There is in fact a large literature on remakes One of my essays, Raiders of the Lost Text, appeared in a past Journal of the Popular Film and Television, and was later republished in a book which was probly called REMAKE IT AGAIN SAM My essay has a lot of the earlier literature it was actually a quite hot subject in film studies im rather preoccupied with a lot of other stuff right now, so if you can't find the original essay on spielberg through the web or whereever let me know in a day or so Again original was called RAIDERS OF THE LOST TEXT and the journal is Journal of Popular Film and TV outof HELDREF publications in washington DC best hrg md endit PS You can also try posting if they will let you on SCREEN-L which is a film scholar's list. Come to think of it, maybe I will do this for you if I get a moment. HRG MD ENDIT ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu