Scott Why don't you write up a one page response paper for each of the films you've missed; that will replace the two quizzes. Sue At 01:19 PM 3/14/02 -0500, you wrote: > >>Many non-linear plots (Ground Hog Day, > >>Run Lola Run, Sliding Doors etc) cause no problems for mass audiences in > >>terms of comprehensibility. > >gotta be careful with our terminology here . . . these movies have >absolutely >linear stories, and only to the extent that the plot is the arrangement of >the >story in the telling can we say that the plot is non-linear . . . in some >other >discourses the plt itself is linear andonly the narration is non-linear > >i think it makes little sense to see every moive with a flashback as >essentially non-linear . . . the question insofar as comprehensibility >is concerned is whether the events of the film, no matter in what >order we see them, can be rearranged in our minds to construct >a coherent story > >---- >Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite >http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite NTMail K12 - the Mail Server for Education ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite