In _Masculin-Feminin_, "The Signal" serves only as the basis for the vaguely Bergman-esque film-within-a-film (some critics saw it as a parody of _The Silence_, but who knows) which Jean-Pierre Leaud and friends watch, desultorily, in a seedy Parisian moviehouse. So strictly speaking, "The Signal" doesn't really feed into _M-F_'s narrative proper. (Of course, Godard being Godard, one could also make the same observation of "Paul's Mistress.") Chris Sieving >Would Godard's Masculine-Feminine (a personal favorite) fit with what's >being asked for? It's supposedly based on two short stories by De >Maupassant (sp?), one called "Paul's Mistress" and the other called "The >Signal." I haven't read any of these, so I'm not exactly sure how they were >combined into the film. In addition, Godard doesn't seem the type to do >straightforward adaptation, so I have no idea how much MF differs from its >source material. > >Hope this helps, >Andrew > >---- >Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the >University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu