Gone with the Wind 80th Anniversary
Celebrate the 80th Anniversary of one of the most celebrated motion pictures of all-time, Gone with the Wind! Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Olivia de Havilland and Hattie McDaniel star in this classic epic of the American South during the Civil War.
Locations @ Fathom Events
Spoiler: The Good Guys lose the war.
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DeleteThe South and the music died on the same date. Mr. Lincoln was responsible for the destruction of only one.
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ReplyDelete! I remember seeing this as a child with my Mother in Richmond, Virginia and all the girls present were sobbing throughout the film.
DeletePfffht! I never watched it the first time. I am not that old. I have never seen this movie. I have seen short clips "Frankly my dear..." And frankly I probably never will. But WOW, 80 years ago? I remember the Clint Eastwood Movie, Where Eagles Dare, and In Like Flint, also Matt something with Dean Martin. I just can't GWTW. Thanks Brock!
ReplyDeleteDamn, a Yankee, I thought we killed them all....! :)
DeleteThe film is a fail on many levels, historic among them, but a win in some spots. It's a movie, not a documentary so take it for what it is and enjoy.
ReplyDeleteThere is an undercurrent lesson in the movie, though, that is never spoken of: Rhett is jerked around like a puppet by the sociopath Scarlett and ruins his life trying to please her. His actions may seem to reflect Southern honor on some surface level but a man in control of himself (that is to say "not a beta" in the vernacular of today) never allows his character to be polluted and never puts himself inferior to the wishes of a women. His conversion, like Saul-to-Paul, comes late in his development and during a time of crisis. So there's that.
Cheers y'all.
My (late) Mother's favorite movie and arguably the greatest movie ever made. It's hard to equate movies made eighty years ago to those made today as many who originally watched GWTW paid ten cents admission, but it was an incredible accomplishment. GWTW is often judged harshly because acceptable norms today are different than in 1939.
ReplyDeleteIt is loved world wide and the last time I was at the TSN airport in Vietnam it was for sale in the Vietnamese language. They probably equate GWTW with their beloved Thuy Kieu. http://www.namsouth.com/viewtopic.php?t=25&highlight=thuy+kieu
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