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Originally Posted by Catlady
My head is exploding. I think both characters are multidimensional and sympathetic in both versions. I see very little difference in how they are portrayed in the movie and the book.
I had read the book multiple times before I ever saw the movie, and had formed my ideas of who the characters were. I thought the movie was completely true to the book.
I happen to be rereading the book right now ...
I think it is great literature. It's entertaining, accessible, memorable, and readable.
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Sorry Catlady, I'm with issybird on this one, enjoyable though the book was at the time I read it (which was after seeing the film, back in my 'teens). Maybe the whitewashing (sorry, no pun intended) of the origins of the Ku Klux Klan was part of what stuck in my throat, even back then, or maybe I have added that layer on subsequently.
I did think the film was very well done and I loved Vivien Leigh as Scarlett - a great performance - but the principals were all very good. I don't know what I would make of it now - I haven't seen it for many years.