'LAWRENCE OF ARABIA' starting now on TCM

[Placebo]

You know you love it. :)

C'est un classique!

[elperromagico]

1. One of my favorite films, in fact.

I've seen it so often, I know it backwards and forwards...

[Longgrain]

2. Speaking of David Lean films...

what do y'all think of Dr. Zhivago.

[elperromagico]

3. A great film. Not Lean's best, but a great film.

[Longgrain]

5. I know...I just have an emotional connection to it...

As I suspect a lot of fan of the film do...Something that just sings to my own experiences, I guess.

[Radical Activist]

4. One of my three favorite movies of all time

I love it.

[fairfaxvadem]

6. I'm so torn!!

So I'm switching between LofA and Cry Freedom, which I haven't seen in years.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

7. I always tell those who think Iraq

is a worthy cause to watch this movie. It gives you an idea of the internal political climate.......

[elperromagico]

8. You're quite right.

The whole problem with "nation-building" in the Middle East is that you are dealing with groups of people who - now and in Lawrence's time - have very little in common.

The British dealt with it by simply drawing countries wherever they saw fit. You can see what good that has accomplished...

[Placebo]

9. I have a question for people who've seen the film:

Do you think the two boys who become Lawrence's servants are related somehow, like brothers, or are they lovers? They seem exceptionally close.