Dr Zhivago (1965)

[Tommy Tainant]

Doctor Zhivago (1965) ⭐ 7.9 | Drama, Romance, War

3h 17m | Approved

www.imdb.com

I watched it about a week ago. Ive seen it a few times and I do believe that it is probably the greatest film ever made. just about everything is perfect and the themes it covers have kept me awake for a few nights since.
The revolution is covered and we see that the new boss is same as the old boss. Its a bit depressing.

The hero is a poet/doctor who basically marries the wrong woman during the Bolshevik revolution.. Sounds a bit seedy but there are no good and bad guys here. the film treats them all as just ordinary folk while we see how decisions made can affect your whole life.

Omar Sharif is surely a wasted talent and Julie Christie plays the most beautiful girl in the world with some ease.
The Kinks immortalised her as the Julie in terry and Julie who "met at the station every friday night. At one point she lived down the road from us in Mid Wales which is a very quiet place.

Its a great story and can be enjoyed on that level but the true power is how it makes you reflect on your own life. Its just an amazing film. David Lean could teach modern film makers how to let viewers see and hear the action. An artthat has been lost these days.

 

[mudwhistle]

Doctor Zhivago (1965) ⭐ 7.9 | Drama, Romance, War

3h 17m | Approved

www.imdb.com

I watched it about a week ago. Ive seen it a few times and I do believe that it is probably the greatest film ever made. just about everything is perfect and the themes it covers have kept me awake for a few nights since.
The revolution is covered and we see that the new boss is same as the old boss. Its a bit depressing.

The hero is a poet/doctor who basically marries the wrong woman during the Bolshevik revolution.. Sounds a bit seedy but there are no good and bad guys here. the film treats them all as just ordinary folk while we see how decisions made can affect your whole life.

Omar Sharif is surely a wasted talent and Julie Christie plays the most beautiful girl in the world with some ease.
The Kinks immortalised her as the Julie in terry and Julie who "met at the station every friday night. At one point she lived down the road from us in Mid Wales which is a very quiet place.

Its a great story and can be enjoyed on that level but the true power is how it makes you reflect on your own life. Its just an amazing film. David Lean could teach modern film makers how to let viewers see and hear the action. An artthat has been lost these days.

Great movie.....get ready to live it, comrade.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Great movie.....get ready to live it, comrade.

I cant see that it glamourises communism. I doubt it would have been made if it had. But it does show the corruption of the Tsarist regime pretty plainly. They were all round bad times.

 

[Eric Arthur Blair]

And Terry was modeled on Terrence Stamp. The Story Behind The Song: Waterloo Sunset By The Kinks

One of my favorite bands (saw them in San Francisco, years ago) and one of my favorite songs, Waterloo Sunset.
Terry and Julie, two lovers are forever linked in the Kink's song.


Oddly the leader of the most English of all bands, Ray Davies moved to New Orleans several years
back though I don't know where he is now but I believe he is still there.

Like Van Morrison he has been so good for so long he is vastly under appreciated.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Dr. Zhivago was a spectacular movie. A real classic. How many untalented blacks were shoehorn in for diversity?

It's time for a gay Dr. Zhivago with an interracial homosexual couple.

 

[BULLDOG]

Doctor Zhivago (1965) ⭐ 7.9 | Drama, Romance, War

3h 17m | Approved

www.imdb.com

I watched it about a week ago. Ive seen it a few times and I do believe that it is probably the greatest film ever made. just about everything is perfect and the themes it covers have kept me awake for a few nights since.
The revolution is covered and we see that the new boss is same as the old boss. Its a bit depressing.

The hero is a poet/doctor who basically marries the wrong woman during the Bolshevik revolution.. Sounds a bit seedy but there are no good and bad guys here. the film treats them all as just ordinary folk while we see how decisions made can affect your whole life.

Omar Sharif is surely a wasted talent and Julie Christie plays the most beautiful girl in the world with some ease.
The Kinks immortalised her as the Julie in terry and Julie who "met at the station every friday night. At one point she lived down the road from us in Mid Wales which is a very quiet place.

Its a great story and can be enjoyed on that level but the true power is how it makes you reflect on your own life. Its just an amazing film. David Lean could teach modern film makers how to let viewers see and hear the action. An artthat has been lost these days.

Great theme song too.

 

[mudwhistle]

I cant see that it glamourises communism. I doubt it would have been made if it had. But it does show the corruption of the Tsarist regime pretty plainly. They were all round bad times.

What is shows is what happens when you allow communists and socialists to take over your country. They never take power in a peaceful and decent manner. It always results in death and starvation.

 

[citygator]

Frustrating love story. I hate it and really like it at the same time.

 

[Flash]

Dr. Zhivago is an excellent movie. If not the best movie ever made certainly in the top consideration.

The first time I saw it I was in Germany in 1967. I went to a German theater and it was dubbed in German but I still could follow the story pretty well. It wasn't until about three years later in 1970 that I got to see it in English.

My younger son (36) had never seen the movie. He has a great artist streak in him. Last year he saw it for the first time and later told me that was the most beautiful movie he ever saw.

I had a good friend in High School and I remember him reading the book and telling me what a great story about the human spirit it was but I never got around to reading it.

 

[Eric Arthur Blair]

What is shows is what happens when you allow communists and socialists to take over your country. They never take power in a peaceful and decent manner. It always results in death and starvation.

The new Communists march under the banner of "Equity" and will gladly kill people in order to save them
while they burn down society in order to usher in their new vision of their perfect world.

It's sad how we never seem to learn at all.

I still have yet to see the movie but I have great respect for the sweeping historical pictures of David Lean.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

And Terry was modeled on Terrence Stamp. The Story Behind The Song: Waterloo Sunset By The Kinks

One of my favorite bands (saw them in San Francisco, years ago) and one of my favorite songs, Waterloo Sunset.
Terry and Julie, two lovers are forever linked in the Kink's song.


Oddly the leader of the most English of all bands, Ray Davies moved to New Orleans several years
back though I don't know where he is now but I believe he is still there.

Like Van Morrison he has been so good for so long he is vastly under appreciated.

He was back in London a few years back. There were rumours that he had made up with his brother and were reforming. He did a documentary on his life for the BBC a few years back, it was very good following him round London. Cant remember the title, London Fields or similar. Well worth a watch.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

What is shows is what happens when you allow communists and socialists to take over your country. They never take power in a peaceful and decent manner. It always results in death and starvation.

They were no worse off than under the Tsar.

Its a shame the British Army idnt revolt like the Russians ,and come home from Flanders. Both my Nanas would have grown up with their fathers.

 

[mudwhistle]

They were no worse off than under the Tsar.

Its a shame the British Army idnt revolt like the Russians ,and come home from Flanders. Both my Nanas would have grown up with their fathers.

Yep.....it's sure as shit that you fell for the romanticism of communism hook, line, and sinker.

 

[Flash]

Frustrating love story. I hate it and really like it at the same time.

I bet you loved the part when the Communists moved the shitheads into the house own by the wealthy family. You know, equality and everything. Why should they live in a big house when all those poor people lived in shacks? Communism at its best.

 

[Eric Arthur Blair]

He was back in London a few years back. There were rumours that he had made up with his brother and were reforming. He did a documentary on his life for the BBC a few years back, it was very good following him round London. Cant remember the title, London Fields or similar. Well worth a watch.

Ray Davies's heaven on earth: New Orleans

Ray Davies, the lead singer for the Kinks, explains his attraction to the city of New Orleans.

www.telegraph.co.uk

If you can get through the pay wall this piece may better describe Ray's current situation.

 

[gipper]

It was a great movie, though much too depressing for me to consider it the best ever. However I could look at Julie Christie all day.

 

[Eric Arthur Blair]

I can never forgive Christie for making Shampoo with Warren Beatty.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Yep.....it's sure as shit that you fell for the romanticism of communism hook, line, and sinker.

I fell for the idea of my ancestors not dying in a pointless war. Doeesnt that appeal to you ?

 

[mudwhistle]

I fell for the idea of my ancestors not dying in a pointless war. Doeesnt that appeal to you ?

You're trying to change the subject.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

You're trying to change the subject.

Not at all. The revolt was a key element in the film. I am just providing some context.