While the Odessa steps sequence may be the most famous example, Eisenstein continued to use that technique, at least in the beginning of _Ivan the Terrible, Part I_. It takes alot more screen time to pour the bowl of coins over Ivan's head than it would have taken at the correnation. Speculation: if speeded-up action, as in Keystone Cops sequences, is for comedy, does slowing down the action, whether via slow motion or repeated action, suggest the opposite (whatever we want to take that to be)? Kendall D'Andrade ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]