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Feature film 'The Bridges of Madison County' - Column
The approach to illicit love that 'The Bridges of Madison County' takes reveals an unenlightened and stultifying view of human sexuality. 'Picnic,' a film from the 1950s, is fresher, more mature and broader in its ambitions.See the full content of this document
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Neoconservative romance.
SEVERAL CRITICS have remarked that Clint Eastwood's "The Bridges of Madison County" is the director's "gift for women." Indeed, this film is a major departure for the archetypal tough guy of the post-John Wayne era, although Eastwood's directorial sensitivities have been in evidence in such films as "B...
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