I'm writing a piece on the myths of interactive cinema and was wondering if anyone on SCREEN-L might be able to steer me towards interesting literature and/or examples that I might use. Grahame Weinbren seems to me the dominant voice in the theory of an interactive cinema, and I'm aware of the work he's published and nurtured at Millennium Film Journal over the past decade. I've also read all of Lev Manovich's work, and have a copy of the recent issue of Convergence about Cinemas Past and Future, edited by Ross Harley. As for the prehistory of this idea, I've got a good handle on the expanded cinema concepts and even the proto-histories of VR with Morton Helig and the like. What I'm really wondering is whether I'm missing more recent film studies work relating directly to the notion of an interactive cinema. I'm also like to hear from any of you about your students's, especially production students', interests in interactive cinema. Does anyone bring these ideas up in class, are students making interactive narratives around a cinematic model, are they even interested in the concept of interactive narrative at this point? Peter Lunenfeld Graduate Faculty | Media Design Director | Institute for Technology & Aesthetics (ITA) Art Center College of Design 1700 Lida Street | Pasadena, CA 91103 [log in to unmask] ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]