Gone with the Wind (1939)

Gone with the Wind
Directed by Victor Fleming
Written by Sidney Howard from the novel by Margaret Mitchell
1939/USA
Selznick International Pictures in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental
#133 of 1001 Films You Must See Before You Die

[box] Scarlett: I can’t think about that right now. If I do, I’ll go crazy. I’ll think about that tomorrow.[/box]

The best films are timeless – like this romantic melodrama about various sorts of unrequited love.  I can’t think of a thing that could be changed without hurting the movie. Perfect cast, perfect production, perfect music, etc., etc.   Amazing that all this came out of such a fraught production history and so much micro-management.

Gone with the Wind won an unprecedented eight Academy Awards:  Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (Vivien Leigh), Best Supporting Actress (Hattie McDaniel), Best Screenplay, Best Color Cinematography, Best Art Direction and Best Film Editing. William Cameron Menzies won an Honorary Oscar for “outstanding achievement in the use of color for the enhancement of dramatic mood”  and R.D. Musgrave won a Technical Achievement Award for “pioneering in the use of coordinated equipment.” The film was also nominated in the categories of Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress (Olivia de Havilland), Best Sound Recording, Best Special Effects, and Best Original Score.

Clip – Scarlett makes her way through the wounded after the Battle of Atlanta