The manipulative daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a turbulent romance with a roguish profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction periods. Weird to me that that’s a synopsis for this film. I feel like the film is about more than that. However, with it’s blatant glorification of the south during slavery, Gone with the Wind is a mighty hard pill to swallow. There … Continue reading 6. Gone with the Wind (1939)
Exiled into the dangerous forest by her wicked stepmother, a princess is rescued by seven dwarf miners who make her part of their household. If you know anything about me, you know that Disney films are ingrained on my heart and have been since I was a small child, which you can thank my father for. But, I’ve never particularly had a love for this … Continue reading 34. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
I always find it interesting that movie musicals, for as many people there are that love them, there’s just as many that absolutely hate them. And, I’ve never really understood that hatred. I don’t know if it’s because some of the first films that I saw were movie musicals (I’m looking at you, Disney), but whatever it is, I do love them. I love them … Continue reading Why I Love Movie Musicals
Wyoming, early 1900s. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid are the leaders of a band of outlaws. After a train robbery goes wrong they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels. Their solution – escape to Bolivia. As we all know, from the time I watched The Wild Bunch, I do not like westerns. I have a hard time staying … Continue reading 73. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
The Walt Disney Company, in just ten years, went from being on the verge of being picked apart and taken over to one of the most powerful and successful film companies of all time. Have you ever asked yourself how they did that? I did, when I was in college. In fact, I spent an entire semester researching and writing a paper on the subject. … Continue reading The Near Fall and Rise of the Walt Disney Company
