“People Will Do Anything”—Dr. Zhivago and the Human Condition Carlo Ponti’s epic classic Dr. Zhivago premiered in the United States sixty years ago this month. For many, it is a love story about a doctor-poet and “his” Lara. It’s more: it’s a study of the soul of man. From the very beginning, the film warns that human life is not neat or sentimental. In medical school…
