1) Relate what was discussed in class or the text to the screening.

As ironic as it may sound, but Gone With the Wind is actually one of the first movies to begin the "Golden Age" of cinematography. I say ironic because it is a movie, I believe, should have been made twenty years before. This is but one story that could be told about Gone With the Wind. Another thing that could be said is that its another book made into a movie, many were found during this time. Gone With the Wind also helped break down racial barriers in the movie industry. Hattie McDaniel, the woman who played Mammy, actually won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, but was not able to attend the movie's premiere a sign that the movie industry and the US still had its prejudices toward African Americans. 

2) Find a related article (on the film, director, studio, actor/actress, artistic content, etc.) and summarize the content.  You may use the library or the Internet. 

The article discusses Clark Gable's fight to desegregate both the set of Gone With the Wind and maybe even the south. His crusade begins with a single individual, a friend of his by the name of Bluett who was an actor, singer, dancer who got a role as an extra on Gone With the Wind but was uncredited. Later, the two would fight for desegregation in the wash rooms. In the south the wash rooms were segregated but when a protest failed to desegregate them Clark Gable reportedly called up the higher ups and threatened his lead role status and the bathrooms almost instantly became desegregated. Clark would attempt to stand up for the African American actors one more time when they could not attend the premiere of the movie, which took place in the south. Clark wanted more of an out pour, but it was reported that Hattie McDaniel told him that it was alright because she did not want it to escalate.  

Cite the article or copy the url to your journal entry. Summarize in your own words the related article but do not plagiarize any content.

http://hubpages.com/hub/Clark-Gable-Desegregates-Gone-With-The-Wind-Movie-Set

3) Apply the article to the film screened in class.   How did the article support or change the way you thought about the film, director, content, etc.?

Gone With the Wind, a satirical film about southern plantation owners, was one of the first movies to place a leading African American role, Hattie McDaniel, in a good light. She is seen to run the house and the family. So if this is the case why did the producers segregate behind the scenes when it appeared the were desegregating the business on the screen? In my opinion, the movie was made to mock the slave system; this is poorly done in the movie because some of the slaves were not as powerful as they should have been. I had hoped that everything about Gone With The Wind would be progressive and not some of it.

4) Write a critical analysis of the film, including your personal opinion, formed as a result of the screening, class discussions, text material and the article.  I am less interested in whether you liked or disliked a film, (although that can be part of this) than I am in your understanding of its place in film history or the contributions of the director.

Gone With The Wind in my own opinion is an all around bad movie, its as simple as that. The movie, itself, should have been made twenty years prior. The problem with the movie is that if it was attempting to satire the southern plantation owners it fell short when their slaves actually seem to enjoy being servants. If the three slaves simply protested more, rather just Mamie who ran the household, a more foreseeable satire could be seen. The script was awful and even the overly dramatized cinematography shots are too much even for this movie. All aspects of this film are not enjoyable, the only good thing that came out of this movie was Clark Gable's attempt at desegregating the set.


Plagiarism Statement:  Attach this to the end of every journal assignment.

CHECKLIST FOR PLAGIARISM 

1) ( x ) I have not handed in this assignment for any other class. 

2) ( x ) If I reused any information from other papers I have written for other classes, I clearly explain that in the paper. 

3) ( x ) If I used any passages word for word, I put quotations around those words, or used indentation and citation within the text. 

4) ( x ) I have not padded the bibliography. I have used all sources cited in the bibliography in the text of the paper. 

5) ( x ) I have cited in the bibliography only the pages I personally read. 

6) (  x) I have used direct quotations only in cases where it could not be stated in another way. I cited the source within the paper and in the bibliography. 

7) ( x ) I did not so over-use direct quotations that the paper lacks interpretation or originality. 

8) (x  ) I checked yes on steps 1-7 and therefore have been fully transparent about the research and ideas used in my paper. 



Name: _________Alex Lukasiuk_____________________________  Date: ________10/21/2014__________