in truth lots of film theory has reasonable claims to philosophical seriousness . . . so does fred jameson, who has written about film, most notably in his long review of rothman's book on hitchcock . . . certainly kracauer has to be included in such a listing . . . but the name that comes to mind pre-eminently, the one who is not a film person but a profesional philosopher who nonetheless has devoted lots of his most important work to discussing cinema is, of course, stanley cavell mike frank ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]