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 Posted: Wed Nov 29th, 2006 02:42 am
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 What "Gone with the Wind" did do well was depict the fall of Atlanta. It has a chillingly realistic scene with hundreds and hundreds of suffering wounded and mortally wounded soldiers layed out side by side in the hot sun on the clay soil, all moaning and writhing in pain. Scarlett O' Hara, always self centered, barely takes notice because she wants the sole surgeon present to come help Melany deliver her child.

The scene inside and outside that hospital is unforgettable, haunting. Also scenes showing Atlanta burning as Confederates set fire to war materiel they are unable to take with them. 

Particularly telling at the start of the movie are the scenes showing how eager the young white males were to go to war and how easy they believed it would be to whup the Yankees.  Only Rhett Butler, the blockade runner, seemed to appreciate how difficult and wrenching the coming conflict would be.

Yes, GWTW definitely has its soap opera aspects, but it does show some of the truly harsh aspects of war both for civilains and the military, perhaps better than any movie had done up to that time.