> It seems to me that this thread takes it for granted that film instructors
> need a textbook.
> Louis Schwartz
> University of Iowa
Not in the least. The original question was about the strengths and
weaknesses about various specific textbooks.
This in no way implies that the use of a textbook is itself desirable--any
more than expressing a preference for one denture adhesive over another
speaks either for or against the desirability of dentures.