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Dr. Zhivago Sept 10, 2019 21:08:23 GMT mattgarth, spiderwort, and 1 more like this

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Post by Doghouse6 on Sept 10, 2019 21:08:23 GMT

Sept 10, 2019 20:34:41 GMT TheGoodMan19 said:

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.

This invokes one of the aspects of Lean's work I most admire, particularly from the '50s on: his sense of place.

From the humidity of Bridge On the River Kwai to the aridity of Lawrence Of Arabia, from the vastness and changing seasons of Dr. Zhivago to the windswept coasts of Ryan's Daughter; he puts you squarely into the atmosphere. You not only see and hear it, you feel and smell it.

I'll probably never get to Venice, but after each viewing of Summertime, it's as though I've been there.