For anyone interested in connections between film and modern American history and politics, I highly recommend NIXON AT THE MOVIES (Univ. of Chicago, 2004) by Mark Feeney. It's an original and brilliant discourse on the Nixon Era (that is, much of mid-20th Century America) using the extensive log of films Nixon and his family watched in the White House movie theater (far more than any other president; who'd have thought?) The connections Feeney makes between Nixon's own upbringing in Whittier, CA, in the shadow of Hollywood, his ambitions and appeal to middle America ring true. The chapter on DOUBLE INDEMNITY as a text on Southern California during the rise of Richard Nixon is alone worth picking up the book for. -- Dennis Bingham Associate Professor and Director of Film Studies Dept. of English Indiana University School of Liberal Arts IUPUI 501V Cavanaugh Hall 425 University Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46202 (317) 274-9825 (phone) (317) 278-1287 (fax) ---- 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]