a huge film!

Rating: 10/10 (6 November 2010)

Excessive film, especially for this period ... The film that best represents the wild ambition of David O. Selznick, who offers us certainly the most beautiful pearl of the studio Selznick (King Kong, Rebecca,...) A colossal task and, despite a complicated development of the project and an organization not always rigorously (David O. Selznick), a great result on the screen.
The restored version is gorgeous. One of the most beautiful restorations I had ever seen.
A large mural on historical background of civilization off, featuring a heroine, or rather an anti-heroine, the unbearable pest Scarlett with a foolproof force that mature face of tragic events. Vivien Leigh, who live passionately Scarlett during preparation and filming, and certainly with the success long after ... I take comfort in that feeling "Scarlett fascinated me (...), he would have had a good old spanking and I was delighted to give her this spanking. Pretentious and arrogant spoiled child (...) But she also knew how to show courage and determination ..." Legendary figures, such as pure and delicious Melanie, played by Olivia De Havilland, through the almost extinct and anxious Ashley (Leslie Howard, like the feeling of the emerging World War II) Mammy, played by Hattie Mac Daniel won the first Oscar given to an artist of color, without forgetting the famous Rhett Butler Clark Gable.
And even though today, for those who do not know, there may be some reluctance to watch it, because a large mural of classic movie attracts no more naturally today. But this film crosses generations, perhaps because it's just the story of characters with universal themes, which, live, love and try to survive this civilization gone with the wind.
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