GONE  WITH THE WIND

According to some, this is one of the best movies ever made, if not the best. And after watching it again I can understand why. For one, it held the record for winning the most Oscars (at 10) for twenty years before it was surpassed by Ben-Hur in 1959 with its eleven. I remember that towards the end of the last century there was some or the other international survey to determine the greatest movie ever made and in the end it was a toss-up between Citizen Kane and Gone With The Wind.

In one of the editions of his Movie Guide, Leonard Maltin refers to Gone With The Wind as: "...in effect, a Civil War soap opera" and, in a sense, I suppose he is right. The story of Scarlett, Rett, Ashley and Melanie with all its love intrigue, knots and twists set against the background of some epic circumstance forms the basis of many a day time television drama we see today. And no matter what, this theme never seems to lose its fascination for us mere ordinary folks, regardless of where, what or who we are.

Although it is true that since this 1939 film version of Margaret Mitchell's beloved novel, we saw many more great movies come and go, most of which were much more technically advanced and with much more spectacular special effects or even superior acting. But isn't it strange that from all the (what is today regarded as) great classics, this is the only one of which there was (to date) no serious attempt at a remake? Was it maybe because it was so perfectly executed the first time round and its never a good idea to mess around with perfection? My answer: to quote what must be one of the most famous lines of any movie ever "Frankly, my dear. I don't give a damn." I gave it four out of five stars anyway...  

Trailer link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dTsfsr6-X8 

   "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" - Clark Gable as Rett Butler