Thanks to Ed O'Neill for pointing out one I inexplicably missed! > Three cheers for Donald Larsson's very complete listing. > > But in all the lists, I didn't seem to notice _All That > Jazz_. > > For those who don't remember, the Broadway > director-choreographer has a heart attack while preparing > his newest show. If he dies and the show folds before > opening, the insurance kicks in, and the show will make a > profit without ever having opened! Now if that's not > central to the narrative, I don't know what is. Indeed! And it makes telling use of subjective sound in the scene where he's having his first warning attack of angina during a first reading of the play, but all he (and we) can hear is the tapping of his shoe, the snuffing-out of his cigarette, the breaking of a pencil, etc. Don Larsson ---------------------- Donald Larsson Minnesota State U, Mankato [log in to unmask] ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama.