Exceptionally well crafted and laden with characters so fleshed out I half expected them to step out from the big screen into my living room at any minute!

The cinematography and iconic shots such as Rhett Butler standing at the foot of the grand staircase gazing up at Scarlet O'Hara with a come hither look that could melt even the coldest of hearts and cause all the ladies to sigh and go weak in the knees!

Rhett Butler (Clark Gable) met is match when he crossed paths with Scarlett O'Hara ( Vivien Leigh)! Their tale of love, passion and heartache will go down in the annals of history as one of the greatest romances in cinematic history!

The film is…

Scavenger Hunt #21: December 2016

1 A Film Nominated for Best Picture in 1939

Frankly, my dear, I can't fucking believe I wasted almost 4 hours of my life watching pro-Confederacy revisionist propaganda. Nor can I believe that, even during the height of Segregation, it was lauded by critics and was nominated for and won an unprecedented number of Academy Awards. Americans are so forgiving of white supremacy when it comes from within our own borders, it just makes me want to vomit.

And like, okay, if this were a technically brilliant film with a fantastic script and a director and cast that knocked it out of the park but also super racist and manipulative, this would be an entirely…

**Part of the Best Picture**

Few films, if any, accomplish technical excellence, and it’s not hard to see why. Many films, even good ones, have some flaws that keep them from perfection. So it really amazes me that a film like Gone with the Wind with the production history it had managed to be just so damn perfect. There isn’t a thing wrong with it. It is a master class lesson in nearly everything that makes up cinema, and what amazes me even more is how the sheer epic nature of the film holds up even today.

Until this watch, I had not seen Gone with The Wind since I was very young, and my grandmother took me to see…

Okay, I know it's a cliché to consider this among the greatest 1930s movies made, but it's nearly impossible not to be impressed with David O. Selznick pulling off a monster epic of such proportions as Gone with the Wind (1939)!

Visually this was sensational! Such style in every frame. Poetic, classy, haunting and with such color. Those red nights are magical. A masterful job capturing the beauty of the south.

Clark Gable is Rhett! No more needed to be said. A career high, unable to top! Vivien Leigh gets the big part and grabs the chance with both arms and more. An tremendous display rarely ever seen! Clicks perfectly and awards her the Oscar! As her opposite Olivia de…

„Frankly my dear I don’t give a damn.“
     (Clark Gable as Rhett Butler)

Hi everybody, there are evergreens, classics and then there are movie monuments. And even Hollywood doesn’t dare to touch them for reboots or remakes. Films like „Schindler’s List, „The Godfather“, „Casablanca“ and...you right, this one here „Gone with the wind“. 
A motion picture that sets new standards, for filmmaking and commercial success as well as critical tribute. 
It was 1939 when Hollywood starts to be the biggest movie factory of the world, it was this film who gives Hollywood a head start against all the other movie industries, like Europe or Asia, it was this movie who turns Hollywood to the dream factory and it…

This is one of my favorite films therefore I struggle to review it objectively but I do genuinely believe it’s one of the greatest pieces of cinema ever produced. Nothing could equal the book but this is as good an adaptation as you could get with all of Scarlett’s indomitable sassiness on display and her complex relationships with Melanie and Rhett delved into fully. The film looks stunning and all of the iconic lines “With god as my witness, I’ll never go hungry again”, ”Quite frankly my dear I don’t give a damn!” and “Tomorrow is another day” are delivered with the force they deserve. It’s a beautiful masterpiece and one that deserves to be the highest grossing film of…