April 07, 2005
More Google Fun
Someone got to us on the search "Omar Sheriff as Dr. Zhivago."
Maybe it's the big acili kofte dinner I had last night fouling my synapses, but I had a sudden flash of John Wayne as the good Doctor saying to the Bolshies who had commandeered his house in the name of the People, "I am 'the People' too, Pilgrim!"
BTW, Dr. Zhivago holds a special place in the darker recesses of my mind because of "Lara's Theme". There are few things that have me scrabbling for the scissors with which to rupture my own eardrums faster than having to hear this music over and over and over again.
Posted by Robert at April 7, 2005 10:55 AMIt is a bad habit that David Lean got into in all his films; Zhivago, Lawrence, and Bridge on the River Kwai all suffer from Theme Overkill.
He is still in my pantheon of greats; I find it hard to name a director who could put together a similar list of three pictures of such quality and intelligence.
But I'm with you on Lara . . . it kills me ti hear it, too.
Posted by: The Colossus at April 7, 2005 11:59 AMThe funny thing is that it doesn't bother me at all with Lawrence, or at least not much.
Posted by: Robert the LB at April 7, 2005 12:06 PMMust needs watch Lawrence of Arabia.
Posted by: jen at April 7, 2005 12:26 PM
