Some thoughts: Elia Kazan tried to make the quintessential film on immigrants, America America, a film that had the baggage of an autobiographical explanation for his betrayal of friends in Hollywood during the HUAC/blacklisting era. This year's Beautiful People, though, handled the problems, comedic elements, and assimilationist hopes in England much better in my opinion. ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu