--- Staven Bruce <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Where I think we split in opinion is in regards to > how sinister 'Shadow > Of A Vampire' is historically. I agree with you that > it is not an epic > of Murnau's life, and indeed it is done for > amusement's sake. However my > contention is simply that applying fanciful and fun > fiction to a > particular historical story, no matter how > significant or insignificant, > does in fact begin to revise the story itself and > opens the way for even > greater, more devastating revisions. You're probably right. I do hate revisionism, and it's wrongheaded of me to partially excuse it in a film that I enjoyed. I mainly wanted to clarify that it wasn't hidden anywhere that _Shadow..._ operates on a 'what if' instead of an 'it was' format. It was a premise, a conscious reformatting instead of incorrect history. Perhaps as bad, perhaps not. -Jim Crocamo __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html