It strikes me that Mike Frank, or mike frank, or the human who is called by other humans "Mike Frank," really desires to think of film as a kind of text. Well, I don't want to stop him. I just don't think of it that way. I think the topic is getting a bit warm, though, as in flamey. Stavis and I don't think about it the way Frank thinks about it. There's nothing wrong--or even particularly interesting--in that. Nothing personal was intended by me. I'm actually trying to defend what I think film is, and I trust that Mike Frank is too. ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]