character I just found him to be not a good person but the movie presents it like he is and we should feel for him :/
I’m 70 ,on my opinion it was the best film I’ve ever seen,all the time,epic, great , beauty,powerful dialogue,lovely effective music and……dreamy facts 🙏from IRAN
I agree that it was far better than Gone with the Wind. It was my favourite film for years. One of the most beautiful films, and set in Russian revolution, fascinating. I only wish we had seen Pasha's change of heart, attempt to get to Laura and end. Sad but a key dramatic moment missed.
You're right, the story is slight in the 2nd half, & Doctor Zhivago's plight of going between his wife & mistress doesn't exactly warrant empathy; but what director today except Spielberg, could even come close to Lean's mastery of filmmaking, & yes that score can make me melt every time I hear it!
The only director off the top of my head besides Spielberg might be Denis Villeneuve but David Lean is the best of both having the emotion/sentimentality mixed with the epic cinematic visuals!
One of my favourite movies and theme tunes. In the uk (where I’m from) Lara’s theme is oftener used for Ice cream vans, so makes me want an icecream too. 😂
I preface this with this was my mothers favorite movie, and will always be one of my favorite movies....but I agree with you 100%. I too was sorta disinterested in Zhivago, and calling him a weenie, is an accurate description. He ism't a hero or a villain, he's just not much. I can't respect him not being able to make a decision between the two women, and he in a way ruins their lives too, or at least disruots it for a period of time. I wish Pasternak had written a follow up that would have been Lara, and Tonya's and Zhivago's sons lives.....
Yeah it's definitely one that you can love and have problems with at the same time so I'm glad you agree! I think it would be cool to see a follow up just to know that they all ended up ok.
I loved it, as the Geraldine Chaplin character (his wife) as you know represents old aristocratic Russia and the Julie Christie character the newly arisen peasant class Russia, and Dr Zhivago is caught between those chapters of Russian history: he can't let go of the past, whilst falling for the present.
But Fate compels Yuri to go with the future. Even as he returned home after breaking it off with Lara, Fate, in the form of the band of partisans, intervenes to prevent him. He never again sets eyes on his wife and child.
One of the greatest love novels/films I’ve ever watched and read, it’s extraordinary and brings out so many emotions I have not seen in a long time. The ending especially breaks my heart seeing him die trying to run to the love of his life. I just like to imagine what would have happened if they had met the first time they saw each other back on that train in Moscow all the way at the beginning.
That's such a good scene! At least in the way of how it's filmed haha, otherwise it's so sad. David Lean did an amazing job with his focus on their relationship for sure.
The film bears little resemblance to the novel it was based on which is why the critics panned it. Dr. Zhivago was a true depiction of what happened during the Russian Revolution which is why the Soviets threatened Boris Pasternak into not receiving the Nobel Prize. The film adaptation by Robert Bolt is nothing more than a mushy love story.
Yeah I'm guessing it was kind of a Gone With the Wind/Titanic situation where they needed a central more intimate story to root us to the bigger picture. I haven't read the book but I can see how if it was more about the actual revolution the movie got away from that a bit. It always seems in these movies the first half is about the actual event and the second half focuses solely on the relationship
I think this review is a little ... Immature? I know that sounds a little bit pompous coming from some random on the internet, so hear me out. The reviewer didn't really seem particularly clear on some of the details, or the overall transformation of a young idealistic doctor/poet (strange combination) who plans to live a normal good life...until the world around him changed and his life became intertwined with this young woman. I'm these desperate times, an otherwise principled man is just trying to live/love, dodging political entanglements, and torn between two types of love. Rod Steiger and Alec Guinness serve very important roles. This is just my personal opinion when I say this, but the part where you talk about being bored in the second half where they demonstrate the regularity of his affair, I think there's a natural tendency for the average person to not regard this type of behavior as good, and therefore it can become uninteresting because it's difficult to identify with somebody who's doing something immoral. The first time I watched the film, I was really stuck on the fact that the movie is about an affair, and presents it as this unbridled pure natural love, while his wife is hung out to dry. The fact that his wife understands this passion amidst the turmoil of the times is another bitter pill that I didn't understand in the first watch. Subsequent watches gave me a different perspective and maybe someday you'll revisit it and get something more out of it. I appreciate the effort you went to with the review though.
I agree. After seeing both, this is the one I'd want to rewatch. Gone With the Wind definitely has its epic moments, but I didn't feel as much with it.
At the time I was a little more lacking but I feel I still had a good idea of them, and now that I've seen it a few more times I still have mostly the same thoughts and feelings on the characters give or take, I just feel I could articulate them better. But thank you for your constructive criticism.
When I say it's an epic I just mean it's a big scale movie and feels huge. Doesn't necessarily mean it's perfect or without flaws narratively. One that I would give a 4/4 to and also call an epic would be Lord of the Rings: Return of the King.
@@domilion2008 Hmmm that's a good question. I've got a lot of catching up to do, but I'd call Lawrence of Arabia and The Ten Commandments epics, and probably say each could be a 4/4. Ten Commandments is cheesy as hell, but I love it XD. I'll have to think on that one but maybe even do a review on TC sometime soon. I haven't seen it yet, but I'm assuming another epic is The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
Your appreciation about the movie is correct, but you should have live the history to have others view point. The time when life in Soviet Union was not well known in the west and in many ways was a mystery. The Soviet press was filtering the news in and out. They prohibit this movie, due to political views. Many stories came out from people who was able to escape. And here came an story from inside. The movie itself try to tell the history around the revolution. As the person of Dr Zhivago was not interesting? It is the drama of a man who want to be loyal to his wife and has a passion for another woman. From outside may not be interesting, Is the tittle of the movie. Unknown for us, but in many cultures 100 years ago, a man could have a wife and mistress, not openly known but kind of accepted. Women didn’t have the rights that have now. The places in the movie supposed to be in Russia are beautiful.
We see far too much video of all kinds nowadays. Our minds are filled to the brim with video imprinted images. 99% of these images are worthless. "Dr. Zhivago" is like fine wine that gets even better with age. To appreciate its greatness quit watching (or playing) video for a month then watch this movie.
The film was ok but was nothing compared to the book. The book was pure poetry, all the way through. I think Boris Pasternak was telling the story of the history of Russia that he himself lived through, through the eyes of Yuri the character. Pasternak was telling the story through Yuri, as a way of communicating his art to us all. The movie was two dimensional compared to the book. It is interesting that you saw Yuri as pointless, because the story was not about Yuri, but about the agony of Russia at the time. Nevertheless, the movie was incredibly beautiful in its own way.
Le roman de Boris Pasternak ,prix Nobel de littérature en 1958, est tout simplement un chef d'oeuvre. Il convient de le lire et le relire toute sa vie.
CAN SOMEONE RECOMMEND/REFER ME TO ANY GOOD OLDER MOVIES PRE 1980s?!?Preferably 1950s-1970s…heres why…. I love good movies. Ive been starting to really get into old classical movies. I always skipped it if an old movie would come on when I was a kid. But now that im way older I not only appreciate the old classics but I am slightly obsessed with finding good ones. I saw lawrence if arabia and was ind blown. I recently saw Breakfast at Tiffany’s with the legend Hepburn. So I am very open and diverse to any genre. I only care if its good or not.
Fun fact. The first time I saw it I found it confusing and hated it. A few years later, a cousin of mine told me to give it a second chance. After seeing it again, I realized it was the best movie I had ever seen. Having seen it over twenty times now, I can tell you that it never gets old, and that I learn something new every single time I see it. It should never be compared to Gone With the Wind. GWTW is narcissistic child's play.
Why would I do a review on a movie I haven't watched? I also make this a good amount of time ago, and had only seen the movie once or twice by then. There's a lot to unpack, so I don't doubt there were some things I missed. If you have answers to some of my confusion or parts of the movie I didn't fully understand, I'd love to hear them.
@@movieinthemiddle2863 she's not an old flame. He meets Lara while already engaged to Tonya. And we absolutely know who Alec Guiness character is. He's his half brother.... and we know this very early on. Do you want to have another go....?
@@elgar104 Sorry I'm not trying to come at you or anything. Like I said I was sure there were things I missed. I think when I said "old flame" I was referring to he had met her when he was engaged with Tonya and then he meets her again later on. That was confusing on my part though. As for the Alec Guiness part, that's something I probably just did not hear.
Lawrence of Arabia is the summer epic if this is the winter epic, both are visual giants, CGI does not come close to the real thing. . .I'm 90 minutes in to my first viewing of it, I'm beginning to wonder why Guiness keeps turning up. . . perhaps only to narrate to make sure the viewer knows what's going on.
The greatest film I've ever seen in my 93 years of life!
It's definitely an event of a movie for sure! Thanks for watching!
I think you should examine the story again. It's fantastic. The 3 male protagonists, Pasha, Victor, and Yuri mirror each other in various ways. Yuri himself is indeed a passive character. Try as he might, he cannot be content with his wife and child. And Fate forces him to Lara's arms. The narrator, Yevgrev, is Yuri's half-brother. He's a high-powered commissar in the Party, but he is motivated more by preserving what he believes to be the true Russian spirit, which is embodied in the love between Yuri and Lara.
David Lean, my favorite Director and Freddie Young, my favorite Cinematographer...
They collaborated to create three panoramic cinematic jewels...
And when adjusted for inflation, Doctor Zhivago - 1965 is one of the ten highest grossing movies ever made...
David Lean is so good. Lawrence of Arabia is a masterpiece. And that's interesting, but I can definitely see that!
@@movieinthemiddle2863 David Lean was equally genius when creating small scale, Brief Encounter - 1945 and large scale, Lawrence Of Arabia - 1962 movies and he never used any rear screen projection during any of his five epic jewels, during a time when everyone else was employing rear screen projection for their epics...
Dr Zhivago is a fantastic movie. You haven't understood the plot or paid attention to the tremendous attention to details and sub-plots. This is a thoughtful movie for people with an attention span longer than 15 minutes. Hopefully you will learn to appreciate it when you get wiser and more experienced.
I may have been 7 the first time I watched Doctor Zhivago and the sentiments are as I had last night watching again at 55.
This film can't leave no one indifferent. It is a cinema masterpiece
with remakable performances and historic scenery.
You do not seem deep enough to be a film critic. You give me more as the guy selling tickets or popcorn at the movie theater. 🎬
You really got into it early! No wonder you have such an appreciation for it.
Also I'm sorry you feel that way. When I make my videos I'm not necessarily always aiming to make a super in-depth analysis of the movie or series, but moreso my overall thoughts in a quick video. However, if you have any ideas of what you would like to see in the channel, or where you would have liked me to go into more depth, please let me know!
I, too, first saw this movie at an early age with my mom in a theater. I thought it was the coolest thing that it (and GWTW) had intermissions. I also came away from this review feeling it lacked depth. I clicked on the thumbnail because of the title, yet I don't really feel a true review was given. I wanted to know more about the plot as the movie progressed. As it turns out, you left out 2 very important scenes: 1) when Dr Z turns his horse and just leaves his war service, and 2) The very last gut-wrenching scene with Dr Z and Lara. In other words, I wanted meat, not soup. However, this is your channel to do with as you wish.
Omar Sharif mentioned why he stares at flowers. He explains it better than I would. Maybe there's a video of him talking about it on RUclips.
I'll look into it!
If you don’t understand why general Zhivago is trying to find out who the girl is, you are just not paying attention. He wants to know if she is his half niece, the daughter of his half brother, Yuri. If so, he wants to help her.
You won’t understand the doctor in the movie unless you read the book. He’s more a poet than a practicing physician in the book.
That makes a lot more sense of it now that you say that, because he really is a poetic guy in the movie so they must've translated that part well.
I've read the book about 10 years ago, I don't remember much from it, the style of writing I found is quite difficult (with all the Russian middlenames, you kinda lose track with all the characters).
But I think the point about the Doctor is, he hardly judges anybody elses life or beliefs, therefor he can be perceived as a kind of dull charachter.
He simply responds to what's happening to him and his country. (The war, the revolution, the fact his brother is a Bolshevik, that his family has to leave the city etc. he all aknowledges, but doesn't voice a real opinion on)
Until the moment he meets Strelnikov on the train. He's now eye to eye with the regime that wants to abolish his freedom and art, which is one of the most memorable scenes.
I had seen this movie on a school fieldtrip when I was 13, and b/c I was very Catholic and religious then I felt that I had committed a sin b/c I had watched a movie that was a little riske. This movie has become and still is 50 years later my favorite movie of my life and in my opinion the best in terms of acting, and probably the last in its sprawling magnificence of raw emotion and history. Thank you for sharing this remarkable movie.
That's awesome that it's such a close movie to you! Happy to have added some more thoughts and recognition to it.
The reason Yuri goes back and forth is because the film makers really want the audience to feel like Yuri being torn between two worlds!!!! It's a "tug a war" and Yuri\s heart is the rope in the middle!!!
Yeah as I've watched it more I've definitely understood it more than originally, it still drags for me a bit but I get it more now.
I love this movie! Might be my favorite by Lean. Rod Steiger is my favorite part of the movie! What a performance!
He is very good! He's got the great quality in an antagonist where he does things you hate, but then he does things you respect so you're not quite sure how to feel about him.
Yuri: What happens to a girl like that when you're through with her?
Victor: Interested? I give her to you.
Yes. The cinematography is the best part of the movie. However. You failed to mention the acting of Rod Steiger. The best of the movie.
After rewatching it recently I agree, and if I could review it again I'd talk about him more. My main thoughts had just been on other things when I talked about it.
There is no low in this movie. Its unparalalled. No movie like this one.
It is definitely an epic for sure!
Omar Sharif said in an interview with Larry King that he wanted to play more of a stronger character but listen to Lean's direction for his character to be that of a more
sensitive poet...Sharif understood this finally when seeing the completed film
I really like the concept of him not being like archetypical huge main character and being a quieter, poetic kind of guy. I'm happy they went in that direction with it, just as a character I just found him to be not a good person but the movie presents it like he is and we should feel for him :/
Great to see someone as young as you liking this movie. New subscriber.
Gotta keep the classics alive haha. Welcome to the channel!
I’m 70 ,on my opinion it was the best film I’ve ever seen,all the time,epic, great , beauty,powerful dialogue,lovely effective music and……dreamy facts 🙏from IRAN
well said!
I agree that it was far better than Gone with the Wind. It was my favourite film for years. One of the most beautiful films, and set in Russian revolution, fascinating. I only wish we had seen Pasha's change of heart, attempt to get to Laura and end. Sad but a key dramatic moment missed.
Good point! Yeah I think it starts to lose itself towards the end just bit But no less epic for it
Is that in the book (Pasha attempting to get Lara back)? I’ve seen the film about 8 times but not for twenty-odd years.
You're right, the story is slight in the 2nd half, & Doctor Zhivago's plight of going between his wife & mistress doesn't exactly warrant empathy; but what director today except Spielberg, could even come close to Lean's mastery of filmmaking, & yes that score can make me melt every time I hear it!
The only director off the top of my head besides Spielberg might be Denis Villeneuve but David Lean is the best of both having the emotion/sentimentality mixed with the epic cinematic visuals!
IMHO, David Lean makes Spielberg look like a hack.
One of my favourite movies and theme tunes. In the uk (where I’m from) Lara’s theme is oftener used for Ice cream vans, so makes me want an icecream too. 😂
Wait that's so cool! Honestly I can see that, it's like a fancy version of the US ice cream truck jingle 😅
@@movieinthemiddle2863 it really works. Lol.
I preface this with this was my mothers favorite movie, and will always be one of my favorite movies....but I agree with you 100%. I too was sorta disinterested in Zhivago, and calling him a weenie, is an accurate description. He ism't a hero or a villain, he's just not much. I can't respect him not being able to make a decision between the two women, and he in a way ruins their lives too, or at least disruots it for a period of time. I wish Pasternak had written a follow up that would have been Lara, and Tonya's and Zhivago's sons lives.....
Yeah it's definitely one that you can love and have problems with at the same time so I'm glad you agree! I think it would be cool to see a follow up just to know that they all ended up ok.
You should have googled David Lean, Boris Pasternak, Maurice Jarre Oh and it was Photographed by the great Freddie Young cinemaphotographer
I loved it, as the Geraldine Chaplin character (his wife) as you know represents old aristocratic Russia and the Julie Christie character the newly arisen peasant class Russia, and Dr Zhivago is caught between those chapters of Russian history: he can't let go of the past, whilst falling for the present.
Exactly!
But Fate compels Yuri to go with the future. Even as he returned home after breaking it off with Lara, Fate, in the form of the band of partisans, intervenes to prevent him. He never again sets eyes on his wife and child.
One of the greatest love novels/films I’ve ever watched and read, it’s extraordinary and brings out so many emotions I have not seen in a long time. The ending especially breaks my heart seeing him die trying to run to the love of his life. I just like to imagine what would have happened if they had met the first time they saw each other back on that train in Moscow all the way at the beginning.
That's such a good scene! At least in the way of how it's filmed haha, otherwise it's so sad. David Lean did an amazing job with his focus on their relationship for sure.
This is my personal all-time favorite.
Great pick! It's snowing in MD so I just listened to Lara's Theme again because it's my favorite to listen to on a snowy day!
The film bears little resemblance to the novel it was based on which is why the critics panned it. Dr. Zhivago was a true depiction of what happened during the Russian Revolution which is why the Soviets threatened Boris Pasternak into not receiving the Nobel Prize. The film adaptation by Robert Bolt is nothing more than a mushy love story.
Yeah I'm guessing it was kind of a Gone With the Wind/Titanic situation where they needed a central more intimate story to root us to the bigger picture. I haven't read the book but I can see how if it was more about the actual revolution the movie got away from that a bit. It always seems in these movies the first half is about the actual event and the second half focuses solely on the relationship
@@movieinthemiddle2863 Read the book, you'll thank yourself.
Saw first time in 1967 still watch it and hear the masterpiece theme of Lara!!
It's amazing!
I think this review is a little ... Immature? I know that sounds a little bit pompous coming from some random on the internet, so hear me out. The reviewer didn't really seem particularly clear on some of the details, or the overall transformation of a young idealistic doctor/poet (strange combination) who plans to live a normal good life...until the world around him changed and his life became intertwined with this young woman. I'm these desperate times, an otherwise principled man is just trying to live/love, dodging political entanglements, and torn between two types of love. Rod Steiger and Alec Guinness serve very important roles. This is just my personal opinion when I say this, but the part where you talk about being bored in the second half where they demonstrate the regularity of his affair, I think there's a natural tendency for the average person to not regard this type of behavior as good, and therefore it can become uninteresting because it's difficult to identify with somebody who's doing something immoral. The first time I watched the film, I was really stuck on the fact that the movie is about an affair, and presents it as this unbridled pure natural love, while his wife is hung out to dry. The fact that his wife understands this passion amidst the turmoil of the times is another bitter pill that I didn't understand in the first watch. Subsequent watches gave me a different perspective and maybe someday you'll revisit it and get something more out of it. I appreciate the effort you went to with the review though.
This is much better than Gone with the wind.
I agree. After seeing both, this is the one I'd want to rewatch. Gone With the Wind definitely has its epic moments, but I didn't feel as much with it.
This is one of my favorite movie with Mr Omar Sharif, he was my favorite actor. 👍
Honestly even though I didn't love the character the whole time Omar Sharif did an amazing job! And he's great in Lawrence of Arabia too!
Sounds to me as though your understanding of the characters is incomplete. Try again.
At the time I was a little more lacking but I feel I still had a good idea of them, and now that I've seen it a few more times I still have mostly the same thoughts and feelings on the characters give or take, I just feel I could articulate them better. But thank you for your constructive criticism.
How can you say that movie is epic and give it 3/4? What would be a 4/4 then?
When I say it's an epic I just mean it's a big scale movie and feels huge. Doesn't necessarily mean it's perfect or without flaws narratively. One that I would give a 4/4 to and also call an epic would be Lord of the Rings: Return of the King.
@@movieinthemiddle2863 Cant argue with that blockbuster. Are there any older movies 30s-60s that you would give 4/4 and call epic?
@@domilion2008 Hmmm that's a good question. I've got a lot of catching up to do, but I'd call Lawrence of Arabia and The Ten Commandments epics, and probably say each could be a 4/4. Ten Commandments is cheesy as hell, but I love it XD. I'll have to think on that one but maybe even do a review on TC sometime soon. I haven't seen it yet, but I'm assuming another epic is The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
Ben-Hur and David Leans other epic The Bridge on the River Kwai both are 4/4
Your appreciation about the movie is correct, but you should have live the history to have others view point. The time when life in Soviet Union was not well known in the west and in many ways was a mystery. The Soviet press was filtering the news in and out. They prohibit this movie, due to political views. Many stories came out from people who was able to escape. And here came an story from inside. The movie itself try to tell the history around the revolution. As the person of Dr Zhivago was not interesting? It is the drama of a man who want to be loyal to his wife and has a passion for another woman. From outside may not be interesting, Is the tittle of the movie. Unknown for us, but in many cultures 100 years ago, a man could have a wife and mistress, not openly known but kind of accepted. Women didn’t have the rights that have now. The places in the movie supposed to be in Russia are beautiful.
I always want to see it, now I Will!
Great!
Have you seen Reds yets?
Great movie
We see far too much video of all kinds nowadays. Our minds are filled to the brim with video imprinted images. 99% of these images are worthless.
"Dr. Zhivago" is like fine wine that gets even better with age. To appreciate its greatness quit watching (or playing) video for a month then watch this movie.
It’s such a beautiful classic movie. Loved watching it.
It is!
The film was ok but was nothing compared to the book. The book was pure poetry, all the way through. I think Boris Pasternak was telling the story of the history of Russia that he himself lived through, through the eyes of Yuri the character. Pasternak was telling the story through Yuri, as a way of communicating his art to us all. The movie was two dimensional compared to the book. It is interesting that you saw Yuri as pointless, because the story was not about Yuri, but about the agony of Russia at the time. Nevertheless, the movie was incredibly beautiful in its own way.
Do yourself a favor, read the book!
Le roman de Boris Pasternak ,prix Nobel de littérature en 1958, est tout simplement un chef d'oeuvre. Il convient de le lire et le relire toute sa vie.
Its an amazing film, but i agree with you about Yuri. He's a drip.
You might be one of the first people to agree with me on any part of this video XD. Thanks for watching!
CAN SOMEONE RECOMMEND/REFER ME TO ANY GOOD OLDER MOVIES PRE 1980s?!?Preferably 1950s-1970s…heres why….
I love good movies. Ive been starting to really get into old classical movies. I always skipped it if an old movie would come on when I was a kid. But now that im way older I not only appreciate the old classics but I am slightly obsessed with finding good ones. I saw lawrence if arabia and was ind blown. I recently saw Breakfast at Tiffany’s with the legend Hepburn. So I am very open and diverse to any genre. I only care if its good or not.
I love how Mr Lous narrate the 🎥 movie.
Definitely ties it all together! And what a voice to pick to narrate it.
Fun fact. The first time I saw it I found it confusing and hated it. A few years later, a cousin of mine told me to give it a second chance. After seeing it again, I realized it was the best movie I had ever seen.
Having seen it over twenty times now, I can tell you that it never gets old, and that I learn something new every single time I see it.
It should never be compared to Gone With the Wind. GWTW is narcissistic child's play.
I feel like that's going to be the same for me too. I've only seen it twice, but already it was better the second time around.
In the first few sentences of your review you demonstrate you either haven't watched this movie... or weren't watching very carefully.
Why would I do a review on a movie I haven't watched? I also make this a good amount of time ago, and had only seen the movie once or twice by then. There's a lot to unpack, so I don't doubt there were some things I missed. If you have answers to some of my confusion or parts of the movie I didn't fully understand, I'd love to hear them.
@@movieinthemiddle2863 she's not an old flame. He meets Lara while already engaged to Tonya.
And we absolutely know who Alec Guiness character is. He's his half brother.... and we know this very early on.
Do you want to have another go....?
@@elgar104 Sorry I'm not trying to come at you or anything. Like I said I was sure there were things I missed. I think when I said "old flame" I was referring to he had met her when he was engaged with Tonya and then he meets her again later on. That was confusing on my part though. As for the Alec Guiness part, that's something I probably just did not hear.
My favorite movie of all time!
I loved this movie, so beautiful
It really is!
Lawrence of Arabia is the summer epic if this is the winter epic, both are visual giants, CGI does not come close to the real thing. . .I'm 90 minutes in to my first viewing of it, I'm beginning to wonder why Guiness keeps turning up. . . perhaps only to narrate to make sure the viewer knows what's going on.
What'd you end up thinking of the whole thing?
Best movie ever!
beautiful film-too harsh this crtitic if valid
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Thanks so much! Glad you have ya
boring bad movie for me