That David Lean knows how to make a 3 hour and 20 minute film move along at a rapid clip. That said, I found the politics a bit confusing (and am not now inspired to learn more) and I do have to wonder why we should like the Omar Sharif character when his women are much more generous and faithful than he is.

First try was making me snooze a bit, I’ll try one more time before it’s back to the library with this…

EDIT: It’s August 20th now and I’m gonna give this another go…