How about Mr. Smith Goes to Washington-- The press is used to disparage the Jeff SMith character, for political reasons. John Shields -----Original Message----- From: David Tetzlaff [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 12:35 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: films about media and media "imperialism"? Nothing hits me about "media imperialism" per se but the following films contain various comments on media culture: My Favorite Year A Face In The Crowd Deathwatch How to Get Ahead in Advertising Sonic Outlaws Quiz Show Star 80 Barton Fink Wayne's World 2 Network King of Comedy Videodrome Last Action Hero Max Headroom: 20 minute into ther future (UK TV) Strange Days Existenz Absolutley True Cheerleader Murder (HBO) Natural Born Killers Absence of Malice Bye Bye Birdie Airheads Then are non-fiction films that engage in media criticism directly: the Chomsky documentary, Killing Us Softly, Dreamworlds and the other stuff from Media Education Foundation, Paper Tiger TV (I recommend "Joan Does Dynasty" and "Born to be Sold") ---- 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] ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite