Yesterday afternoon I watched the Blu-ray of Gone With The Wind, one of many old "epics" I'd yet to see. There's me thinking it was some kind of sweeping epic romance only to be stunned by a very haunting, dark and depressing piece of filmmaking. Was fooled by the cover image of Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh. It was really beautifully shot with many shots looking like pieces of art, like oil paintings. Vivien's character was just a repulsive human being and I couldn't help but wish bad things to happen to her.
This one took me by surprise I must say, I liked (?) it but just wasn't what I expected at all.
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