"Whether there is a "facsist aesthetic" I think one could say there was definitely a fascist aesthetic, though I'm not sure if it was viluntary. I believe it was called Bahaus because most of the poster artists of the time came from that school, but I could be mistaken. One can see it most clearly in the art and posters of the time. The Nazis set out rules about what art would be 'acceptable', which is essentially a kind of no nonsense, industrialist kind of art that That proved to be quite influential in future design. The same phenomenon can be seen during the period of Stalin's ascendence to power in Russia, and the art and posters are quite similar in nature. How this translated into film making, I honestly don't know. I've not seen many films of the era to be able to make a judgement. But poster examples can be seen at these sites. http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/posters2.htm http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~atraynor/nazi_posters_1933.htm http://www.mrbriar.com/7History/7hist.htm -- Word to the Wise: A barrel full of monkeys isn't fun for very long if there aren't any air holes. http://www.bonestructure.net ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]