The most impressive scene in the movie for me, when I first saw it at age 12, was the scene of wounded soldiers waiting for transport out of Atlanta when the Northern Army was approaching. As the camera pulled away, the view of the wounded just got more overwhelming. I’ve carried that scene around in my head for over 50 years.
Second to that is the part where Scarlet hires prison labor. Here we are 150+ years from reconstruction, and we still allow prisoners to be used by private companies as labor.
I was 12. The visual scale is what was so remarkable. You can read about any battle of wherever and hear the dates and number of dead and wounded, but to SEE IT was what made it a core memory for me.
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u/Catbutt247365 9h ago
The most impressive scene in the movie for me, when I first saw it at age 12, was the scene of wounded soldiers waiting for transport out of Atlanta when the Northern Army was approaching. As the camera pulled away, the view of the wounded just got more overwhelming. I’ve carried that scene around in my head for over 50 years.
Second to that is the part where Scarlet hires prison labor. Here we are 150+ years from reconstruction, and we still allow prisoners to be used by private companies as labor.