April 2, 2007
Gone With the Wind
One of the things I love most about my job is meeting the patients. A majority of them are elderly and they tell the best stories. For instance, this morning, the first patient of the day told me all about the movie “Gone With the Wind”, one of my favorite movies.
The mention of this movie brings back such memories.
When I was a little girl, my mother and I watched it on television when it was aired on the Turner Classic Movies channel. Immediately, I fell in love with Scarlett and wanted to be just like her. I loved her southern belle style and the way she spoke, and her carelessness. “Fiddle-dee-dee,” she’d say, and I’d repeat it expertly as though I too, were born in the south.
I never did like Scarlett’s love of Ashley. Even as a child I knew that Rhett Butler was the man for her and she was too foolish to realize it until it was too late. My favorite part of the movie is when Rhett decided to join the Confederate Army and Scarlett begs him not to go and tells him she’ll never forgive him if he leaves.
He tells her, “I’m not asking you to forgive me. I’ll never understand or forgive myself. And if a bullet gets me, so help me, I’ll laugh at myself for being an idiot. There’s one thing I do know… and that is that I love you, Scarlett. In spite of you and me and the whole silly world going to pieces around us, I love you. Because we’re alike. Bad lots, both of us. Selfish and shrewd. But able to look things in the eyes as we call them by their right names.”
Vivien Leigh was a wonderful actress, and Clark played Rhett perfectly. It’s funny looking back on it now. I thought Clark Gable was so handsome and I remember telling my grandmother that I wanted to marry him. She said, “So did I, darling girl. So did I.”
My patient reminisced about the movie and told me there was nudity in the original film.
“There was not!” I exclaimed. “I have the movie at home and there is no nudity in it!”
“You haven’t seen the orginal version. There’s a scene where Scarlett is swimming in the pond near Tara and Rhett joins her nude.” He said. I gasped. “I don’t believe it.”
“It’s true. You’ll have to see it!” he replied.
Anyone own the uncut version of Gone with the Wind?
Posted by Dana @ 7:28 am • Movies, Uncategorized
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April 2nd, 2007 at 12:23 pm, Violet the Verbose Says:
REALLY? You know, I have never even seen the (apparently) cut version. Or read the book. Weird, huh? I’ve heard a lot about it, though. I’ll have to watch it someday.
Wow, you sound so busy in your last post! Happy belated birthday! Looks like you and the gals had a great time. :o)
Me, here, I’m suffering from severe lack of sleep and wondering how the rest of get stuff done outside the house.
April 2nd, 2007 at 12:52 pm, Dana Says:
Ms. Verbose!! I was just busy that day — I had a lot of junk that I had to do and I procrastinated, so I was playing catch up all week long and almost all weekend.
Now it’s Monday and I’d like to take a big nap.
Sounds like you need sleep, too! I’ll fly over and watch the darling girls for a few hours. Kapeish?
April 2nd, 2007 at 2:37 pm, Janet a.k.a Wonder Mom Says:
Never saw it. Now I’ll have to.
April 2nd, 2007 at 10:11 pm, Leslie Says:
I’ve never seen Gone With The Wind. It breaks my mother’s heart - it’s one of her favorite movies.