Donna - Thank you for your reply. <<what "things" you need the film to do (i.e., narrative structure, formal elements, country of origin, illustrations of society and culture or politics)>> I'm afraid I'm something of a Luddite when it comes to video. I have ready access to an enormous variety of things on 16mm film, so I have avoided video to this point. Its not so much that I'm anti-video, its just that I think it is important for film students to see films on film whenever possible and I am fortunate to have access to the resources to do that. I have traditionally taught film history from a chronological standpoint using all the criteria you describe above. However, I am turning over in my mind the notion of abandoning chronology in favor of a course based on the development of structure, or perhaps, of themes. I haven't made any firm decisions yet. I need to balance the teaching of the material and the increasing tendency of students to be unreceptive to the more traditional ways of structuring a film course. The last thing I want is to pander to the increasing ignorance of people to history and to film history in particular, but I think rigidity in sticking to traditional modes is unwise as well. I'm balancing those two factors right now. Gene Stavis - School of Visual Arts, NYC