Since You Went Away (1944)
- Directed by
- John Cromwell, Tay Garnett, Edward F. Cline, David O. Selznick
- Genre
- drama film, war film, romance film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 55 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
During World War II, a family in a small American town near a military base adjusts to having their loved ones away at war. The film shows how they deal with loneliness, grief, and hope while contributing to the war effort at home.
sentimentalsomberemotionalmelancholicreflectiveslow-pacedearnestpoignant
What happens
Since You Went Away is a 1944 American epic drama film directed by John Cromwell for Selznick International Pictures and distributed by United Artists. It is an epic about the US home front during World War II that was adapted and produced by David O. Selznick from the 1943 novel Since You Went Away: Letters to a Soldier from His Wife by Margaret Buell Wilder. The music score was by Max Steiner, and the cinematography by Stanley Cortez, Lee Garmes, George Barnes (uncredited), and Robert Bruce (uncredited). The film is set in a mid-sized American town, where people with loved ones in the armed forces try to cope with their changed circumstances and make their own contributions to the war effort. The town is near a military base, and some of the characters are troops serving Stateside. Though sentimental in places, Since You Went Away is somber at times about the effects of war on ordinary people. Some characters on the home front are dealing with grief, loneliness, or fear for the future. Wounded and disabled troops are shown in the hospital scenes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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