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    Visconti’s View: LEARNING TO DRIVE / Q&A with Patricia Clarkson

    Learning to Drive Film Commentary  By Tinsel & Tine Blog Contributor, Linda Visconti My mother never drove. She was satisfied with the urban substitute of public transportation and a husband willing to drive her elsewhere. I thought my mother sentenced herself to an unnecessary prison. It frustrated me that she wouldn’t face a fear that I saw as easy to overcome. “Learning to Drive” helped me to understand the paralysis of this particular fear and the not-so-easy road to overcoming it. Fear of driving is not the only fear that this film addresses. The fear of being left, the fear of committing to marriage, the fear of political persecution –…