Famous tearful love story! A complex symphony of love. The whole world watched this story of an illicit love in awe. After the end of the movie, the audience could not relax. They walked out of the theater in silence.
The film has been nominated for an Oscar award. The way a four-day romance between a man and a woman blossoms into a life-long love and affects some lives leaves the audience breathless. 'The Bridges of Madison County' is a real-life love story that rained hundreds of crores of rupees. A love affair in America!
The story takes place in 1965. Her name is Francesca Johnson. Her husband is a soldier in World War II. They have two kids.
One day the husband and children go to another state in America after four days of work. The real story starts there. A young and enthusiastic photographer for the world famous nature magazine 'National Geography' comes along. His assignment was to photograph the historic Madison County Bridge.
He comes to the area where the bridge is located in Iowa in America, but he is unable to know exactly where it is. He sees a woman drying clothes in front of the house. He asks if you can tell me where the bridge is. He will come and get into his jeep as if he is nearby and will show the way.
He takes many pictures of Bridge and her in the golden sun of the evening. He returns and drops her near home. He says thanks. She calls to come inside the house for a cup of tea. He forgives with a smile. He notices that there is no one else in the house. She says that her husband and children have gone to another place and will not return for four or five days. She asks if I can have "a little brandy" in the black tea made for him. A delusion like dumbness translates into words. The air groans with the weight of passion.
An emotion brings strangers closer. An unprecedented romantic experience smells like crushed flowers...smiles. The twinkle in her eyes, the light on his chest lovingly caressed. So four days... four is four days! Gone are the days when the lamp of love and divine experience was lit. He has gone.
She waits. All that remains are the anticipation... the anticipation... the memories. They are back. Madhuryam, who has left, leaves her with sleepless nights. There is a big story behind this story becoming a movie.
A true love story written as a novel by author Robert James Whaler. It was he who named 'The Bridges of Madison County'. In 1992, the novel sold lakhs of copies. Those who read it went crazy. Director Steven Spielberg wanted to make a movie of this best seller. His own production company Amstin Entertainment bought the rights of this novel for 25 thousand dollars.
Spielberg did not like the screenplay written first by Okayana and then by someone else. The third is Kathleen Kennedy. Spielberg liked Kennedy's portrayal of this love story as 'her'. The hero was originally thought to be Clint Eastwood. By then, Spielberg's 'Schindler's List' post-production work was underway. When finished, he wanted to take 'The Bridges of Madison County'.
Who is the heroine?
Could not decide. Before Isabella Rosallini thought it would be good. The names of five other heroines were also discussed. Clint Eastwood insisted that Meryl Streep should be the heroine, even if Spielberg didn't like it. Finally, Eastwood got the direction. He planned the shooting of the movie carefully.
The shooting should be completed in 52 days. Due to a lot of precautions and good planning, the construction was completed in 42 days. On November 1, 1994, the shooting was completed and post-production started. Filming took place in Madison County, Iowa. "Or should we just fu- on the LINOLEUM one last time?" says the heroine jokingly. Because of that word, the censors said 'only for adults'. Director East Wood convinced the authorities that this is a love story that everyone should watch except for that one dialogue. The movie broke records when it was released in 1995. East Wood was nominated as the best director and Meryl Streep was nominated for an Oscar as the best actress.
The real life story behind the love story:
Francesca Johnson's boyfriend is a famous photographer named Robert Kinkaid. After four years of intense love, he left and never came back. Some years ago, Francesca's husband, Richard, died. Let's wait for Robert to come back. Three years later I heard the news that Robert Kin Caid had died. A few years later she also died.
Her two grown children came to sell the estate in Iowa after their mother's death. Son Michael and daughter Carolyn Johnson were shocked to learn that their mother wanted her ashes not to be buried next to her husband, but to be scattered over a Madison County bridge. They saw photos, letters and a key hidden by the mother in the iron box.
When the lock is removed, a small box contains National Geographic magazines, a magazine with photos of the Madison County Bridge, old cameras, and some mementos. There is a photo of Kin Kaid somewhere in the National Geographic magazine. Around his neck is the chain of Christ's cross worn by their mom. The film starts with a flash back of both of them reading mother's notebook. "Ours was true love. A love that lit up both of our lives and remained a great experience," Francesca wrote. She wrote about love in detail, hoping that her children would forgive her last wish to scatter the ashes on the bridge. Earlier, Kin Kaid's ashes were also scattered on that bridge. The children were moved after reading the mother's love story. Her last wish was fulfilled.
The story behind the story: A phone call to author Robert James Whaler. Francesca's children Michael Johnson and his younger sister Carolina spoke. Want to talk to the author personally. Come to Iowa on the plane and talk to James Whaler. He asked, 'Since you are a good writer, will you write my mother's love story?'
The whole story is told very carefully and honestly. The author was moved by the way the mother was asked to write a short novel respecting her and her deep love even though it was an illicit love.
From budding love near a bridge with a roof like a train box in Madison County, about a magical love experience that ended in four days, dates, diaries, and magazines hidden as a mark... It's a strange feeling for James Whaler. He wrote a beautiful love story as a short novel. It will be printed in a few weeks...and the writer went to Seattle to see if he could find more interesting information.
After talking to a few people, they finally found out where Robert Kinkaid was. The photographer and the writer became friends in a bar where they sang songs. A few days later Kin Kaid details his love affair with Francesca. He said that she was a great person and that love gave him a new life. Around his neck is the crucifixion chain that Francesca gave him. The 70-year-old man became a poet while talking about her - says the writer.
A few days after that Kin Ked
A few days later Kin Kaid died of illness. The novel 'Bridges of Madison County' sold 1 million copies and shook America. Later the movie of the same name created a sensation.
Some lives are just that or some true loves are just a momentary, divine experience... tears that always call us... mirages...
APARNA SEN'S PAROMA
Great Indian filmmaker Aparna Sen made a good movie 'Paroma' in 1985 with almost a similar story. Rakhi is the heroine. A 40-year-old woman with a husband and children fell in love with a photographer and it was a consequence. A must watch movie. Aparna Sen pours poetry on screen. While watching '36 Chowrangi Lane'! -
