Jonathan,
I don't know how helpful this will be since I have mislaid your original
query, but during the last 20 minutes of The Bridges of Madison County, we are
briefly shown a dedication in Robert's (Eastwood) book to Francesca (Streep).
Although we see the dedication, we do not get to read it, unlike the Yeats poem
she leaves on the bridge for him earlier. What struck me at the time about this
moment was how good an example it is of a film making space for audience
involvement, since by this point in this emotional film we are in no better
position to read things - or even see the screen! - than Francesca. However, the
whole scene, a lengthy one, finds the camera trained on Francesca, registering
her feelings and their outward manifestation as she reads.
Richard
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