Do the Revolution Baby!
David Lean presents a grand sweeping love story set against a backdrop of the Russian revolution, although with a run time of over 3 hours it is clear no one was ‘rushin’ here. Heh.
the story of a Doctor who enables his patients to get great deals on hotel accomodation. Wait. That is Dr TRIVAGO.
(Shout out to my wife for that joke)
Dr Zhivago charts the life and lives of the titular doc played by (Omar Sharif) from young well to do Doctor in Moscow married to Tara (Geraldine Chaplin), to a WWI field medic who is crushing hard on nurse Lara (Julie Christie) who then returns home to Tara to find himself sharing this old lodgings with a whole bunch of other folk in a re-appropriation of property thanks to the uprising.
But Doc is cool, he understands the whole wealth re-distribution deal, however he is less excited about giving up his poetry writing, which the state feels is a foolish selfish past time. Eventually Doc takes a crazy, jam packed train ride to live in the country with Tara, but also has a chance meet with Lars who lives in the next town over and for a period the dude is living the dream!
Until the army comes recruiting again…
It’s looooong, but genuinely well paced, and acts as pretty decent history lesson in regard to the conditions faced in the revolution. I am no scholar in this regard, but it felt played down the middle, showing the terrible inequity of live prior to the revolution, the well meaning redistribution but also the lack of freedom through a requirement to conform. The loves of Zhivago fell equally balance, I genuinely feel that he loves both of these women, and loves them both at the same time.
Do the Revolution Baby!
David Lean presents a grand sweeping love story set against a backdrop of the Russian revolution, although with a run time of over 3 hours it is clear no one was ‘rushin’ here. Heh.
the story of a Doctor who enables his patients to get great deals on hotel accomodation. Wait. That is Dr TRIVAGO.
(Shout out to my wife for that joke)
Dr Zhivago charts the life and lives of the titular doc played by (Omar Sharif) from young well to do Doctor in Moscow married to Tara (Geraldine Chaplin), to a WWI field medic who is crushing hard on nurse Lara (Julie Christie) who then returns home to Tara to find himself sharing this old lodgings with a whole bunch of other folk in a re-appropriation of property thanks to the uprising.
But Doc is cool, he understands the whole wealth re-distribution deal, however he is less excited about giving up his poetry writing, which the state feels is a foolish selfish past time. Eventually Doc takes a crazy, jam packed train ride to live in the country with Tara, but also has a chance meet with Lars who lives in the next town over and for a period the dude is living the dream!
Until the army comes recruiting again…
It’s looooong, but genuinely well paced, and acts as pretty decent history lesson in regard to the conditions faced in the revolution. I am no scholar in this regard, but it felt played down the middle, showing the terrible inequity of live prior to the revolution, the well meaning redistribution but also the lack of freedom through a requirement to conform. The loves of Zhivago fell equally balance, I genuinely feel that he loves both of these women, and loves them both at the same time.
