{"id":88167,"date":"2022-11-13T14:49:14","date_gmt":"2022-11-13T21:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=88167"},"modified":"2022-11-13T14:52:01","modified_gmt":"2022-11-13T21:52:01","slug":"doctor-zhivago-1965","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=88167","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Zhivago (1965)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;There are two kinds of women &#8212; and you, as we well know, are not the first kind.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Poster-202x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-88169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Poster-202x300.png 202w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Poster-86x128.png 86w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Poster-182x270.png 182w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Poster.png 623w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nIn pre-Revolutionary Russia, a doctor (Omar Sharif) married to the kind daughter (Geraldine Chaplin) of family friends falls in love with a young woman (Julie Christie) who is being abused by her older lover (Rod Steiger), and whose fiance (Tom Courtenay) is becoming an increasingly radical Bolshevik.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alec Guinness Films<\/li>\n<li>David Lean Films<\/li>\n<li>Doctors and Nurses<\/li>\n<li>Geraldine Chaplin Films<\/li>\n<li>Historical Drama<\/li>\n<li>Infidelity<\/li>\n<li>Julie Christie Films<\/li>\n<li>Love Triangle<\/li>\n<li>Omar Sharif Films<\/li>\n<li>Ralph Richardson Films <\/li>\n<li>Revolutionaries<\/li>\n<li>Rita Tushingham Films<\/li>\n<li>Rod Steiger Films<\/li>\n<li>Tom Courtenay Films<\/li>\n<li>Writers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary doesn&#8217;t review this epic film by director David Lean &#8212; based on <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doctor_Zhivago_(novel)\">Boris Pasternak&#8217;s 592 page 1957 novel<\/a> &#8212; in his <em>GFTFF<\/em>, but he does mention it briefly in his <em>Alternate Oscars<\/em>, where he asserts that it &#8220;comes across as lumbering, pedestrian, and artificial&#8221; and notes that &#8220;Omar Sharif&#8217;s heart attack sequence&#8221; is among &#8220;the most wretched in film history&#8221; (!). Upon my first rewatching of this Oscar-nominated historical drama since my teenage years, I was, unfortunately, also not very taken in. The sets and cinematography (by Freddy Young) are stunning, but the multi-faceted storyline &#8212; so complex in Pasternak&#8217;s novel that <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doctor_Zhivago_(novel)#\/media\/File:Character_Map_Boris_Pasternak_Doctor_Zhivago.png\">an intricated character map has been created<\/a> &#8212; perhaps inevitably covers far too much territory, without digging meaningfully into character motivations. <\/p>\n<p>Zhivago himself, for instance, is a cipher, with Sharif simply staring out of his liquidy brown eyes most of the time: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Sharif.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Sharif-1024x427.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"267\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-88176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Sharif-1024x427.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Sharif-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Sharif-128x53.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Sharif-768x320.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Sharif-1536x640.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Sharif-604x252.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Sharif.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and while it&#8217;s clear that Christie&#8217;s character (Lara) has gotten herself enmeshed with a sociopathic monster (Steiger), we don&#8217;t really understand her back story, including her relationship with Courtenay (whose character is only very loosely limned). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Courtenay-Christie.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Courtenay-Christie.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"800\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-88206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Courtenay-Christie.png 1920w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Courtenay-Christie-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Courtenay-Christie-1024x427.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Courtenay-Christie-128x53.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Courtenay-Christie-768x320.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Courtenay-Christie-1536x640.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Courtenay-Christie-604x252.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a major narrative challenge is that Sharif is married to kind Chaplin, and we can&#8217;t help disliking him immensely for harming her through infidelity.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Chaplin-Sharif-Pregnant.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Chaplin-Sharif-Pregnant.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"800\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-88205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Chaplin-Sharif-Pregnant.png 1920w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Chaplin-Sharif-Pregnant-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Chaplin-Sharif-Pregnant-1024x427.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Chaplin-Sharif-Pregnant-128x53.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Chaplin-Sharif-Pregnant-768x320.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Chaplin-Sharif-Pregnant-1536x640.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Chaplin-Sharif-Pregnant-604x252.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While we&#8217;re supposed to root for this couple (Zhivago and Lara, who gets her own theme song), we simultaneously feel terrible about it. The gorgeous visuals are the primary reason to check out this phenomenally popular film, which is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0059113\/trivia?item=tr1569041\">&#8220;the eighth-highest grossing movie of all time&#8221;<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Watch for Klaus Kinski in a brief but memorable role as a haunted soldier. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Kinski.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Kinski.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"800\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-88209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Kinski.png 1920w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Kinski-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Kinski-1024x427.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Kinski-128x53.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Kinski-768x320.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Kinski-1536x640.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Kinski-604x252.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rod Steiger as Komarovsky<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Steiger.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Steiger.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"800\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-88207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Steiger.png 1920w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Steiger-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Steiger-1024x427.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Steiger-128x53.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Steiger-768x320.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Steiger-1536x640.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Steiger-604x252.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Beautiful sets, costumes, and location filming<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Train-Sun.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Train-Sun-1024x427.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"267\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-88178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Train-Sun-1024x427.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Train-Sun-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Train-Sun-128x53.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Train-Sun-768x320.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Train-Sun-1536x640.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Train-Sun-604x252.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Train-Sun.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Freddy Young&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Glasses.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Glasses-1024x427.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"267\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-88177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Glasses-1024x427.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Glasses-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Glasses-128x53.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Glasses-768x320.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Glasses-1536x640.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Glasses-604x252.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Doctor-Zhivago-Glasses.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Maurice Jarre&#8217;s instantly memorable score<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though of course it&#8217;s worth a one time look for its historical relevance. <\/p>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-static\/1001Movies.htm\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0059113\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s3192zhiv.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/129\/doctor-zhivago#articles-reviews\">TCM Articles<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;There are two kinds of women &#8212; and you, as we well know, are not the first kind.&#8221; Synopsis: In pre-Revolutionary Russia, a doctor (Omar Sharif) married to the kind daughter (Geraldine Chaplin) of family friends falls in love with a young woman (Julie Christie) who is being abused by her older lover (Rod Steiger), and whose fiance (Tom Courtenay) is becoming an increasingly radical Bolshevik. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Alec Guinness Films David Lean Films Doctors and Nurses&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=88167\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=88167"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88218,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88167\/revisions\/88218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}