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S3E6 - Doctor Zhivago (1965)
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S3 E6: Doctor Zhivago
Anna attempts to remember a book she read last summer; Rachel laments film adaptations again; Frank offers some ideas for propaganda; we all agree that this 1965 anti-Soviet film is a disappointment, but we still find things we can learn from it.
Doctor Zhivago. Dir. David Lean. Writ. Robert Bolt. Perf. Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Alec Guinness, Rod Steiger, Tom Cortenay, Geraldine Chaplin, Rita Tushingham, Klaus Kinski. MGM, 1965.
Pasternak, Boris. Doctor Zhivago. Pantheon, 1958.
The Pointless Crew: Anna Wendorff (she/her/hers) – Communications, Rhetorics of Sci & Tech, Feminism // Frank Fucile (he/him/his) – Lit & Theory, Film & Media, Genre, Enviro & Tech Studies // Rachel Hamele (she/her/hers) – History, Humanities, Queer Studies, Fandoms // Madalyn McCabe (she/her/hers) – Co-Producer, European Studies
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ART: Still from Doctor Zhivago (MGM, 1965)
15 episodes
Manage episode 303707268 series 2712246
Episode Notes
S3 E6: Doctor Zhivago
Anna attempts to remember a book she read last summer; Rachel laments film adaptations again; Frank offers some ideas for propaganda; we all agree that this 1965 anti-Soviet film is a disappointment, but we still find things we can learn from it.
Doctor Zhivago. Dir. David Lean. Writ. Robert Bolt. Perf. Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Alec Guinness, Rod Steiger, Tom Cortenay, Geraldine Chaplin, Rita Tushingham, Klaus Kinski. MGM, 1965.
Pasternak, Boris. Doctor Zhivago. Pantheon, 1958.
The Pointless Crew: Anna Wendorff (she/her/hers) – Communications, Rhetorics of Sci & Tech, Feminism // Frank Fucile (he/him/his) – Lit & Theory, Film & Media, Genre, Enviro & Tech Studies // Rachel Hamele (she/her/hers) – History, Humanities, Queer Studies, Fandoms // Madalyn McCabe (she/her/hers) – Co-Producer, European Studies
// Troll us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PointlessCent // T-shirts are now available: http://www.teepublic.com/user/the-pointless-century // Watch us on Instagram: @thePointlessCentury // Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ThePointlessCentury
ART: Still from Doctor Zhivago (MGM, 1965)
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