Actors: Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable
Director: Victor Fleming
Gone With The Wind should probably be longer. It's the rare film that despite its length, it feels like there isn't a wasted scene. Still, some events come across as melodramatic, a pitfall that it's difficult to avoid when adapting from a novel.
The performances are absolutely top-notch - I think they are actually aided by the often cheesy and outdated backdrops the film resorts to using. As in a play, we are forced to focus more on the characters. Vivien Leigh's Scarlett O'Hara is perfectly realized; Clark Gable's swaggering Rhett Butler a classic film performance.
A special f-you to the Simpsons for ruining the end of this film for me, though. I suppose that any time I watch a legitimate classic film I will run into this problem - someone has already polluted my brain with satire, parody, or reference.
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I'm glad you think this movie is quality. I grew up with it as a sort of a cultural backdrop and always really enjoyed the acting and writing. Unfortunately, as I have gotten older, I've come to see Gone With the Wind as a symbol for much of what was wrong with the Old South and is still wrong with the "New" South. Its good to be reminded that, cultural meaning aside, this film stands up as something with cinematic merit.
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