Captain Corelli's Mandolin

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The clouds open to a scene of stunning island. Though a bit of an over- used cliche by now, the 'island paradise' look really doesn't get any less spectacular. It's at the same time routine yet amazing that our earth can hold so much beauty within it, I think.

The plane turns and lands on a small strip of island. We depart to a heat that can only be foreign, a heat we long for on those cold English nights, and walk to a tiny airport to see the reaction of the Greek officials to the latest bunch of sun- seeking Englishmen to come onto their island. I confess, the reason for my mother and me taking the trip was to see for ourselves the place where 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin' was filmed, whether it really was that beautiful. It really was.

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