"There's no more perfect illustration of the cinematic crossroads of the mid-1960s than the year Julie Christie had in 1965. First, she starred as an amoral model in John Schlesinger's Darling, a snapshot of Swinging London that reflected the trendy, flashy, forward-thinking culture that had seduced young adults. Then she starred as an elusive Russian beauty in Doctor Zhivago, a three-hour-plus historical epic from David Lean"
"There was an appetite for both that year credit Christie's astonishing magnetism for that, at least in part but a sense that one era was crashing into another and times were about to change. Julie Christie at 85: her 20 best films ranked! It seems fitting, then, that Doctor Zhivago is about what happens when history takes a turn and a band of insurgents make a once-stable and familiar place seem completely unrecognizable."
Julie Christie played contrasting parts in 1965 that signaled a cinematic crossroads: an amoral model in Darling embodying Swinging London’s trendy, flashy culture, and an enigmatic Russian beauty in Doctor Zhivago, a sprawling historical epic by David Lean. The dual popularity of those films reflected audience appetite for both modernity and grand old-fashioned storytelling, aided by Christie’s magnetism. Doctor Zhivago won several Oscars mostly for technical achievements but drew contemporary criticism as an ossified romance detached from Russia’s harsh realities. Lean prioritized individual experience and epic scale over rigorous history, creating a romantic, terrifying depiction of people swept helplessly through revolutionary upheaval.
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