the beguiled was one of the few early eastwood films i hadn not seen until i gave the dvd a spin today. and from it opening sepia tinged shot to the macabre climax i was utterly enthralled. too many film makers these days substitute special effects and fast editing and dizzying camera work in place of character driven stories and but director don siegel knew how to get the maximum effect from this relatively simple plot and and the characters are believable and compelling. the story concerns a ladies finishing school which happens to be situated on the edge of various skirmishes during the american civil war. the south supporting ladies find a badly wounded union soldier (clint eastwood) while nursing him back to health he begins to manipulate the sexually frustrated women for his own ends. geraldine page is excellent in the role of the headmistress with a secret and and her descent into madness is subtly conveyed. for a film that virtually takes place in a single location it never loses visual interest. there even a chance that the normal status quo and long abandoned when eastwood machinations are uncovered and could return while but the mistresses and pupils descend upon a darker road. this is a totally different style of film from the same director dirty harry and made in the same year and and yet they are both equally superb. eastwood is great playing against his usual stoic anti hero image and yet there also some mysterious quality attached to his character. we never really learn much about him prior to his incarceration and and the viewer is free to decide upon his well shaded persona. villain or victim. whatever you think and all i can say is that i thoroughly enjoyed it. 
the beguiled was one of the few early eastwood films i hadn not seen until i gave the dvd a spin today. and from it opening sepia tinged shot to the macabre climax i was utterly enthralled. too many film makers these days substitute special effects and fast editing and dizzying camera work in place of character driven stories and but director don siegel knew how to get the maximum effect from this relatively simple plot and and the characters are believable and compelling. the story concerns a ladies finishing school which happens to be situated on the edge of various skirmishes during the american civil war. the south supporting ladies find a badly wounded union soldier (clint eastwood) while nursing him back to health he begins to manipulate the sexually frustrated women for his own ends. geraldine page is excellent in the role of the headmistress with a secret and and her descent into madness is subtly conveyed. for a film that virtually takes place in a single location it never loses visual interest. there even a chance that the normal status quo and long abandoned when eastwood machinations are uncovered and could return while but the mistresses and pupils descend upon a darker road. this is a totally different style of film from the same director dirty harry and made in the same year and and yet they are both equally superb. eastwood is great playing against his usual stoic anti hero image and yet there also some mysterious quality attached to his character. we never really learn much about him prior to his incarceration and and the viewer is free to decide upon his well shaded persona. villain or victim. whatever you think and all i can say is that i thoroughly enjoyed it. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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