Gone with the Wind (1939)
Country: US
Technical: col 220m
Director: Sam Wood, George Cukor, Victor Fleming
Cast: Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland
Synopsis:
A Southern belle survives the Civil War dreaming of possessing the heart of the only man who never made love to her. But when he is finally free she doesn't want him.
Review:
What sounds like a personal tale of woe is in fact (more controversially) a lament for a passing age, the plantation way of life for all its slavery, and a testament to the spirit of one very selfish woman who stands for the part that lives on. The film manages to suggest these complexities in spite of its compressions, and is in its own way a testament to the ego of one man: David O. Selznick. It is also, if one dare bend the analogy still further, the epitome of Hollywood artistry, with craftsmen of every kidney giving of their best while remaining true to one vision.
Country: US
Technical: col 220m
Director: Sam Wood, George Cukor, Victor Fleming
Cast: Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland
Synopsis:
A Southern belle survives the Civil War dreaming of possessing the heart of the only man who never made love to her. But when he is finally free she doesn't want him.
Review:
What sounds like a personal tale of woe is in fact (more controversially) a lament for a passing age, the plantation way of life for all its slavery, and a testament to the spirit of one very selfish woman who stands for the part that lives on. The film manages to suggest these complexities in spite of its compressions, and is in its own way a testament to the ego of one man: David O. Selznick. It is also, if one dare bend the analogy still further, the epitome of Hollywood artistry, with craftsmen of every kidney giving of their best while remaining true to one vision.
Country: US
Technical: col 220m
Director: Sam Wood, George Cukor, Victor Fleming
Cast: Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland
Synopsis:
A Southern belle survives the Civil War dreaming of possessing the heart of the only man who never made love to her. But when he is finally free she doesn't want him.
Review:
What sounds like a personal tale of woe is in fact (more controversially) a lament for a passing age, the plantation way of life for all its slavery, and a testament to the spirit of one very selfish woman who stands for the part that lives on. The film manages to suggest these complexities in spite of its compressions, and is in its own way a testament to the ego of one man: David O. Selznick. It is also, if one dare bend the analogy still further, the epitome of Hollywood artistry, with craftsmen of every kidney giving of their best while remaining true to one vision.