GONE WITH THE WIND

Gone with the wind is an American film from 1939. It was directed by Victor Fleming and produced by David O. Selznick. It is based on the book from Margaret Mitchell, which won a Pulitzer Award in 1936. It is set in the American State of Georgia just before, during and after the U.S. Civil War. The film received 10 Academy Awards.

It stars Vivian Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara, and Clark Gable, who plays the part of her third husband, Rhett Butler. The film tells the story of a whimsical and manipulative woman (Scarlett) and a roguish man (Rhett) who have a turbulent love affair. She loves another man, Ashley but Ashley loves Scarlet´s cousin, Melanie. Scarlett is the most beatiful girl in the area and she marries twice. First, because she is jealous of her cousin and when her first husband dies during the war she marries her sister´s beau to ensure she will never be poor and hungry again. After becoming a widow for the second time, she finally marries the dashing Rhett Butler but she is also in love with Ashley.

My favourite scene is the final one when she asked what will happen to her if he leaves for good and Rhett replies “Frankly, my dear, I don´t give a damn” and leaves the house into the fog. Then Scarlett remembers the other great love of her life, her homestead of Tara and she decides to return to Tara to make a new start, and to try to get Rhett back, eventually she thinks “Tomorrow is another day”. In the final shot, we see Scarlett in Tara with a reddish sunset behind her while playing the unforgettable soundtrack.

I recommend this film, which is considered one of the best films, because it tells a big love story and at the same time it speaks about universal topics like pride, ambition, poverty, war, hungry, heroism, courage, envy, jealousy, slavery, etc; the best and the worst of the Human Condition.