Boris Pasternak & David Lean
A Love Story
Doctor Zhivago is hardly unusual in David Lean‘s oeuvre for its huge ambitions but, for fans of movie love stories, the 1965 classic is often regarded as the most epic of them all.
Breathtaking landscapes, multiple story arcs covering decades, grand historical themes, 197 minutes of emotional devastation – films don’t get much bigger than this. Based on Borís Pasternak‘s famous novel, it is a long and complex journey through the chaos of the first world war and the Russian revolution, but at its heart it remains first and foremost a love story. It is a story of five people, three men in love with one woman and two women in love with one man.
Doctor Zhivago was nominated for 10 Oscars, including best picture, and won five of them, not including best picture. (The Sound of Music took it that year.) Doctor Zhivago is David Lean‘s last great film and is sometimes unfairly criticised (though nothing compared to the roasting he received for «Ryan’s Daughter» a few years later). Perhaps this is because it does not quite equal the quality of his previous works. Nevertheless, it collected a number of Oscars, made a fortune at the box office, and introduced the world to Maurice Jarre’s memorable «Lara’s Theme»
Tal faràs, tal trobaràs 
Tengo que verla, he tenido ocasión varias veces, pero no lo hice, no se por qué. Veré si puedo acceder a ella por Hulu plus, ojalá la tengan!
Además, con lo que me gustan las historias románticas… ! 😉 ❤
Hola Carmen, El doctor Zhivago, poeta y cirujano, marido y amante, vale la pena verla. Es una de las películas mas exitosas de la historia del cine. Pero no esperes un romance como los de Jane Austen. No es una película amable . Hay amor pero es un amor amargo. Si no la encuentras, por internet circula una miniserie para tv protagonizada por Keira Knightley. Un beso!
Siempre excelentes entradas. Saludos, amigo mío. Buen fin de semana.
Gracias Loretta. Hoy, los amores y desamores del Doctor Zhivago. Buen fin de semana para ti también. From Valencia with Love.
¡Besazo, mi estimadísimo Feseto!
Vaja! Avui ja no em trauré el tema de Lara del cap!
Hauries de donar les gràcies. Fa uns dies, em va passar això mateix amb «El baul de los recuerdos» de Karina.
A movie I both love and hate. Also one I can never resist watching whenever I have the opportunity. 🙂
There are what I call «moments» in a film. Dr Zhivago is 200 minutes of several memorable «moments».
Esta peli li encantava a ma mare i a mi també.
De fet, aquesta pel.lícula ja ha fet gaudir a diverses generacions. La banda sonora, la fotografia, el moment històric, bons actors, un dels grans directors de la història. Tot al servei d’una magnífica historia d’amor.
La millor del protagonista i tot un clàssic.