Love goes beyond time

I am a helplessly romantic person and this movie is my all-time favorite. This is a love story happened through almost the whole Russian revolution history. And in the end, love goes beyond the time. The original novel won Nobel Prize for literature.

It has a master director, super-skilled cinematography, excellent actor and actress, graceful music, and one of the best-written story lines. In some way, David Lean became the doctor himself. For he had a poetic soul just like the doctor, and every scene in this movie is a poem. Even the scenes about war and wartime hospital, they are simple, yet very effective, and take people's mind well beyond the scene.

Just a mention of some of the most unforgettable moments for me in the movie:

The ice-formation on windows or outside the train, they are so creative, so peaceful, and fresh.

A dusty desk under candle light being wiped clean and shiny, and the doctor sitting by to listen to his internal calling for love. Along with the music, I feel anybody who is in love is a poet.

The wild field of flowers, the scene of changing seasons, the sunlight penetrating lines of trees, and the ice/snow covered field with one line of people moving, etc. Lean is a master of combining music with scenic views, and at that time, they are better than thousand words spoken.

The scene in war time hospital when Zhivago talking with Lora, and the afterwards silent falling of sunflower from the vase, you don't hear love but you feel it all over.

The last scene when the water falls from the dam and a rainbow formed crossing it, along with the main theme music, love is timeless.

This is a movie you can watch it over and over again. And its attraction never die.