Book Tour – My Favourite Film By Claudia Carroll

Oh God, what’s not to love about this epic movie, and indeed book for that matter? It’s a movie I keep coming back to, because it’s got everything, romance, drama, war, death, destruction and one of the most unforgettable characters in literature.

Scarlett isn’t necessarily likeable, yet you can’t help but admire her and you bet on her to come up trumps every time. In spite of her emotional short-sightedness when it comes to a certain Rhett Butler, you still find yourself rooting for her and no more so than when she’s backed into a tight corner.

I first saw the movie with my parents and Granny one Christmas night about a hundred years ago and even though they’d all seen it a thousand times before, they were utterly entranced all over again. As for me, I was so swept up in Scarlett’s on/off romance with Rhett, I can clearly remember losing all track of time and at times forgetting where I was.

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Then I read the book by Margaret Mitchell and couldn’t believe how faithful the movie adaptation was to it. Apparently when she was writing it, she was actually able to interview Civil War veterans…can you image? No wonder the book is so richly detailed and insightful. It’s almost movie lore at this stage abut the film producers ‘search for Scarlett’ and the almost Cinderella story of how they eventually settled on an unknown British actress by the name of Vivien Leigh, who went on to be perfection itself in the film, even bagging herself an Oscar in the process.

For God’s sake, it’s got everything. War, peace, a dizzying love triangle, a thwarted love affair, vengeance, melodrama of course, one of the most memorable last lines of any movie, ever. ‘After all, tomorrow is another day.’