Appreciation of the movie "Gone with the Wind":

Gone with the Wind has two translations in China: Gone with the Wind and Gone with the Wind. I prefer the latter, as the movie begins with a line of subtitles: A civilization has gone with the wind. In fact, it is just the drifting of a civilization, and with the drift of civilization, countless individuals of life, a generation, a generation of dreams, and a generation of lifestyles. Just like facing an ultimate goal, death, do you choose to live soberly and pessimistically and emptyly, or to live blindly and actively aside from this ultimate goal; after the demise of a civilization, do you choose to live in remembrance, or to abandon the past and start anew. In the movie, several options are given. Gray Blurred Outline Ashley is a man destined to live a life of affluence and tranquility, otherwise it would be a tragedy. He couldn't see anything clear: bright colors stung his eyes, clear lines scratched his skin. On the contrary, the quiet monotony of life, the quiet and delicate wife, the music and literature sketched by imagination, these vague images gave him a sense of security, he was too accustomed to them, soft and ethereal. But the sound of a cannon, the fall of a soldier, the collapse of a building all irritated his weak nerves with clear and bloody images. He was well aware that the world had changed, and that had not changed him at all, but only deepened his tragedy. It's not that he's incapable of coping with the coming world, it's just that his attitude of not daring to face it diminishes his ability to survive in a new civilization. In fact, Ashley was not the best representative of the civilization he missed. If a civilization appears only in a posture of enjoyment, and there is no down-to-earth practice, like a mirage, such a civilization has no qualifications and charm to survive. I think the real exponents of this civilization in this film are Mrs. O'Hara and Melanie, who live both cultivated and leisurely and bravely faced difficulties. This is the true meaning and charm of this civilization. At best, Ashley inherited the appearance of civilization and enjoyed the fruits of this civilization's long struggle, but failed to remember and inherit the brave character charm of this civilization in the early stages of development. He was born cowardly, and he could live in a new civilization bound by morality, but there was a great fear and disgust lurking in his heart, that is, he could never fit into that civilization. It was later proved that he could not make his wife and children live a good life, and he was not able to survive the competition full of cruelty and ugliness. Forced by the harsh reality of war, Ashley came to understand that the civilization in which he lived had no possibility of survival: it had no modern facilities to withstand the attacks of others, but it was full of ambition to sacrifice for the country and ignorant and arrogant about the actual situation; it only hoped that the cotton trade with Europe would help it win, but did not know that the world was being changed by a new revolution. War is not the most terrible, it is only to consume your life, the will of the individual; the aggression of values after the war is the subversion of the entire civilization of the past. Ashley has a clear view of history and can clearly see the context of historical development, but he does not have the courage to face up to the law of historical progress. He was not qualified to represent a splendid civilization, but he completely handed himself over to that civilization. Once this civilization drifted away, his spirit also collapsed, and the life maintained by morality was only a lifeless shell. In reality, too many people like Ashley, seeing reality clearly, can only increase the tragic color of their lives, such people are really weak. And Ashley's cowardice is reflected in the choice after the disappearance of his ideals and protection, and since he has chosen, he must bear it. In fact, Ashley can completely liberate himself by committing suicide, but he classifies himself too much into that civilization, and is limited by the values, outlook on life, ethics, and social customs in civilization. He ended up in the predicament of having to use the will of death to support the living body, the living duty. He cannot complain about that civilization, but he himself does not understand that civilization, does not transcend that civilization. Scarlet's thick lines Scarlet is meant to be a warm scarlet, but it matches her with a green color that symbolizes hope. This is not contradictory, but the colors are too bright and the outlines are too clear. Her thick red line is destined to leave her obvious and profound mark on history. She is the protagonist of the movie, she is the object of praise, she is the answer that the movie gives us about the choice: abandon the past, desperate to survive, even if it is a weak-looking, pampered woman, because no one but herself is the real shelter; bravely take on the responsibility you should take, because the responsibility will only fall on the person who can take it. She is the female image that the United States preached and worshipped after the Civil War —independence, freedom. Tara (or the red and fertile land) is a symbol of "survival", and Scarlett's love and possession of Tara is the desire to "survive". Melanie's death and Rhett's departure symbolize that she has no one to rely on, and the road ahead will be carried out by herself. In the world today, there are many women in countries that have not reached the level of economic development that is not as economically developed as the United States, and they are also walking this path, advocating individualism, liberalism, and money worship. "Survival" is the most important and basic task of human beings in the world, and only when this requirement is met can human beings have the energy to make life more meaningful. By the end of the movie, Scarlett should have made sure to survive and was doing well. However, life is to have money, to have a house, not to be hungry and frozen these material conditions? Blindly following the rush of livelihood, the seemingly full life is really so meaningful, so worthy of our imitation? Scarlett did not understand a truth in her life: once the standard of life was lowered, she could never return to the original. When she faced the war, and the chaos that followed its defeat, and grew step by step from a spoiled lady to a strong and independent woman, she had abandoned her mother's teachings, abandoned her religious beliefs, that is, abandoned the civilization that had passed, abandoned all the obstacles (people or things) that she thought were preventing her from moving forward: she could run a carpentry as a woman in spite of social customs, or she could hire prisoners regardless of ethics and morality. There was nothing in the world to scare her, but it wasn't necessarily a good thing. After that, she did not really integrate into a new civilization, she was not accustomed to the Yankees, to their greed and vulgarity in grabbing money. Because she considered herself different from them, with a sense of superiority, a cultured sense of superiority given to her by a late civilization (but she did not know that the civilization that had given her superiority had been forgotten by her, and that all that remained of her was the shell of an inertial existence), she had the illusion that as long as she earned enough money, she would be tolerant of others, especially the weak, and that she would make a noble woman who lived a comfortable life and was respected. Not to mention that her own personality herself", the attitude of "defying the weak and striving to be strong" does not allow her to do so; the experience of war, the fragmentation of her original life, makes her make the choice of abandoning the past and moving forward at all costs -- she begins to become selfish, only profit-seeking, the imprint of her past life in her present life is getting weaker and weaker, her standard of living has been reduced to the point of survival, although she has taken great responsibility for her relatives, although she also wants love, But the desire to survive smoothly haunted her and influenced her behavior. She became a representative of individual heroism, liberalism, and anti-traditionalism. In fact, this is a natural thing: when the rich, peaceful life is gone after the war, and people have become unable to support even food and clothing, and they should have to rely on their own labor to build another home, remembering the past and not supporting themselves; and the ladies who are protected by gentlemen can no longer enjoy the life of the past, since nostalgia can not make it resurrected, the only way left is to move forward. But Scarlett never imagined that she had no other spiritual sustenance than to survive: she had abandoned her mother's teachings, she had abandoned the civilization that could not continue, and the faith and religion in the civilization; she saw through that she did not love Ashley, and Ashley had no previous temptation for her; she did not necessarily have Rhett's love and help, she loved the land more; she finally understood that Melanie was the bond between her past, how important she was to herself, but she was dead. This is the consequence of her not being afraid of anything, and there is no support for anything. Money cannot sustain a person throughout their lives. However, there is a question: can you just try to survive and live for a lifetime? Since the original civilization will dissipate, there is no guarantee that the existing civilization that replaced it will not dissipate. Even if we cannot predict its end time, the fate of its end is inevitable. Once the desire to "survive" has been satisfied, once the civilization dominated by "survival" has dissipated, Scarlett's choice is undoubtedly a low-level choice, and this choice will be replaced by a new civilization. I think that the new civilization may be a civilization that requires humanity, ethical norms, and spiritual satisfaction. But what about later? What civilization will it be in the future? There's no way to know, just like the "A" in "A civilization has gone with the wind" can be replaced by a "The" at any time. It will be replaced by a more advanced civilization in the future. The course of history is pushed forward by civilization after civilization. Perfect Symmetry I think in the film, Melanie is the true representative of that civilization that has passed away: tolerant, calm, pure, intellectual, but also brave enough to face difficulties and defend her friends. It's like a perfect sculpture, rigid and soft; it's like a painting, a combination of reason and sensibility. She loves literature, she loves music, her remembrance of her past life is a soft line in Ashley's mind, a vague figure; she can pick up a heavy sword for the sake of her friends, she dares to defend justice against the representative of the authority of civilization, she can work hard for survival, she is a loyal comrade in Scarlett's struggle. It is she who connects these two civilizations, commemorates the past with her own personality and behavior, and greatly comforts those who miss the past; with her courage and temperament, she embraces those who start a new life, giving them understanding and support. In the face of the disappearance of civilization, she chose to continue to move forward, but she deeply burned the essence of past civilization in her heart. However, at the end of the film, she dies, which means that the civilization has completely dissipated, and what will follow will be the domination of a new civilization, the proliferation of individualism and money worship. Even if she hadn't died in childbirth, she wouldn't have lived happily ever after. After the war, the demise of the past civilization is not a question of certainty or not, but of the length of time. The soil of our humanity is the flower that cannot feed a paradise like Melanie, which should have lived without selfish desires. Arranging such a role in the film only represents a kind of memory and ideal, both a memory of a splendid civilization and a hope for the coming civilization. In the film, Ashley, Scarlett, and Melanie make different choices in the face of the disappearance of civilization, which means different fates, but no matter how they choose, they have one thing in common, that is, they are all submerged under a civilization, and their fates are like civilizations in the long river of history, and they will eventually drift away with the wind, because no definite civilization individual can live forever. Jumping from one civilization to another cannot avoid such a fate. Fortunately, however, every living individual is a small drop in the long river, and there are countless water droplets in this long river that share the same destiny. After seeing through it, maybe it will be more open!