"Well, Katie Scarlett O'Hara..." One of the best scenes in a three-hour, forty-five minute film is the one that comes only minutes into the start of the movie: Gerald O'Hara knows his daughter better than anyone else- her stubbornness, her obsession with Ashley, her lack of propriety, etc., and this is perhaps the one scene where we see her speak the most honestly and bluntly- she is most like her father. (Note that he is the only one in the film who calls her by her full name.) He sums up so much of her character and most of her escapades through the film in just these few minutes. And then the film then becomes a cinematographic spectacle at 2:29 when Pa instills the "love of the land (Tara)" against the most amazing technicolor pullback silhouette of the O'Haras looking at Tara. Truly a gorgeous sequence and scene.
@@irisgutfeld9681 The last time I saw Prissy, was when the servants are standing and looking at Rhett and Scarlet's big, new house. She says something like: "Lawsy, we sure is rich now!"! Then we don't see her again, as you say! In the book, somewhere near the end, it is stated that Rhett gave them their freedom. He gave Pork and Mammy a pension, and Prissy a dowry, (so she could get married and have money/security)
I always get chills when the camera pushes back to show them staring off into the sunset. This film is so good and so powerful and has such great characters, I don't even care that it's nearly four hours long.
I had seen the image so many times in promotional material and I always thought - as I'm sure many others have as well - that it was Scarlett and Rhett's silhouette under the tree. That its actually Scarlet and her father makes it more poignant though
To understand Gerald's reasoning, you have to understand his background. Gerald came from Ireland, which, at the time, as dominated mostly by English landholders. Irish tenants did not own the land they worked while many times their landlords were absent. Ownership of connection with the land would be important to a man who never had a chance in his home country. Having been deprived of that right in Ireland, it's no wonder why he is indignant at Scarlett's dismissal of Tara.
+MasterSanders This is my favorite quote in the entire film. Excellent analysis of the scene, by the way. I understand the special relationship the Irish had to land; it seems, however, that the principle could be applied to nearly all western settlers (as in the 'American West'), from the Irish, to the Germans, to the Scandinavians, etc. Those who bought land/homesteaders, those who squatted.
Im Irish, and we are distinct from the other settlers, cause the Germans, Scandinavians owned a lot of their properties in the old country, however the Irish rarely, if ever, did. Most of the country was owned by British landlords who evicted us during the famine and left us and our loved ones to starve, hence why the Irish have such a special pride in land ownership and its connection to survival and family, and why this film & its motifs resonate with me and my people so much.
Actually, Gerald came from Europe which for a millennium had the land lock in the aristocracy. All the land was either owned by the king or the Lords, Barrons, Marquess, etc.
"It'll come to you, this love of the land. There's no getting away from it if you're Irish". A classic movie full of dozens of iconic lines and scenes, and yet this is the one that always left the biggest impression on me. When everyone else is dead or leaving and everything else is in ruins...where does Scarlett want to go? Home to Tara.
Every scene in this picture is excellent and powerful. This is what a true film should be like. No other film can come close to its grandeur and majesty, not even Titanic.
I was 14 years old when I first saw this at the theater with my mother. We had just moved from my home in Tennessee to Chicago because my father was transferred from his job with US Steel. I cried from the opening scene until the end. I was SO HOMESICK FOR THE SOUTH.
Ever since I was a boy, I always thought old Technicolor movies were some of the prettiest things I'd ever seen. My scottish grandfather never really talked about his family history much, but it wasn't until his recent passing that I found out that Thomas Mitchell (Gerald O'Hara) is my great great uncle, and my grandfather's father was named after his uncle which is this Thomas Mitchell. All the years of loving this movie...and I find that out...WOW. Thank you for posting. God Bless.
Is that a gorgeous pull back shot or what? That is1939 state-of-the art technology, and still looks spectacular. I read that they contacted UCLA mathematics department to calculate the correct camera speed.
Gerald O`Hara knew his children. He knew that Scarlett is a survivor he knew she was the strongest and smartest. All the female leads are incredible. Mamie the sass queen who speaks up to Scarlett and puts her in her place. Sweet kind hearded Mellanie who never took in mind the rumors adout Scarlett and Ashley . Scarlett loved then both. She loved Mamie like her mother even if she never said it all their arguments where mother daughter like. And she loved Melanie . She delivered her baby and nursed her evern taunt hard her when Melanie was still weak and wanted to work in the fields. Scarlet had the chance to let Melanie die and through her self to that weakling Ashley but she didn't. Because she loved Melanie even she didn't realise it.
I find that the relation between Scarlett and Gerald is a very special one..I would love to have THAT same relation with my father. The acting of Thomas Mitchell as Gerald is..among the 3 best in this SUPER film. The way he changes after Hellen,s death..all his irish strengh gone away, his eyes lost, his trembling. And the way Scarlett protects him, like a child..Well..what can I say about this UNIQUE piece of ART?..Carlos.
Well, this magnificent scene sums up the story: Tara is what Scarlett will fight for, then she'll realize that Ashley is not for her. Gerald was right, from the beginning. That, plus the colors, plus the incredible music *sigh*, I SO love this movie.
The book is a masterpiece of human emotion. A girl who had everything and knew nothing, chased after a guy who was taken by someone else and didn't want or need her. While she is persuded by a man who had everything and could get anything, but wanted a woman who knew nothing and didn't want him until he didn't want her anymore.
Well, she was 16 y.o, very naive, inexperienced and home schooled to be a good estate administrator, wife and mother, as any girl at that time and in that social class. I can't blame her for liking Ashley, he was everything society told her would make the perfect husband: young and handsome, rich, courageous, intelligent and well read, a perfect southern gentleman. Rhett Butler was the " bad boy" 😁, born in a "perfect" rich southern family, but kicked out of West Point and his family for "scandalous" behaviour, the kind that we would not consider scandalous nowadays. Rhett was a rebel and adventurer, still young and handsome, but in a non conventional way. Scarlett was just developing her personality and brain at 16 and she turned out much more compatibile with Rhett, as she realizes in the end, at 28 y.o, when she is mature and has life experience.
He reminds me so much of my own Dad, not only being Irish and a land-obsessed architect, but also in the way he's being brutally honest and logical about the situation and her behavior. He's just totally deflating Scarlett's bubble. Plus, my name's Kate and my mom's is Ellen, so....Lots of family in this movie.
In the book, there's a scene where her father goes to confront Rhett after the dance for "making so light of me daughter's reputation". Rhett proceeds to get him rip-roaring drunk instead.
I just got dumped by someone for someone else but I have a house that I inherited that needs more attention than my romances. This was suggested to me, This is EXACTLY what I needed to hear/see. 🙏
I just read your comment and I'm really hoping things are working out for you now and that you don't even think twice about that person who dumped you . Sometimes looking back we realize how grateful we should be that we were dumped by somebody who we thought was so wonderful only later to realize that we were too good for that person .
Scarlett is one of my favorite book characters(if not the only one). She has tons of flaws, but this is what makes her so real. And this scene... every time I watch I tear up because I understand that love of the land
The saddest part of this movie and the book for me was when Gerald O'Hara died. He was one of my favourite characters =( But Scarlett fought hard for Tara and I think she would have made her Pa proud ^^
When I first saw this movie I saw it with my mother when i was 7 years old and she told me what this man says is true that land is the most important thing.
GWTW was clearly an acting triumph for Leigh. Thomas Mitchell was also an incredible acting talent, so enjoyable to watch in so many roles. He was the first person to win an Oscar, and Emmy, and a Tony.
The best scene of the movie, just at the begining. It tells you, fasten your seat belts for what is coming. What an actor Mitchell was, and the accent and tone of voice were amazingly warm, just like a father. I would have liked to see more of his OHaras role in the movie.
I simply love this scene !!!- It's GWTW's clue: The Land. Both, Vivien Leigh and Thomas Mitchell are two of my three fav actors in this super classic- (the third is Hattie!!)- How can they make a film like this in 1939 is a mistery .. a one of a kind perfect crafted film-
Gerald O'Hara uttered the most powerful line in all of cinema..."land is the only thing worth working for, worth dying for..." I get chills every time Thomas Mitchell says those words!
Cuánto amo esta película , la Vi por primera vez con un compañero de secundaria , quien hoy es médico , en 1974 en Buenos Aires ....después en 1980 , 1985, 1989, y así un total de 7 veces , para mí ....todos sus actores ,son como de mi familia , , todos partieron ...y marcaron mi vida .....Maravillosos todos, actores, y todos los que la hicieron posible hasta el día de hoy ....QEPD .....los quiero por siempre !!!
To answer your question leafyutube, Scarlett doesn't really love Ashley, she loves the *idea* of Ashley, of what he represents. Ashley is an ideal Southern gentlemen while Rhett isn't. That and spoiled Scarlett's always gotten what she's wanted. This determination to get her way helps her survive the war and thrive afterwards but at a high price.
It's not hard to See why she loved Ashley because Ashley admired Scarlett and whilst most people were nasty about her, especially women, Ashley adored her spirit and treated her like she counted.
Well said. In the book she reads his letters to Melanie and never understands his words or what he means. He even irritates the heck out of her. She also thinks she loves him because he’s not ardently pursuing her like the other boys in the county.
Messylin I have to disagree, Ashley never really appreciated her like Rhett did. Rhett loved all the flaws in Scarlett while Ashley found her too lively for him and quite unpredictable and crazy. He cared for her and sometimes felt lustful feelings but he never really loved her
One of the best scenes ever in Hollywood history. i also noticed how the main silhouettes int he film are of Scarlett under the same tree. One scene is here, the second is under the tree swearing for a better life, and the last is the last image of the film
That closing image is so iconic, I'll bet most people who haven't seen the film or this scene think its Scarlett and Rhett or Vivien and Clark, and not Scarlett and her Father, haha
Its so iconic but interestingly people usually only see the silhouette and assume its Scarlett with either Rhett or Ashley when its actually of her and her father. That's what I assumed anyway whenever I would see that specific image as a kid before actually watching. I think its more beautiful when you realize who it really is in the image, especially considering that its the first of the three silhouetted crane shots bookending the movie (and of the three the only one where its Scarlett and someone else)
"Oh darling it'll come to you. This love of the land. There's no gettin' away from it if you're Irish" my I didn't expect that last line to cause me to tear up like that 😭💚☘️
Brilliant scene...I wish she had listened to him and would of had a happyer life with Rhet...he was so truthful about Ashley...he knew She wouldn't marry him and that they where no good for eachother. We should trully listen to who loves us most.
The sunset, the pullback on Tara and Scarlett and Gerald silhouetted against the landscape - all these are unforgettable. What has bothered me for a long time, however, in the lack of continuity in the light. Up to the last shot the light is bright mid-afternoon and undramatic, and suddenly we have this wonderful sunset. Nevertheless, this sunset shot binds perfectly with the last shot in the movie, where Scarlett again stands under the great tree, but alone this time, and the "arc" between this early shot and the final one held up by the silhouetted, pre-sunrise pull-back shot of Scarlett doing the "I'll never be hungry again" speech at the end of the movie's first half.
Scarlet was very strong willed woman and she loved her family she had to do what she could to keep Tara alive. Viven Leigh was perfect as Scarlet and the whole cast was perfect.
So lovely to see this father daughter relationship and how we can see why Scarlett fought so hard for Tara. I take the land for granted, I have no love for it because of the work it requires...
This is Scarlet's wedding. She is Mrs. O'Hara of Tara, non-divorceable. And we will see that same tree again, twice. In the middle of the movie when she is making her vow to which "God is (her) witness", it will be under this tree. And she will stand beneath this at the very end after Rhett leaves her.
If you were ever interested in event riding, at 0:15 you kinda hear people gasping in shock and horror, and have no doubt he got stopped by the stewards for dangerous riding. ... :D
@leafyutube Scarlett always wants what's out of her reach. She's a fighter - if she can't fight for it, she doesn't want it. That's part of the reason she rejects Ashley when he's finally available to her, and she begs Rhett to stay when he's decided to leave her for good. Rhett learns the lesson that Ashley knew from the beginning...
Context. In the 19th century Ireland was ruled by England and the Irish were banned from owning land in their own country. When the Irish went to the USA they had a right to own land.
My father was British, and often babbled such dribble to me (of course I was 12, and didn't know much at the time). God that man was so right, and I was so dumb!
Well, in a way, Gerald had a much less gruesome death than Mufasa: he was merely thrown off his horse while Mufasa was thrown into a wildebeest stampede.
As an Irish-American, this scene always gets me a bit misty-eyed in its veracity. What Gerald says is the absolute truth. Whenever I visit Ireland I am so in awe of the land and my ancestral home that it moves me to tears. You have to be truly Irish to understand.
Only Gerald O'Hara was Irish. An immigrant at that. Scarlett's mother, Ellen O'Hara (née Robillard) was of French descent. It was Gerald who adapted to the Southern customs. So even though his wife and daughters inherited his Irish surname, they were Southern through and through.
One of the greatest sequences in american cinema! Sometimes Hollywood gets it right; but the rest is just rubbish for propaganda and superficial entertainment.
"It'll come to you this love of the land. There's no getting away from it if you're Irish" as the music comes in was about 20 or 30 years ahead of its time. The movie was all downhill from there, but it would have been impossible to keep it up.
Filmed in beautiful Butte Valley, California #CampFire Mr. O'Hara rides into the scene with the volcanic buttes of Butte Valley behind him. The buttes can be seen in the last scene with Tara. So much has been lost.
"Well, Katie Scarlett O'Hara..."
One of the best scenes in a three-hour, forty-five minute film is the one that comes only minutes into the start of the movie: Gerald O'Hara knows his daughter better than anyone else- her stubbornness, her obsession with Ashley, her lack of propriety, etc., and this is perhaps the one scene where we see her speak the most honestly and bluntly- she is most like her father. (Note that he is the only one in the film who calls her by her full name.) He sums up so much of her character and most of her escapades through the film in just these few minutes. And then the film then becomes a cinematographic spectacle at 2:29 when Pa instills the "love of the land (Tara)" against the most amazing technicolor pullback silhouette of the O'Haras looking at Tara. Truly a gorgeous sequence and scene.
ons of foreshadowing in this scene, it sets up the rest of the story, as you say.
Its the best scene in the movie, tells the whole story in a nutshell...Maybe the most epic scene ever
Scarlett fights for Tara towards the end of the war and after it ended never saw pritsy after the war
@@irisgutfeld9681 The last time I saw Prissy, was when the servants are standing and looking at Rhett and Scarlet's big, new house. She says something like: "Lawsy, we sure is rich now!"! Then we don't see her again, as you say! In the book, somewhere near the end, it is stated that Rhett gave them their freedom. He gave Pork and Mammy a pension, and Prissy a dowry, (so she could get married and have money/security)
He knows her better than she knows herself.
Scarlett gets her radiance and beauty from her Mother but she get's her strength and passion for living from her Father
Except those green eyes are Irish eyes! My Colleen has those green eyes, ha!
Yes she's very spirited like he is Bonnie likely too that is why it was disturbing she died "just like pa". Out jumping fences.
I always get chills when the camera pushes back to show them staring off into the sunset. This film is so good and so powerful and has such great characters, I don't even care that it's nearly four hours long.
There's no getting away from it if your Irish
I had seen the image so many times in promotional material and I always thought - as I'm sure many others have as well - that it was Scarlett and Rhett's silhouette under the tree. That its actually Scarlet and her father makes it more poignant though
@@jamesa.romano8500 Thinking the exact same thing!
They're not looking at the sunset. They're looking at Tara.
I too love this scene, but he's right bc the land will be here long after we are gone.
just the most heart rendering scene.Dear Gerald knew his girl so well.
Minor edit: heart rending :)
To understand Gerald's reasoning, you have to understand his background. Gerald came from Ireland, which, at the time, as dominated mostly by English landholders. Irish tenants did not own the land they worked while many times their landlords were absent. Ownership of connection with the land would be important to a man who never had a chance in his home country. Having been deprived of that right in Ireland, it's no wonder why he is indignant at Scarlett's dismissal of Tara.
+MasterSanders This is my favorite quote in the entire film. Excellent analysis of the scene, by the way. I understand the special relationship the Irish had to land; it seems, however, that the principle could be applied to nearly all western settlers (as in the 'American West'), from the Irish, to the Germans, to the Scandinavians, etc. Those who bought land/homesteaders, those who squatted.
Im Irish, and we are distinct from the other settlers, cause the Germans, Scandinavians owned a lot of their properties in the old country, however the Irish rarely, if ever, did. Most of the country was owned by British landlords who evicted us during the famine and left us and our loved ones to starve, hence why the Irish have such a special pride in land ownership and its connection to survival and family, and why this film & its motifs resonate with me and my people so much.
Sorry I want to know what's an Irish family doing in Tara,Atlanta ?
Actually, Gerald came from Europe which for a millennium had the land lock in the aristocracy. All the land was either owned by the king or the Lords, Barrons, Marquess, etc.
darren pat why wouldn’t an Irish family be there?
"It'll come to you, this love of the land. There's no getting away from it if you're Irish". A classic movie full of dozens of iconic lines and scenes, and yet this is the one that always left the biggest impression on me. When everyone else is dead or leaving and everything else is in ruins...where does Scarlett want to go? Home to Tara.
Every scene in this picture is excellent and powerful. This is what a true film should be like. No other film can come close to its grandeur and majesty, not even Titanic.
You mean in this genre right? They're are better movies than gone with the wind you know
@Randy White Casablanca, Some Like It Hot,Jurassic Park, Glory,Gettysburg,Lord of the Rings,Troy to name some better than this Con-Fan film
I was 14 years old when I first saw this at the theater with my mother. We had just moved from my home in Tennessee to Chicago because my father was transferred from his job with US Steel. I cried from the opening scene until the end. I was SO HOMESICK FOR THE SOUTH.
Oh yes doctor zhivago
@@cynicalfilms5734 Like what. 🤦🏻♀️
The land is the only thing in the world worth working for, worth fighting for, worth dying for, because it's the only thing that lasts.
Nothing lasts forever dude. Everything will end one day.
@@darren_myatt didn’t watch the video huh
It seems that the love of land has caused and will cause much death.
I know he’s a hypocritical dirtbag, but he does have a point.
His words are proven true for Scarlett at the end, when Tara is all she has left after she’s lost literally everything else.
Ever since I was a boy, I always thought old Technicolor movies were some of the prettiest things I'd ever seen. My scottish grandfather never really talked about his family history much, but it wasn't until his recent passing that I found out that Thomas Mitchell (Gerald O'Hara) is my great great uncle, and my grandfather's father was named after his uncle which is this Thomas Mitchell. All the years of loving this movie...and I find that out...WOW. Thank you for posting. God Bless.
That's SO cool!
So lucky!!!!
Oh wow….you had a very cool great great uncle.👍🏻👍🏻
@@FallenAngel9979 Thank you.
Wow!!!! Your uncle is one of the greatest actors to ever grace the screen???
Is that a gorgeous pull back shot or what? That is1939 state-of-the art technology, and still looks spectacular. I read that they contacted UCLA mathematics department to calculate the correct camera speed.
It was done on a sound stage at Selznick studios, in front of a rear projection screen. Quite skillful for 1939, as was the rest of the film.
The silhouette of them and the tree is so iconic.
Gerald O`Hara knew his children. He knew that Scarlett is a survivor he knew she was the strongest and smartest. All the female leads are incredible. Mamie the sass queen who speaks up to Scarlett and puts her in her place. Sweet kind hearded Mellanie who never took in mind the rumors adout Scarlett and Ashley . Scarlett loved then both. She loved Mamie like her mother even if she never said it all their arguments where mother daughter like. And she loved Melanie . She delivered her baby and nursed her evern taunt hard her when Melanie was still weak and wanted to work in the fields. Scarlet had the chance to let Melanie die and through her self to that weakling Ashley but she didn't. Because she loved Melanie even she didn't realise it.
I find that the relation between Scarlett and Gerald is a very special one..I would love to have THAT same relation with my father. The acting of Thomas Mitchell as Gerald is..among the 3 best in this SUPER film. The way he changes after Hellen,s death..all his irish strengh gone away, his eyes lost, his trembling. And the way Scarlett protects him, like a child..Well..what can I say about this UNIQUE piece of ART?..Carlos.
Well, this magnificent scene sums up the story: Tara is what Scarlett will fight for, then she'll realize that Ashley is not for her. Gerald was right, from the beginning.
That, plus the colors, plus the incredible music *sigh*, I SO love this movie.
The book is a masterpiece of human emotion. A girl who had everything and knew nothing, chased after a guy who was taken by someone else and didn't want or need her. While she is persuded by a man who had everything and could get anything, but wanted a woman who knew nothing and didn't want him until he didn't want her anymore.
Amen
What a good summary!
In the end women want what they can't have until it's too late.
c'est la vie!
Well, she was 16 y.o, very naive, inexperienced and home schooled to be a good estate administrator, wife and mother, as any girl at that time and in that social class. I can't blame her for liking Ashley, he was everything society told her would make the perfect husband: young and handsome, rich, courageous, intelligent and well read, a perfect southern gentleman. Rhett Butler was the " bad boy" 😁, born in a "perfect" rich southern family, but kicked out of West Point and his family for "scandalous" behaviour, the kind that we would not consider scandalous nowadays. Rhett was a rebel and adventurer, still young and handsome, but in a non conventional way. Scarlett was just developing her personality and brain at 16 and she turned out much more compatibile with Rhett, as she realizes in the end, at 28 y.o, when she is mature and has life experience.
He reminds me so much of my own Dad, not only being Irish and a land-obsessed architect, but also in the way he's being brutally honest and logical about the situation and her behavior. He's just totally deflating Scarlett's bubble. Plus, my name's Kate and my mom's is Ellen, so....Lots of family in this movie.
“What difference does it make who you marry, so long as he’s a Southerner and thinks like you?” Gerald described Rhett right there.
If you read carefully the book you will discover that Butler is very different from Scarlett.
In the book, there's a scene where her father goes to confront Rhett after the dance for "making so light of me daughter's reputation". Rhett proceeds to get him rip-roaring drunk instead.
@@ChristieAdamsKangoo The one and only scene that we get of Rhett and Gerald in the book and it's hilarious.
Vivien Leigh was born for this role. She was Scarlett. To think of any other actress playing Scarlett after seeing the picture is inconceivable.
I just got dumped by someone for someone else but I have a house that I inherited that needs more attention than my romances. This was suggested to me, This is EXACTLY what I needed to hear/see. 🙏
I just read your comment and I'm really hoping things are working out for you now and that you don't even think twice about that person who dumped you .
Sometimes looking back we realize how grateful we should be that we were dumped by somebody who we thought was so wonderful only later to realize that we were too good for that person .
this amazing scene basically says get ready because this film is going to be big. It lived up to all the hype surrounding its production for sure.
Scarlett is one of my favorite book characters(if not the only one). She has tons of flaws, but this is what makes her so real.
And this scene... every time I watch I tear up because I understand that love of the land
The saddest part of this movie and the book for me was when Gerald O'Hara died. He was one of my favourite characters =( But Scarlett fought hard for Tara and I think she would have made her Pa proud ^^
When I first saw this movie I saw it with my mother when i was 7 years old and she told me what this man says is true that land is the most important thing.
Makes me cry EVERY TIME. What a master piece 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
A wonderful scene - no wonder both won Oscars that year (although Mitchell’s award was for a different movie).
Great and underrated actor Thomas Mitchell.
He did an INCREDIBLE job in "The Fighting Sullivans".
GWTW was clearly an acting triumph for Leigh. Thomas Mitchell was also an incredible acting talent, so enjoyable to watch in so many roles. He was the first person to win an Oscar, and Emmy, and a Tony.
The best scene of the movie, just at the begining. It tells you, fasten your seat belts for what is coming. What an actor Mitchell was, and the accent and tone of voice were amazingly warm, just like a father. I would have liked to see more of his OHaras role in the movie.
Best movie ever!
What an absolutely stunning visual scene. Fake, yet so beautifully put together. I have remembered the silhouettes against the sky since childhood.
Love the end shot here. Its the most beautiful Matte Painting in all the world.
I'm gonna have to thank my dad some day for naming me Scarlett. I act just like Katie Scarlett O'Hara!
I Named my Daughter Katie-After Scarlett..:) One of my all time favorite movies..:)
Steve Greenberg I love the name Katie! It's a very pretty name!
a great name indeed ; )
I simply love this scene !!!- It's GWTW's clue: The Land. Both, Vivien Leigh and Thomas Mitchell are two of my three fav actors in this super classic- (the third is Hattie!!)- How can they make a film like this in 1939 is a mistery .. a one of a kind perfect crafted film-
Gerald O'Hara uttered the most powerful line in all of cinema..."land is the only thing worth working for, worth dying for..." I get chills every time Thomas Mitchell says those words!
And~ "The land they live on is like their mother."
Cuánto amo esta película , la Vi por primera vez con un compañero de secundaria , quien hoy es médico , en 1974 en Buenos Aires ....después en 1980 , 1985, 1989, y así un total de 7 veces , para mí ....todos sus actores ,son como de mi familia , , todos partieron ...y marcaron mi vida .....Maravillosos todos, actores, y todos los que la hicieron posible hasta el día de hoy ....QEPD .....los quiero por siempre !!!
To answer your question leafyutube, Scarlett doesn't really love Ashley, she loves the *idea* of Ashley, of what he represents. Ashley is an ideal Southern gentlemen while Rhett isn't. That and spoiled Scarlett's always gotten what she's wanted. This determination to get her way helps her survive the war and thrive afterwards but at a high price.
benvolio mozart Uhm no she didn't. She realized it in the end.
It's not hard to
See why she loved Ashley because Ashley admired Scarlett and whilst most people were nasty about her, especially women, Ashley adored her spirit and treated her like she counted.
ur comment really reminded me of the movie When Harry Met Sally when i read your part of "she loves the IDEA of Ashley", nice analysis
Well said. In the book she reads his letters to Melanie and never understands his words or what he means. He even irritates the heck out of her. She also thinks she loves him because he’s not ardently pursuing her like the other boys in the county.
Messylin I have to disagree, Ashley never really appreciated her like Rhett did. Rhett loved all the flaws in Scarlett while Ashley found her too lively for him and quite unpredictable and crazy. He cared for her and sometimes felt lustful feelings but he never really loved her
one of the best scenes in the movie history indeed Scarlett lately realized what she were fighting for, Tara!
This movie is 82 years old 1939. Hard to believe
One of the best scenes ever in Hollywood history.
i also noticed how the main silhouettes int he film are of Scarlett under the same tree.
One scene is here, the second is under the tree swearing for a better life, and the last is the last image of the film
This scene is so beautiful
One of the greatest movies ever
The Best Father Daughter Talk Ever!
That closing image is so iconic, I'll bet most people who haven't seen the film or this scene think its Scarlett and Rhett or Vivien and Clark, and not Scarlett and her Father, haha
“I’d want my girl to be happy and you’d not be happy with him.”
And he was right.
2:29 always gives me chills. That could be (for me, at least) the most jaw-dropping moment in movie history. I want to be there.
Its so iconic but interestingly people usually only see the silhouette and assume its Scarlett with either Rhett or Ashley when its actually of her and her father. That's what I assumed anyway whenever I would see that specific image as a kid before actually watching. I think its more beautiful when you realize who it really is in the image, especially considering that its the first of the three silhouetted crane shots bookending the movie (and of the three the only one where its Scarlett and someone else)
...but I've already had all the bucks in the county. Gorgeous scene at the end btw.
"Oh darling it'll come to you. This love of the land. There's no gettin' away from it if you're Irish" my I didn't expect that last line to cause me to tear up like that 😭💚☘️
This love of the land. There’s no getting away from it if you’re Irish.
I'm not Irish but the love of the land has come to me.
Yes, Scarlett realizes the importance of land-inheritance very harshly.
This scene is so incredible and so powerful. It's stunningly beautiful too!
One of the many emotional scenes of Gone with the wind. 🌹🌹❤️❤️
Brilliant scene...I wish she had listened to him and would of had a happyer life with Rhet...he was so truthful about Ashley...he knew She wouldn't marry him and that they where no good for eachother. We should trully listen to who loves us most.
The sunset, the pullback on Tara and Scarlett and Gerald silhouetted against the landscape - all these are unforgettable. What has bothered me for a long time, however, in the lack of continuity in the light. Up to the last shot the light is bright mid-afternoon and undramatic, and suddenly we have this wonderful sunset. Nevertheless, this sunset shot binds perfectly with the last shot in the movie, where Scarlett again stands under the great tree, but alone this time, and the "arc" between this early shot and the final one held up by the silhouetted, pre-sunrise pull-back shot of Scarlett doing the "I'll never be hungry again" speech at the end of the movie's first half.
One of my favorite scenes. Land is the only thing that lasts.
I'm Irish and I have a love of the land. Big sprawling spaces with no end
Erin go bragh!
This is such a beautiful scene. GWTW is the best movie ever.
Even back then it shows just how important real estate is lol
it's early in the movie but scarlett's dress in this scene is my favorite out of all the ones she appears in tbh
Great scene..They nailed it.
one of the best scenes ever
Beautiful scene form the movie, one of the best IMO. And the book is simply amazing!
Scarlet was very strong willed woman and she loved her family she had to do what she could to keep Tara alive. Viven Leigh was perfect as Scarlet and the whole cast was perfect.
So lovely to see this father daughter relationship and how we can see why Scarlett fought so hard for Tara. I take the land for granted, I have no love for it because of the work it requires...
A MASTERPIECE MOVIE!!!!
Subtle foreshadowing that the father is going to break his neck jumping a fence.
So cool that Thomas Mitchell won an Oscar for "Stagecoach" the same year as this film.
This is Scarlet's wedding. She is Mrs. O'Hara of Tara, non-divorceable. And we will see that same tree again, twice. In the middle of the movie when she is making her vow to which "God is (her) witness", it will be under this tree. And she will stand beneath this at the very end after Rhett leaves her.
Her father is giving her away to Tara just like the father of the bride would at a wedding.
as 5th generation Georgian ! certainly relate to my daughter !
It’s proud that I am Irish...Damn Right!!!
YES!
Love this scene!
I'm named after this movie. My name is TARA.😀
2:30 There are no words to describe my feelings. I just wish I were there.
@Liz86000 I agree! It's my favorite movie of all time.
i love this movie,a lot.
In German it goes like "Liebe vergeht, Hektar besteht ', which means" the land is the only thing that matters. Lol
If you were ever interested in event riding, at 0:15 you kinda hear people gasping in shock and horror, and have no doubt he got stopped by the stewards for dangerous riding. ... :D
The thing that frustrates me the most about Gone With The Wind is Scarlett O'Hare persuing the wrong kind of love
@leafyutube Scarlett always wants what's out of her reach. She's a fighter - if she can't fight for it, she doesn't want it. That's part of the reason she rejects Ashley when he's finally available to her, and she begs Rhett to stay when he's decided to leave her for good. Rhett learns the lesson that Ashley knew from the beginning...
Leslie howards' part of Ashley was brilliant also , he's great actor ......
La maravillosa película sobre el Viejo Sur y sus familias de plantadores!!Mí favorita!!👍💖📽️
This movie is all perfect, everything works well. The best movie of the world.
If anything this scene told audiences that they were in store for an epic film
This was movie day in class and the teachers let us bring popcorn.
never seen it......yet.............
Gone are the golden times!
You don't have to be Irish to love the land
Context. In the 19th century Ireland was ruled by England and the Irish were banned from owning land in their own country. When the Irish went to the USA they had a right to own land.
Proud I am that I'm Irish. OH YEAH!
There`s no getting away with from it if you are Irish!!! Never a truer word!!!!!
That pullback shot still blows my fucking mind
My father was British, and often babbled such dribble to me (of course I was 12, and didn't know much at the time). God that man was so right, and I was so dumb!
alwellus which country?
Why does this remind me of the Simba-Mufasa Pridelands scene for some reason? Is it because the dads both end up dead in tragic circumstances? I dunno
Plus the "soon all this will be yours" thing
Well, in a way, Gerald had a much less gruesome death than Mufasa: he was merely thrown off his horse while Mufasa was thrown into a wildebeest stampede.
That's true although Gerald's death sets the stage for Bonnie's death later which is almost as big of a gut punch as Mufasa's death was@@jeffreysnydr
As an Irish-American, this scene always gets me a bit misty-eyed in its veracity. What Gerald says is the absolute truth. Whenever I visit Ireland I am so in awe of the land and my ancestral home that it moves me to tears. You have to be truly Irish to understand.
Only Gerald O'Hara was Irish. An immigrant at that. Scarlett's mother, Ellen O'Hara (née Robillard) was of French descent. It was Gerald who adapted to the Southern customs. So even though his wife and daughters inherited his Irish surname, they were Southern through and through.
One of the greatest sequences in american cinema! Sometimes Hollywood gets it right; but the rest is just rubbish for propaganda and superficial entertainment.
The only thing worth living for, worth dying for...
"..you jump what you please."
Magic
Goddamn thats good cinematography.
"It'll come to you this love of the land. There's no getting away from it if you're Irish" as the music comes in was about 20 or 30 years ahead of its time. The movie was all downhill from there, but it would have been impossible to keep it up.
Filmed in beautiful Butte Valley, California #CampFire Mr. O'Hara rides into the scene with the volcanic buttes of Butte Valley behind him. The buttes can be seen in the last scene with Tara. So much has been lost.