In a message dated 8/1/00 11:28:31 PM, [log in to unmask] writes: << The quote was made sometime in the 1980s or early '90s (at least that's when I read it) and it was made by a Republican political figure. (If memory serves it was made by a member of Reagan's administration, maybe James Watt or Dick Cheney, but it might also have been made by someone in the legislative branch like Newt Gingrich.) This person said (in a paraphrase): "I used to watch Ingmar Bergman films like everyone else in the 1960s but they made me depressed so I stopped. Now I'm not depressed any more.") >> It was definitely William Bennett who horribly was the Secretary of Education at the time. It was either in Newsweek or Time and I believe the quote also mentioned black turtleneck shirts and coffee houses. Sorry, I can't be more definite, but it was a memorable read at the time. I still blame Reagan for the death of college film societies! Dennis Doros Milestone Film & Video ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu