1. “There’s no place like home” HUM 3280: Narrative Film Fall 2011 Dr. Perdigao September 14, 2011

2. Depression Era Filming Transformations in gender roles and family life—13 million workers unemployed Women’s new roles Gone with the Wind’s representations—household servants and field hands as well as Scarlett O’Hara’s role Idea that Hollywood failed to represent the Depression, address its politics Escapism versus realism Fantastic as extension of the real, not total escape Placed against The Grapes of Wrath (1939) Breakdown of the family in both Treatment of the past and ideas about the present Place of industrialization, in the South; Scarlett as businesswoman

3. “I can always go home” Gone with the Wind (1939) Epic film Civil war Idea of home Construction of the South, idealized and romanticized Return to Tara, end of Part I Restoration of Tara Return to Tara, end of film

4. “Tomorrow is another day” Land as the “only thing that lasts” Tara sustaining the family, turns barren, turnip

5. “I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore” The Wizard of Oz (1939) Escapism, fantasy New Deal optimism Black and white to color Oz and the spectacle of capitalism Emerald City, following the yellow brick road Wilderness, small town, metropolis

6. “Somewhere over the rainbow” Depression-era values epitomized by characters Heart, Brain, Courage Perseverance Homecoming Recognition of value of home

7. “There are other places” From Golden Age of Hollywood films to Postwar Cinema American identity—from the Depression to war culture Expatriate Disconnect, fragmentation Idea of home changes