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David O. Selznick wanted Gone with the Wind to be somehow more than a movie, a film that would broaden the very idea of what a film could be and do and look like. In many respects he got what h...( read more 
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MCT:December 3, 2008There was a land of Cavaliers and Cotton Fields called the Old South... Here in this pretty world Gallantry took its last bow... Here was the last ever to be seen of Knights and their Ladies Fair, of Master and of Slave... Look for it only in books, for it is no more than a dream remembered. A Civilization gone with the wind...
Rated: (G)
Directed by: George Cukor, Sam Wood, Victor Fleming
Genres: Drama, Classics
Starring: Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Leslie Howard, Butterfly McQueen
"As God is my witness, as God is my witness they're not going to lick me. I'm going to live through this and when it's all over, I'll never be hungry again. No, nor any of my folk. If I have to lie, steal, cheat or kill. As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again!"
-SCARLETT O'HARA-
THE MOVIE OUTLINE
"Scarlett is a woman who can deal with a nation at war, Atlanta burning, the Union Army carrying off everything from her beloved Tara, the carpetbaggers who arrive after the war. Scarlett is beautiful. She has vitality. But Ashley, the man she has wanted for so long, is going to marry his placid cousin, Melanie. Mammy warns Scarlett to behave herself at the party at Twelve Oaks. There is a new man there that day, the day the Civil War begins. Rhett Butler. Scarlett does not know he is in the room when she pleads with Ashley to choose her instead of Melanie. "
MY APPRAISAL
Gone With The Wind, without doubt and hesitation is the one of the best thing Hollywood had ever done of all time. It would be pointless and unworthy when a NOBODY like me, critisizing this MASTERPIECE. Gone With The Wind scored the best 3,5 hours of movie experience. I love every second in every scene since they are so beautiful to look at. The writing, score, and actings are excellent. I watched this masterpiece over and over again and it still has the power to amaze me. This is the kind of timeless movie that remains as a colossal. I'm not a classic junkie, but I'm very thankful for witnessing this kind of legend. Gone With The Wind is my pick of the best movie I've ever seen.
PICTURE THAT SIMULTANEOUSLY DEFINES 'CLASSIC' and 'HOLLYWOOD'
"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."
-RHETT BUTLER-
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MCT:May 18, 2008CLASSIC !!! Beautiful
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MCT:February 3, 2008
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MCT:January 18, 2008
The classic of classics. Perfect in every possible aspect.
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MCT:September 15, 2007
I have a bad habit of buying extraordinarily long movies and letting them sit about for months and months--first C'era Una Volta in America--which sat for nine months--now this film, which sat waiting to be watched from November of 2006 until today, September 10th, 2007. Ouch. Some wonder why I buy the films when they just sit for so long. Of course, financially it's usually the smart approach, since I grab them when prices on them are low, even if they do sit, for if the price is not around at the time I want to see them, well, I'm rather out of luck, aren't I?
Anyway, on to the film itself.
I found myself thinking many times of Giant as I watched this film--seeing generations fall and grow, seeing a family with money gain and lose it, seeing the child of this family, even seeing, specifically, the child of this family placed on a pony by a proud father--though the outcomes are certainly different in many ways, of the film as a whole, and of the families as well. It was probably at least two and a half hours before I finally got tired of being annoyed by the anti-northern and pro-southern sentiments--as many know, despite my location for the last nine years, I resolutely place myself a non-southerner--most of which I was able to logically explain away as the natural sentiments of characters in the south (this also covering the irritating use of the epithet "darkie") but this didn't really cover the onscreen "narration" referring to Sherman as "THE GREAT INVADER" (OK, only "The Great Invader," but it may as well have been all caps) and so on and so forth. I'm not going to say that razing thousands of homes and miles of land was an admirable act, but it's not as if they were purely inherently innocent folk being pillaged. Humans, the lot of them. One person perhaps more reprehensible than another, but with no real regard for which side they came from, their nature as a person is the factor there. And of course, I bore no major sympathy for the former plantation owners complaining that they no longer had an easy life supplemented by the work of slaves. Certainly, it would be crippling to anyone to lose a way of life, and we all have some kind of unfair advantages and anyone reading this most certainly has something up on a majority of the population, but it's a bit further when we come to characters like these. Which is where my interest really lay; the events happened and, beyond perhaps the burning of Atlanta, were no more than that; events which happened.
With my political bent taken care of, I could comment on the beautifully achieved cinematography--which I use in its correct meaning as the lighting, rather than camera work--or on the acting skill demonstrated (though I'm likely to touch on that), but I found myself most enraptured by the characters, to whom these events happened.
For the first, oh, three hours probably, I had very little sympathy for Scarlett, I could appreciate the unrequited love, though not her approach to it in some ways, and certainly was not terribly big on her manipulation of everyone around her, the way she toyed with every man she came across, and the way she whined and whined and ignored the needs of every living or dying soul around her until she had no other choice but to make something of herself and for herself. I can't claim to be without complaint from the aforementioned position of relative comfort I possess, but this was leagues beyond the complaints of most people I have experienced, including my own. Truly, "spoilt" was the only word for this woman. I would, somewhat naïvely, continue to hope that she would finally see some light and do something for someone else, but alas, it continued as such for the majority of the film. Despite, or perhaps because of this, especially because by the end I somehow managed to hope for her life anyway, I must applaud the acting talents of Viven Leigh in this role, she performed it quite excellently; for all of the despicable qualities of Scarlett, she made her seem human enough that one could only hate her as much as one can hate any person whose goals are clear, and the reason for them the same.
The easy counterpoint to Scarlett was naturally Olivia de Havilland as Melanie Hamilton. Oh dear. What a tragic soul. The kind of person that exemplifies that qualities that supposedly define a certain religion we all know. While I'm not ashamed to admit that, on occasion, I do indeed hope for retribution for injustices in film, here I was even more pleased to see the unbelievably selfless Melanie tirelessly defend the egocentric, selfish Scarlett, and even when faced with an undeniable truth--to still turn the other cheek. Nothing was made of this as a religious quality, for which I admit to being glad--it was just the nature of Melanie as a person, a quality I admit that I aspire to possess myself, and one that I think should be aimed for by all. Olivia made her easily seem truthful in this seeming naïveté, never seeming outright stupid or ignorant; instead, she always seemed to be truly hoping, looking for, and seeing the best in everyone around her.
The character that I was most drawn to was by far Rhett Butler though. Certainly, much like Scarlett, he is, in effect, legendary at this point--if, for nothing else, at least his final line of dialogue. He is the same as Scarlett in some fashion, yet he is much more bold and upfront about it. He admits freely that he is a scoundrel, that his only interest is in himself, that he knows that this is his nature and that he feels no shame for it, but does not use it to destroy the lives of others, within the reasonable boundaries of any human psyche. He tries again and again to win Scarlett over, brilliantly humbled do we see Clark Gable as he realizes his actual love for this selfish woman, and does whatever he can to try to make her happy, without necessarily attempting to fix those qualities in her he recognizes as his own flaws and failings. Yet, even in that humbling, he maintains himself. He is not careless, he does recognize the quality of Melanie easily, and cares much for the people around him, even as he remains wonderfully witty, sarcastic and biting in his roguish sort of way.
The final mention I must make is of Hattie McDaniel, who plays Mammy, one of the servants (read: slaves) who serves in the O'Hara household. I noted in the special features that she was apparently criticized for taking on a subservient, stereotypical role in the black community at the time, and so I took her performance (as well as that of the other 'servants') with that grain of knowledge; that indeed, despite the honour she recieved--Best Supporting Actress Oscar--there is something to be said for the role she played. However, as with the irritable language and attitudes, one cannot expect a period piece to carry a character that bears no resemblance to the understanding of such a person as written by someone who holds, at the least, the romanticized view of the Old South. As such, McDaniel most certainly earned her Oscar. An excellent performance that perfectly fit the role she was cast in; she held her own against even Scarlett's petulant childishness, and was one of the few people of whom Rhett claimed he desired the respect. She never distracted from actors whose dialogue currently took importance over her character's, but always stepped up with great presence and charisma as soon as it was her role that held the spotlight.
As before, a four hour movie that did not drag, and one I am glad to have seen--though this one, I feel, more carried its weight in time, but accurately so, considering the period of time it covered. I do, indeed, recommend it easily.
Comments
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hawkssensposted 112 days ago -
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posted 129 days ago -
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i watched this movie for the first time yesterday, and i must say i think it was very odd. the film work is good, the acting adequate and the script was written appropriately for the time... but although the film itself was excellently made, the storyline frustrated me dearly. such a fickle piece of work was scarlet, twas disgusting how she kept throwning herself at ashleys feet even when he shot her down, then the silly girl cries and screams 'i hate you and i hope you die' which she retracts five minutes later. Also i hate how she married the two men she didnt love, she married thm for convenience and money! i found it infuriating! then finally when all she has cared for is gone and her third husband (who adores her) is walking out the door, she finally realises she doesnt love ashley at all... she actually loves her husband but didnt realise it. then when it has been realised its to late! Scarlet was stupid and blind! i wouldnt watch it again, but i would recommend it to friends
posted 350 days ago -
The most i like fil m is 'gone with the wind'
i am crazy to watch the film
movies are as look as our factual life.posted 402 days ago -
WELL THIS IS AMAZING MOVIE OF LOVE,WAR IS E MIX I LOVE IT AND I ALWAYS DO. SCARLET IS AND AMZING CARACTER CHE NEVER GIVE UP THAD IS E REAL WOMAN. I THING HAVE MOCH TO BE WITH ME. LOL
posted 409 days ago -
amoooooooo super adoro esta pelicula es de mis favoritas la vi por tcm y no la an vuelto a pasar esta hermosa no pierdan la oportunidad si la pueden ver neta k antes de morir la dven de ver porke es una super movie.
posted 432 days ago -
I have to say it : "GONE WITH THE WIND " is my altime favourite "Classic" I have seen it over & over again.Now i need to sit down and read the book; cause i was reading on here @ Flixster :that the book is so much better..
Does anyone now how i could make a skin for my page on here :??? :of "GONE WITH THE WIND"
Thanks I'd really appreciate this help.posted 458 days ago -
I love this movie.I watch this since I was a little girl and I'm 33 now. Every time it comes on tv I watch it I also have a old book showing how that made the movie and casting and also clothing designs. I have this movie in VHS and DVD. I also have the movie Scarlett. That is also good but the Gone With The Wind is all time favorite.
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