I came home from work this afternoon feeling pretty good. My dad and I needed some things from the grocery store so I took him shopping. When I got home from shopping I saw that Dr. Zhivago was going to be on Turner Classic Movies.
I still remember going to see Dr. Zhivago when it first came out in 1965. It had a tremendous impact on me. It’s always been one of my favorite movies, probably my all-time favorite drama. I can’t count how many times I’ve seen this movie since.
This movie effects me in so many ways I don’t even know where to begin. It always brings tears to my eyes. Let’s just say I can identify with having an undying love for someone that you can’t be with.
I managed to make it through all 197 minutes of the movie, only nodding off briefly a couple times. It’s kind of odd that I don’t have a copy of this movie in my collection. I guess it’s so ingrained into me that I don’t need one.
4 comments
Comments feed for this article
Trackback link
http://www.barefootpete.com/footprints/2006/02/10/dr-zhivago/trackback/
2/11/2006 at 2:02 pm
Mike
I can’t tell how much I love that movie, Pete.
Great choice of films to carry in your memory. Heartbreak. Tear-jerker. Outstanding film for hopeless romantics like you and me with memories of love lost indelibly burned in our memories. Melancholy.
2/12/2006 at 4:40 pm
gordo
Brilliant imagery, but call me crazy, I had reservations even in the 60s, of a movie glorifying adultery…
2/18/2006 at 5:23 pm
alice
WOW TALK ABOUT A GOOD MOVIE. MAKES ME WANT TO GO OUT A BUY IT!!!!!!
7/25/2006 at 2:13 pm
alice
I just saw the movie “Must Love Dogs” and in the movie the guys watch “Dr. Zhivago” a couple times then a couple go to the movie and see “Dr. Zhivago”.