The novel was refused publication in the USSR and had to be smuggled to Milan for publishing. The story follows an individual’s view of how Socialism slowly corrupts and destroys his world as well as the lives of those around him. The 1957 novel “Doctor Zhivago” by Boris Pasternak and its 1965 film adaption by David Lean are among the most controversial and often overlooked works of fiction in the history of literature and cinema.Ī story that relays events and situations during the Russian Revolution of 1905, the rise of Socialism and World War II into a family saga, this novel put its Pasternak’s life and Lean’s career in danger. Watching this film with a bowl of buttered popcorn would be as out of place as bringing balloons to a funeral. How does the film stack up to the novel? FLICKR | PHOTO COURTESY
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