Gone with the wind / Helen Taylor.

By:

Taylor, Helen, 1947-

Language: English Series: BFI film classicsPublication details: London : Palgrave on behalf of the British Film Institute, 2023.Description: 117 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cmISBN:

9781844578719
1844578712

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

PS 3525 T242g 2023

Contents:

Foreword.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Selznick's Folly: How Gone With the Wind was Made.- 3. The Greatest Star England Ever Gave Hollywood: Britain and the Search for Scarlett.- 4. The Racial Politics of Gone With the Wind.- 5. Scarlett and Rhett Destined or Doomed?- Conclusion.- Notes.- Bibliography.- Filmography

Summary: "Gone With the Wind (1939), the highest-grossing film of all time, is sometimes dismissed as a reactionary popular romance. Interrogating such dismissals and hailing the film's vast ambition and astonishing production values, Helen Taylor explores its influence on film-makers, popularity with generations of audiences, and impact on everyday language. Arguing that the film, with its disturbing racial politics, set the agenda for more than a century's film representations of slavery and the Civil War, Taylor shows how it has been engaged with and challenged since -- form the mini-series Roots (1977) to 12 Years a Slave (2014). Drawing on new archival material about Vivien Leigh and seventy-five years of scholarship and popular culture references, Taylor makes the case for the film's classic status."--Page [4] of cover

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Humanidades	Humanidades (4to. Piso)	PS 3525 T242g 2023 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000177574

"This special edition features original cover artwork by HelloVon"--Page [4] of cover

"Gone With the Wind (1939), the highest-grossing film of all time, is sometimes dismissed as a reactionary popular romance. Interrogating such dismissals and hailing the film's vast ambition and astonishing production values, Helen Taylor explores its influence on film-makers, popularity with generations of audiences, and impact on everyday language. Arguing that the film, with its disturbing racial politics, set the agenda for more than a century's film representations of slavery and the Civil War, Taylor shows how it has been engaged with and challenged since -- form the mini-series Roots (1977) to 12 Years a Slave (2014). Drawing on new archival material about Vivien Leigh and seventy-five years of scholarship and popular culture references, Taylor makes the case for the film's classic status."--Page [4] of cover

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