1) Relate
what was discussed in class or the text to the screening.
Gone With the Wine is currently ranked at number 4 of AFI's best movies of all time. By most it is considered one of the best. Part of what we learned in class is the film's impact on blacks in cinema. Hattie McDaniel took the award for best supporting actress, which was a big step for African Americans in not just cinema but society itself. Many of the black actors and actresses were prevented from attending the academy awards because of Georgia's Jim Crow laws. Clark Gable even threatened to boycott if the actresses weren't allowed to go. It's always great when a film is popular enough to have an impact on society and it makes me respect the film much more.
2) Find a related article and
summarize the content.
The article talks about how fans of Gone With the Wind raised money to preserve original costumes from the film. The more than 600 people were from 44 different states and 33 different countries and they managed to raise $30,000. The costumes were all worn by actress Vivian Leigh and are currently displayed at the Ransom Center in Austin Texas. The money raised will allow the center to restore the costumes and put them in a protective casing. They will be displayed in 2014.
http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2010/08/31/gone_with_the_wind_fans_save_costumes_
3) Apply the article to the film
screened in class.
The costumes in Gone With the Wind were very intricate costumes. They all had a lot of detail and obviously had a lot of time put in to them. There were scenes that revolved around the clothing that Scarlet wore such as the clothes Red bought her and the clothes she made out of the drapes. It was very important to make the clothes just right for the scene. It is very evident that many people love her outfits. So much to the point that they raised $30,000. The film has to mean something if that happened.
4) Write a critical analysis of the
film, including your personal opinion, formed as a result of
the screening, class discussions, text material and the article.
After many years I finally got around to seeing Gone With the Wind. For the longest time I avoided it because I couldn't find the time nor did I have much interest in it. Watching a nearly 4 hour romantic film wasn't very appealing to me. After watching however I was not very impressed. It had all of the aspects that bug me about older film; the overly theatrical acting, the gooey love story, the excessive amount of praise it gets. There were parts that I did not expect however. The large portion of pain and struggling during the civil war was surprisingly dark for the time especially since they had to get special permission to use the word "damn" in the film. Another thing I was very impressed with was the cinematography. It won the academy award for that category and it is very easy to see why. Aside from fantastic camera work the film did not hold much weight for me. It didn't let me down because my hopes weren't too high for it, in fact it impressed me a little bit. Unfortunately I did not see the hype the film received. I can see it in other older films like Sunset Boulevard and any Hitchcock film, but I was unimpressed with Gone With the Wind.
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7) (Yes) I did not so over-use direct quotations that the paper lacks interpretation or originality.
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Name: Geoffrey Perez_____________________________ Date: 2/12/13_______________________
