‘Eliso’ (1928), ‘Cruising’ (1980), and an update on RGFC 100 project

Films:
Eliso (ელისო) 1928, dir. Nikoloz Shengelaia
-Viewed Mon 9/26 at Harvard Film Archive, 35mm, live musical accompaniment by Robert Humphreville
Cruising 1980, dir. William Friedkin
-Viewed Tue 9/27 at Somerville Theatre, 35mm

With over a year since the last post, I think it’s time to correct this blog’s identity crisis.

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‘Doctor Zhivago’ Book vs. Movie

Imagine being the one responsible for going through Boris Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago and mapping it out chronologically. I do not envy that person’s job.

Originally ran on The Jensonian.


THE FILM
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Directed by David Lean, screenplay by Robert Bolt
Omar Sharif as Dr. Yuri Andreyevich Zhivago | Julie Christie as Lara Antipova | Geraldine Chaplin as Tonya Gromeko | Rod Steiger as Victor Ippolitovich Komarovsky | Alec Guinness as Yevgraf Andreyevich Zhivago | Tom Courtenay as Pavel Antipov / Strelnikov | Klaus Kinski as Hey That’s Klaus Kinski

THE BOOK
Doctor Zhivago (1957)
Written by Boris Pasternak

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