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“There are movies, and then there are movies like The Wizard of Oz. Classics so eternal and reinvigorating that terms like “masterpiece” or “beloved” don’t justify their rarefied space. They sit high upon the top shelf of the canon, projecting the highest artistic heights of which we may achieve. Since 1939, hasn’t The Wizard of Oz been a seminal film in the sparking of our collective imagination? I would argue that it has. What’s so shocking watching the film is knowing how tumultuous and hazardous the production was. Cast members and directors cycled through, earlier drafts wanted to downplay the magic and fantasy, and it seemed doomed to live its life out as massive creative folly. A zeppelin primed for exploding. Yet, the cinematic gods smiled down upon it, and throu” read more
The Golden Year of Hollywood:1939