March 2012
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February 2012
29 posts
There is one scene of GWTW that I can never seem to understand. Why does Rhett choose to leave Scarlett and go join the army when the war is clearly lost? He never cared about the "Glorious Cause" before then. I just don't get it. I mean was it because Ashley was believed to have died for the Confederacy & he wanted Scarlett's same respect? I don't know. I was just wondering if you or a fellow follower might be able to enlighten me or share their thoughts.
I’m so sorry it took me over a week to get to this (thanks to a mountain of schoolwork)! I probably won’t make sense answering this since my mind is all numbers right now, haha, but I always thought he left largely because secretly he felt guilty, just in general. I think part of it was for Scarlett’s respect, but also maybe because the Confederates all thought he was so brave with the blockade running while he was really only doing it selfishly. At the point he leaves, some tiny shred of southern pride was awakened in him, and he felt that to live with himself and the accolades of those fools he had basically been hoodwinking all along he had to do some honest fighting, in Georgia’s last stand. That’s just my opinion, though. Others are welcome, of course!
do you have a livestream of gwtw? or can any of your followers post one?
I don’t have one, sorry! But can anyone else help our anon out?
Just to alert your Detroit area followers, GWTW will be playing at the Redford Theatre on March 2, 3, and 4. Tickets are only $4!
Wonderful! What an amazing experience that will be for those who can attend. Thanks for sharing!
DAMN IT ALL!!!!!!!!!!! I want to watch gone with the wind but I can't get TCM. Great balls of fire!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great balls of fire indeed! I’m sorry, anon =( You should invest in GWTW on DVD or Bluray, if you can!
Reminder: GWTW on TCM tonight
Gone With the Wind is on TCM this evening, beginning at 10:30 PM EST.
I’m sorry for the lack of posting lately, but school has gotten quite hectic and I’ve not had spare time for gif-making. I’m trying to find lovely reblogs when I can, but hopefully after this week I can set aside some time and refill the queue. Any suggestions, ideas or requests would be appreciated, as well.
I will most likely not be liveblogging tomorrow because I need to study for two tests, but we’ll see.
I don't know if you've ever mentioned it on here (it's been a while since I've gone through the entire blog XD), but ever since I read the book, I've always been irritated that, in the movie, Melanie is the one who gives her ring for fundraising first, and in the book it was Scarlett. That's a pet peeve of mine about movies from books; they cut things out, change things, and/or you can't hear the internalization of the characters (like her reasoning behind marrying Frank and Mammy's reaction).
I have noticed that myself, but I don’t think anyone else has mentioned it here. I actually forgot about it until I re-read the book last summer. It is a change that you wonder about though - it’s a pretty small detail to mess with. I suppose the filmmakers just wanted to emphasize Melanie’s goodness and self-sacrificing nature even more, because, like you mentioned, the book has parts that just can’t be translated to film and so little additions have to be made to make up for lost information. It’s always interesting to see how it’s done and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. Personally, I still think GWTW is one of the best film adaptations of a book, even with the little changes =)
Gone With the Wind on TCM February 17th
If anyone feels like catching GWTW on television, TCM will be playing it on Friday, February 17th at 10:30 PM EST. Liveblogging may ensue.
fuck!my favourite movie!!! the best of ever ! your tumblr rules!oh god is so amaizing and i love so much much vi and clark ♥
Aww thank you =)
This blog is absolutely, fucking GORGEOUS!
Thank you so much!
I want to thank you so much for having this blog. I love seeing all the beautiful images and gifs of one of my favorite books/movies of all time. I don't know what I would do without this! I hope you don't mind that I've been using your blog as a source for imaging on my confessions blog, I gave a credit under my sources tab. If it's a problem, let me know. Great blog! :D
You’re quite welcome! I don’t mind, but I would recommend you maybe choose/edit your own caps or photos sometimes, as it just makes your posts that much more original, and in my experience people like originality =)
