![]() A plot involving two unlikeable characters, who eventually, reach a certain amount of maturity, that they earn some respect from the audience, doesn't deter from the overall quality of the film, because it is such a unique character study, while chaos is happening all around them. These are the reasons, that make this film so good. Rhett isn't really a very likeable character either and watching these two unlikeable characters square off, through various parts of this film, is something to see. Everyone who comes into her circle feels her wrath, even Rhett. And, the film needs to be about Scarlett in order to be successful, because it is her spoiled, selfish, smug demeanor that energizes the whole film. ![]() Of course, most of us remember the picture on the movie posters of Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh) and Rhett Butler (Clark Gable), locked in that emotional, romantic embrace, plus it's on the cover of every DVD and Blu-Ray out there these days, but the film is really about Scarlett and all the other characters come into her circle. It is a fictitious story utilizing events from the real world. It boils down to a story about the life of woman, a daughter of a rich cotton plantation owner in 1860s, Georgia, who's life interweaves with the real life events of the American Civil War and the recovery and reconstruction years. I'm sure everyone knows the basic premise of the film. Head cinematographer, Ernest Haller's camera, captures images, not seen before on film and blazes colors across the screen, in Gone With the Wind (1939). Technicolor always was a good film stock, rich with colors, that pop on the screen. Technicolor had been utilized for, about, five years to this point and it was perfectly utilized in this film too. The first two hurtles, being sound and color film, had been implemented into the technical side of the filmmaking process, to this point in film history. Everyone was competing for perfection in the film industry. The Wizard of Oz (1939), Stagecoach (1939), Son of Frankenstein (1939), Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) and this little film, are just some of the titles on that list. Lots and lots of entertainment for a pre-WW2 audience. It was a very, busy year, with huge titles from the golden age. You should look up the list of films released in 1939. Large-scale, majestic epics were front and center that year. ![]() The year 1939 was a busy year for the Hollywood industry.
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