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In contrast with the fetishistic fascination of movies such as PULP

FRICTION there has been little (read: none) response to a recent

posting regarding budget cuts at the NEA. These cuts are symptomatic

of an ongoing assault on the NEA by various well known personalities

in Congress and other houses of ill-repute. It seems reasonable

that some type of response <even a simple letter> is called for

considering the meager resources available to independent filmmakers.

What is interesting NEA funds have been an important <though limited>

enabler for many now well established independents. Without this

source of seed money the scales of representation are skewed toward

the whims of fewer and feewer companies. Now that the likes of Jesse

Helms and Strom Thurmond have even more power in the Senate it might

be worthwhile to do something. Allan SAIC