Directed by Victor Fleming, George Cukor Gone with the Wind is quite the bloodbath, beyond the ways you might expect. Yes it's set in the South against the Civil War, but it's also structured around a love story that while grand is nowhere near as beneficial as in so many other romantic films. Maybe it's … Continue reading Gone with the Wind (1939)
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Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)
Directed by Robert Wise Burt Lancaster is the symbol of virtue, it seems, in just about all of his most iconic roles. Maybe he's not so much so in films like The Sweet Smell of Success and others I can't think of right now, but when I picture Lancaster I picture Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, The … Continue reading Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)