> There's a scene toward the end of Agnes Varda's _Vagabond_ in which > Mona wanders into a village full of mud and shrub-clad men chasing > inhabitants, soaking in mudbaths, and mauling passersby in > mud-splattered glee. Just what is going on here--some sort of > village folk ritual of the mud season? I've wondered about that myself, Lynda. I suspect that they are not just covered with mud, but also with *wine* and that it is some sort of wine-oriented bacchanal--perhaps a festival associated with wine-making? But I don't know anything more specific than that. Regards, Jeremy Jeremy Butler [log in to unmask] SCREENsite: http://www.sa.ua.edu/tcf/ Telecommunication and Film/University of Alabama/Tuscaloosa ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]