The golden sunflower

Ezequiel 2022-03-24 09:02:12

War, revolution, love.
The tones of the film have always been dark, except for that idyllic scene. The most impressive shot for me is the bunch of golden sunflowers, which are very conspicuous against the gray background, revealing a touch of warmth in the cold, and later sunflowers also appeared in the corner of Lana's room, but not for the first time. So bright and warm.
what is that? What does that represent? Ideal, I think. It is an ideal for the future, an ideal for love, and it may represent a deeper meaning.
The moment Lana left Doctor Zhivago, the wind withered the petals, and except for one stubbornly holding its head, the others bowed their heads. Perhaps in the face of the cold wind of reality, the ideal will temporarily bow its head, but it does not seem so desperate, because there is still one, the only remaining ideal.

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Doctor Zhivago quotes

  • Lara: You know, you often look at me as if you knew me.

    Zhivago: I have seen you before. Four years ago. Christmas Eve.

    Lara: Were you there? No wonder you look at me. Did you know Viktor Komarovsky?

    Zhivago: Yes I did. That young man who took you away...

    Lara: My husband.

    Zhivago: Lot of courage. He made the rest of us look very feeble. As a matter of fact, I thought you both did. Good man to shoot at.

    Lara: I'd give anything never to have met him.

  • The Girl: I'm not your niece, Comrade General.

    Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago: Well, I'm nobody's idea of an uncle. But if this man were my father, I should want to know.