Writer Salman Rushdie explores this issue, as you can see in the link below. He lists several reasons why the movie is enduring and "timeless." First, the movie raises questions about power: adults are "inadequate," and girls and women are shown as more powerful than men. In Kansas, for example, Dorothy's aunt and uncle can't protect Toto from Miss Gulch and are powerless against the tornado. In Oz, the wizard is a fraud. The most...
Writer Salman Rushdie explores this issue, as you can see in the link below. He lists several reasons why the movie is enduring and "timeless." First, the movie raises questions about power: adults are "inadequate," and girls and women are shown as more powerful than men. In Kansas, for example, Dorothy's aunt and uncle can't protect Toto from Miss Gulch and are powerless against the tornado. In Oz, the wizard is a fraud. The most powerful people in the film are female: the witches, Miss Gulch and Dorothy. Second, the theme of "there's no place like home" continues to resonate powerfully by conveying the idea that everything we need is already in our own backyards. Finally, the movie shows human nature as essentially good. The movie, says Rushie, exemplifies Western values by arguing that we are good inside ourselves and that evil comes from without.
Finally, I would add the production values, including the use of color film once Dorothy arrives at Oz, the acting, the sets and the music as pieces of the puzzle of creating a masterpiece that captures the ethos of the book.
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