Just thinking about the original query: A late 70's film which certainly deserves mention is Caroll Ballard's 1979 film, "The Black Stallion" whose lyrical use of slow-motion tends to romanticize the movements whereas Peckinpah uses it in "The Wild Bunch", circa 1969, to effectively portray the horror of violent death. Incidentally, in 1969 when I directed a baseball film we shot every play at 30 frames per second so that the actions could be seen more accurately...and noone was aware of the slower-motion. So someone please tell me, what exactly is slow-motion? 48, 60, 72, or more frames per second? Isn't is, more often than not, an arbitrary decision made by the director and his/her D.P.? Thanks, Rolf Brandis ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]