The Making of a Legend: Gone With the Wind

A guide to what you should see and what you should skip — and what you won't be able to avoid

Week of April 9

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Gone with the wind

David O. Selznick's film of the Margaret Mitchell novel was as epic in its gestation as it was onscreen. Written by Selznick biographer David Thomson and using interviews and rare footage, this 1988 documentary is cultural history at its most lucid and enthralling. —Richard Corliss

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