For those who swear by classic love sagas, there is Dr. Zhivago on January 12 at PVR Rare Film Club.
Based on the novel ‘Dr. Zhivago’ by Boris Pasternak, the 1965 film directed by David Lean is a love story set during the Bolshevik Revolution. The poet/physician Yuri Zhivago (Omar Sharif) is married to Tonya (Geraldine Chaplin), but carries on an affair with Lara (Julie Christie) who has been raped by a politician Komarovsky.
Dr. Zhivago is ranked 7 in the American Film Institute’s ‘America’s Greatest Love Stories’ and 39 in America’s Greatest Movies. As of 2010, Doctor Zhivago was the 8th biggest grossing film of all time.
The film that became immensely popular wasn’t received well by the critics. It is said that David Lean was so deeply affected by the criticism that he swore to never make a film again. Before Dr. Zhivago, Lean has made the epic...
Based on the novel ‘Dr. Zhivago’ by Boris Pasternak, the 1965 film directed by David Lean is a love story set during the Bolshevik Revolution. The poet/physician Yuri Zhivago (Omar Sharif) is married to Tonya (Geraldine Chaplin), but carries on an affair with Lara (Julie Christie) who has been raped by a politician Komarovsky.
Dr. Zhivago is ranked 7 in the American Film Institute’s ‘America’s Greatest Love Stories’ and 39 in America’s Greatest Movies. As of 2010, Doctor Zhivago was the 8th biggest grossing film of all time.
The film that became immensely popular wasn’t received well by the critics. It is said that David Lean was so deeply affected by the criticism that he swore to never make a film again. Before Dr. Zhivago, Lean has made the epic...
- 1/7/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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