"Gone With the Wind" presents a sentimental view of the Civil War, in which the "Old South" takes the place of Camelot and the war was fought not so much to defeat the Confederacy and free the slaves as to give Miss Scarlett O'Hara her comeuppance. But we've known that for years; the tainted nostalgia. I though it must be a dull movie as it is very old and Before I ever saw Gone With the Wind, I was well acquainted with Max Steiner's theme.
Movie erroneously suggests that the genteel, slavery-centric, plantation-owning way of life that is "gone with the wind" is worth romanticizing. Gone with the Wind movie reviews & Metacritic score: A Southern belle struggles with the devastation of the Civil War and Reconstruction. No one watches Gone with the Wind for historical accuracy.
What keeps us coming back is four-hours of epic romance in gorgeous Technicolor. A movie review by James Berardinelli. The movie is divided by an intermission into a pair of roughly-equal segments. The film was produced by David O. Selznick of Selznick International Pictures and. Gone with the Wind is a historical film in every sense of the word.
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Read the Empire Movie review of Gone With The Wind. Well, even if it is essentially four hours about a selfish, silly cow, it's impeccably well made Though monumental enough to be beyond criticism, most of Gone With The Wind's truly great scenes come during the first half - substantially directed by. Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in Gone With the Wind.
The mother of all event movies returns to the big screen in a glittering new digitally restored print: the story of kittenish belle Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh), a pampered princess of the old south, her love for the. In fact, "Gone With the Wind" is no stranger to controversy. The protagonist is Scarlett O'Hara (Viven Leigh), headstrong daughter. It's not about the Civil War, it just so happens that the Civil War is a major inconvenienc.