Doctor Zhivago (1965)

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12/31/21 • 101 min

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DISCRETION ADVISED: This film depicts several sexual assaults that are discussed in the episode.

Our first David Lean film, but certainly not our last!

Set during World War I and the October Revolution of 1917, this love triangle (square? parallelogram?) takes place during turbulent times, and the production spared no expense with its full-scale recreation of ten square blocks of Moscow, thousands of extras, and beautiful vistas captured in Spain and Canada.

Based on the book by Boris Pasternak, and banned in the Soviet Union for decades along with the film, this Oscar-winner is one you won’t want to miss.

Find out which one of us sides with the Reds, the Whites, or just Omar Sharif's dreamy mustache!

Stick around after the end music to hear a reading of Boris Pasternak's "Hamlet" poem (at the end of the book amongst Zhivago's poems), by Russian friend of the show Tanya Lukyanova and our very own Katie Schaefer.

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DISCRETION ADVISED: This film depicts several sexual assaults that are discussed in the episode.

Our first David Lean film, but certainly not our last!

Based on the book by Boris Pasternak, and banned in the Soviet Union for decades along with the film, this Oscar-winner is one you won’t want to miss.

Find out which one of us sides with the Reds, the Whites, or just Omar Sharif's dreamy mustache!

Next Episode: Patton (1970)

warmovies #warfilms #war #film #films #movies #history #cinema #worldwarone #WWI #russianrevolution #revolution

Previous Episode

CHE (2008)

In this sprawling two-part biopic, director Steven Soderbergh shows us the experiences of Ernesto "Che" Guevara during the Cuban revolution in 1956, and Che’s subsequent failed attempt at revolution in Bolivia in 1967.

Approaching Gettysburghian lengths, the two parts relay in sometimes oppressive detail (drawing from Guevara’s own journals) the conditions these rebels were up against and the obstacles they faced.

The filmmaker knew that he was covering a controversial topic; Che is still simultaneously reviled as a mass murderer by some, and lauded as a hero by others. The film’s critical reception was just as polarized.

So what was Soderbergh trying to tell us about this larger-than-life figure? Did the writers have an opinion, or is this a mostly neutral depiction of the events?

Next Episode: Doctor Zhivago (1965)

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BONUS EPISODE: The Terminator (1984)

BONUS EPISODE: The Terminator!

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