VICTOR FLEMING FILMS

Comparison of Victor Fleming Films

Comparison of Victor Fleming Films

Introduction

The movies I have chosen for this paper are Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind. Both movies were directed by renowned Hollywood film maker Victor Fleming. During the First World War, Fleming was engaged in aerial photography reconnaissance, and then escorted President Woodrow Wilson to travel to European countries as a senior operator. In 1919, Fleming returned to Hollywood, and this time he made his directorial debut with two films: "When the clouds swirl" and "sissy" in which the actor played Fairbanks. Critics acknowledged that the President - the master of his craft. In the 1920s, Fleming made films in various genres, but most of all adventure, as well as in his luggage were melodramas, and even the popular musical "The Wizard of Oz."

Discussion

Wizard of Oz

The action takes place in 1900. Orphan Dorothy lives in Kansas with Uncle Henry, Auntie Em and Toto dog. Once the storm picks up a house located at the Dorothy and Toto out there, and brings it to the Land of the Munchkins, in the Land of Oz. In falling, the house kills Munchkin ruler, the Wicked Witch of the East. Together with her freed from the tyranny of Munchkin, Dorothy meets the Good Witch of the North. Dorothy wants to return home. Good Witch of the North gives her silver shoes, which were killed by the witch, and advised to follow the yellow brick road paved to the Emerald City, ruled by the great wizard of Oz. He, according to the magician, will be able to help the girl.

Dorothy Gale, a young orphan, is raised on a farm of Kansas held by his aunt and uncle. Her dog Toto being persecuted by the evil Almira Gulch, Dorothy asked three farm workers to protect it. But no one seems to take seriously the concerns of the girl. His aunt Em reproached his imagination and asks him to find his place in a world without problem.

Almira Gulch eventually takes Toto with the intent to kill him. But the dog escapes and returns to Dorothy decides to run away. On the way, she meets Professor Marvel who manages to persuade her to return to his family.

Interpretation of the Movie

The movie is considered a model of political satire : under the guise of the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman ("knight" in tin armor), which were extremely popular images in American political caricature in late XIX - early XX centuries, discern the specific historical figures - the Presidents Harrison, Cleveland, McKinley, the oil monopoly, Rockefeller and newspaper magnate William Hearst . Witches, in fact, ruled parts of Oz, there were subtle hint of the rich and powerful monopolies, the oligarchs, in fact governed by the United States. Naive and eccentric Munchkin depicted ordinary citizens, ordinary people, and flying monkeys - Pinkerton agents.

Interpreted as the Tin Woodman, "dehumanized" industrial workers exposed to severe ill-treatment by the Witch of the East, ruled the country before the hurricane Munchkin, ...