Individual and collective, politics, war and happiness

Beulah 2022-03-21 09:02:10

After watching this masterpiece for 3 hours and 20 minutes on the high-speed rail, its strong epic sense and the turbulence of personal fate remind people of "The Last Emperor". Although it was shot by an American, the whole process is in English, but it is full of Russian flavor. I haven't read the original book, but I don't think it will deviate too much from the original book.

Beginning with the nobility and revolutionaries before the October Revolution and ending after the founding of the Soviet Union, the fate and choice of individuals, the goodwill and meaning of life of human nature are interwoven and integrated with the historical turning points of the country. In addition to this "epic feeling", the film also seems to ask the audience these questions: what is the relationship between individual happiness and freedom and the cause of collectivism? What is the point of collective enterprise if individual happiness is not protected?

Love, family affection, and friendship have been chosen by characters under different circumstances of the big era, and have undergone changes; under the cruel politics and war, should literature be able to express its heart freely? In the era of peace and prosperity, how far is the cruel politics and war from us?

As a music fan, I have to say that the balalaika throughout the film is really nice. Also, the Rachmaninoff Prelude in G minor that appeared in the front of the film is very surprising, but this seems to be the director's intentional choice, because Rach himself is the same group of classical Russia that declined with the Soviet revolution. One of the people who "defected" Russia because of the October Revolution.

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Extended Reading
  • Demetris 2022-03-27 09:01:09

    8/10. After the intermission, the black screen lasted for a minute, and when the whistle blew out of the hole, it suddenly became bright. The train went forward carrying the revolution that wiped out all meaning of life, but love happened quietly, just like Zhivago and Lana after breaking up and returning to the house, the prospect faded. The chrysanthemums, like a little candlelight from a cold frosty window, illuminate the poet's heart. The wild flowers and silver-covered beauty embody the fascination and harshness of Russian life. David Lean's visual language demonstrates his ability to control narrative: Parcy's revolutionary leaflets were just confiscated by the police, and he immediately took out a stack from his pocket and distributed it to the surrounding workers, showing his fearless spirit of rebellion; Lana and Zhiva After the dance, Ge threw directly to the scene of the two eating, and the singing of the parade was heard outside. Lana's boyfriend Passy was in the parade, and the atmosphere was tense, paving the way for the follow-up development of the relationship between the characters; Passy was hit by a cannonball while charging, only through a drop. The glasses that fell, implicitly explained that his thoughts began to turn cold. After the mother's burial, the wind whistling in the woods, the moonlight outside the hole in the stuffy tanker, the bad news of the wife's imprisonment accompanied by the falling of the grand piano, and the illegitimate daughter at the end to switch between the dam and the rainbow.

  • Freda 2022-03-28 09:01:04

    War can take everything.

Doctor Zhivago quotes

  • Anna: But, Boris, this is genius.

    Medical Professor: Really? I thought it was Rachmaninoff. I'm going for a smoke.

  • Komarovski: [to Lara] And don't delude yourself that this was rape! That would flatter us both!