Genre: personal drama
With: Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Olivia de Havilland, Leslie Howard
Director: Victor Fleming
Release: 1939
Studio: Selznick International - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Rating: G
MBiS score: 9.2/10
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Story-line: no matter how bad the Civil War gets, Scarlett O’Hara and Rhett Butler are always running into each other.
Pluses: a grandiose epic highlighting the best (and worst) of human emotions, mythical characters that haunt Hollywood to this day, a vibrant story and sparkling dialogues (like that priceless moment when Rhett holds Scarlett in his manly arms and says “What you need is to be kissed, to be kissed often and by someone who knows how”).
Minuses: none whatsoever.
Comments: a joy to watch (once, twice, at will). Notice how Rhett loves to needle Scarlett in the first half, how he laughs at her when she goofs off. I read somewhere that, at any given hour of the day or night, there is always at least one TV station on Earth broadcasting this timeless classic. Now this is what I call longevity.
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