Doctor Zhivago

I don't intend to say anything new about this movie. If you have never seen it, I strongly suggest you give it a thorough viewing. If you have not seen this movie in a while, please share it again with someone who has not.

What can you get from Zhivago? A little history. A little drama. A lot of romance, and a 45-year-old lesson is how to make great movies. Best Art Direction. Best Cinematography. Best Costumes. Best Writing. Best Music. Not enough? You also get to see young Alec Guiness before he became Obi-Wan. You will also see Rod Steiger as a rotten bureaucrat. Both have passed now, and the film world is a lesser place as a result.

Omar Sharif plays the title role - brilliantly. Julie Christie and Geraldine Chaplin play his love interests which take him across Russia at a time when doing so was dangerous and difficult. These talents are all still with us and still working. Amazing.

Watch this with someone who loves poetry - in words, in notes, and in pictures.