Gone With the Wind

1.    Gone With the Wind is one of the most incredible films of all time.  This film is the highest grossing box office film. Director Victor Fleming released this motion picture in 1939, during American’s greatest period of movie making. This phenomenal beloved film was based on a famous well-known novel written by Margaret Mitchell.  The novel nearly took over a decade to complete. In fact, once the film was released there was a high demand for a sequel, requested by viewers. Unfortunately there was no following sequel for Gone With the Wind.  Gone With the Wind established the record of winning the most Academy Awards in 1962. The film ‘s greatest achievements were the award given to Hattie McDaniel, for the best supporting actress. McDaniel was the first African American actress to win an Oscar.

2.    An article written in 1988, described Gone With the Wind as a spectacular melodramatic film that was based during the civil war time period. The film illustrated the significant social issues during to war era.  The article used example from the film to better explain how the characters and historical scenes provided important social events. The film also had a unique way of embodying the South’s indefatigable spirit. The article provided specific scenes, which were used to represent the civil war period.

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3.    The article relates to the film by first honoring the film for it’s spectacular work, but also mention how the time period of this film truly impact it great creditability as well. In class we learned how impressively popular Gone with the Wind was during this partial era. The article described how the film used significant storylines to represent what actually took place in history. For example the film begins by showing a plantation owned by the beautiful Scarlett, which Vivien Legin plays. Scarlett also had an African American maid, which was common during this era.  African Americans were typically servants and/or slaves ad were not well recognized as actors/actress. The character Ashley Wilkes also represented important historical segment in the film, as he played the role of a solider that returns home after fighting for the war.

4.  Gone With the Wind, blow my mind. I was immediately fascinated by the film’s story line.  Moments of the film actually surprised me because I would have never accepted an earlier film to capture so many excellent and interesting moments.  I love the lighting and the vibrant colors of all the shoots.  Also the content of every shoot and its strong impact to my emotions, that led me to cry in some point of time. For example when Scarlett’s daughter was riding her horse and pasted away for a terrible fall.