Movie Review: Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind (1939, G): ****

In my review of Casablanca, I stated that the title for most-loved American classic would have to come down to either Casablanca or Gone with the Wind.  Truth be told, I prefer Casablanca, but for the title of best-loved classic from the American people: I don't think I can decide between either of the two, although both are extremely well made motion pictures.  Casablanca was a movie that so effortlessly was able to pack so much into such a smaller time frame (about 100 minutes).  Gone with the Wind is able to pack in even more then Casablanca, though into a much longer time frame (about four hours!).  In any case, Gone with the Wind is a movie that can be considered to be very well-made during both its time and our modern time, so much as to that we can't tell how different we feel watching the film now then from its audience back in 1939!  It contains a unique visual style that prevails over the rest of the movie to make it ever the nicer to view, and beyond all of that, it's stunningly memorable!  In effect, Gone with the Wind is a movie of supreme virtuoso, and even though I won't say that it's the number one greatest movie ever made, I will easily say that it set the ultimate example for the other Hollywood epics that came after it.  Directed by Victor Fleming.