Dr. Zhivago

Some of the greatest supporting roles in history. Rod Steiger, Alec Guinness, Ralph Richardson and Tom Courtnay. The two leads were great but I wasn't impressed with Geraldine Chaplin. In the book (from what I remember, not an easy read). Tonya was a very strong character. She reacted well to the Revolution and the Civil War. In the film, she had a perpetually vapid look on her face. Can't understand the "pallid photography" cracks, other than the fact that winter and the steppe is a main character in the film, like the jungle in Bridge and the desert in Lawrence. Some of Lean/Young best work. The scene where the deserters persuade the replacements to mutiny is one of my favorites. others were the scenes in Varykino, when Yuri is taken by the Brotherhood of the Forest, the slaughter on the Military Academy kids. I actually liked the 2nd half better. My favorite scene, the people are looting the Zhivago's possessions, taking the balalaiks, You just see Yevgrav's back and he merely snaps his fingers and everyone scuttles away. Such was the power and fear of the Cheka.