Dear folk: Please accept my apologies for introducing such a dull note into such an interesting theoretical discussion of video grabs and copyright, but I have a practical problem. I need to get affordable film stills from not only The Blair Witch Project and Scream, but obscure films like The Last Broadcast, and Beringer and Sinofsky's Paradise Lost. These last might be unattainable. I've contacted Jerry Ohlinger's store in Manhattan and he was able to provide me with two uninspired stills from BWP and Blair Witch 2, also some good stuff from I Walked With a Zombie, but nothing from the other films mentioned. I know there is another store in Manhattan--maybe several--that can provide me with stills from recent horror films, but I don't know what they are. MoMA has closed its Film Stills department, but even when I called them several months ago they did not have the stills I needed. Eastman doesn't have them either, here in Rochester. Of course the surest option would be to contact Artisan or Haxan Films and inquire, but sometimes their prices are prohibitive. Could some kind soul who knows Manhattan or Buffalo direct me to sources for film stills that might feature the films mentioned above? Please write privately, so as not to clog the list. I hate getting film stills. I've published twice with Camera Obscura, and its still the most difficult part of the whole process for me. <G> Many thanks in advance! Sarah ********************************************************************* Sarah L. Higley [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] Associate Professor of English office: (585) 275-9261 The University of Rochester fax: (585) 442-5769 Rochester NY, 14627 ********************************************************************* Py dydwc glein / O erddygnawt vein? "What brings a gem from a hard stone?" Book of Taliesin ********************************************************************* ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite