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Activist Meets Hedonist in Romantic Wartime Drama

East Bay Express | September 28, 2004

Despite some carnage, this isn't really a war film. It's a John Duigan film -- a brilliantly conceived and delivered extension of the obsessions that have driven one of our finest directors to create excellent cinema for years.

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Tags: Head in the Clouds, John Duigan

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If one mayor represented all of Alameda and Contra Costa counties, that person's 2.5 million constituents would live in the country's fourth-largest city. And just as these East Bay counties are very different from the rest of the San Francisco...

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East Bay Express | Gregory Weinkauf | 09-28-2004 | Reviews

Tags: Bang Rajan, Tanit Jitnukul

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