GARY, > (who?) filmed the bulgakov. >the book had an excellent 1st person p.o.v. Well, since I don't read Russian, and the translator for the film neglected to put the name of the director in the subtitles, I STILL don't know WHO directed it! Alexandr Askoldov, the Russian film director was visiting here recently and I asked him if he knew the film. He mentioned who he thought had directed it, but I forgot to write it down. Askoldov is moving from Berlin to Karlstad in January -- at least that is what he told to me --- so we may have a good source of lectures on Russian film soon! HEART OF A DOG has a very interesting opening, since it uses the dog's POV for the opening shots. Very nice and sort of stroboscopic in nature, skipping frames. Gives the viewer a sense of being in something different that a human, but on a subconcious level. Not until there is an objective shot of the dog watching a cart go by which has previously beeen in the POV shots do you realize exactly what is going on--- and there is a voice-over narration going on at the same time. DOG as narrator. Beats Sunset Boulevard! Bert ******************************************************************** * Bert Deivert E-mail: [log in to unmask] * * Film Studies * * Univ. of Karlstad * * Box 9501 S-650 09 Karlstad, Sweden TEL. 46-54-838106 * ********************************************************************