ABSTRACT This comparative review of Clint Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima sees the two films as a diptych exploring issues of military masculinity, heroism, and myths of American and Japanese national character as they are focused by the battle for Iwo Jima in World War II.

Keywords:
Eastwood, war films, Iwo Jima, late style, heroism
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2007
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