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| The influence cause by Gone With The Wind on film industry | Bridget Zhu Yanrui | | 2010-12-1 | |

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The Influence Caused by Gone with the Wind on Film Industry
Introduction
Many filmmakers would say that there is no such thing as a movie capable of shaking the world. It does influence the world. Although it is very hard to make such a movie which can shake the world, some filmmakers still attempt to make them. In fact, it sometimes take years to realize what really a great film or what may have looked wonderful at the time but was just a momentary prosper. Most of the movies didn’t so much shake the world but become memorable because, when you look back on them, you may found that they are not good enough to be called shocked movie, they sometimes lack of deep meaning or they just born in a wrong time. But memories are short, these films may be forgotten over time. Gone with the Wind is the film which will never be forgotten over time. Otherwise, people will realize that it is great with time passing by.
Gone with the Wind is one of the few movies which can be called epic film. This is the film people look at again and again with the most affection. Of course, it was based on Margaret Mitchell’s novel, but that cannot explain why it is stay in people’s mind for so long. On the contrary, it is this film made the novel become more popular than before.
If the total income for Gone with the Wind were to be adjusted for inflation, it would be considered the most successful film of all time. Its characters, story, music and dialogue must be the best known of any film. Some people may not remember or know who is Rhett Butler or Scarlett O’ Hara, but they definitely know the dialogue they talk in the movie. Such as, “After all, tomorrow is another day!”(Gone with the Wind, 1939) and “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn!”(Gone with the Wind, 1939) which cost producer Selznick 5000 dollars to made it through the review of Hollywood.
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