Gerard Genette's _Paratexts_ is only about the effects of 'incidentals' like typeface, chapter headings, cover blurbs etc, on the way a text may be understood. He only discusses books, but there may be an extractable principle in there somewhere. Don mentioned Eco - there's an OK collection called _interpretation and overinterpretation_ with essays by Eco & others, which sort of discusses the issue of the limits of interpretation - one or two useful insights I think in the essay by Jonathan Culler. Another place to look, especially for theoretically informed work to do with the status of textual elements known to be outside of or contra to the author's intention (typos, changes implemented by publishers, posthumous revisions by family members etc) is the journal 'Text: An Interdisciplinary Annual of Textual Studies' - again, this is pretty much geared to writing not film, but it doesn't matter too much esp if the issue is interpretation, not editorial practice. Laura _________________________________________________________________ Get a Credit Card - 60 sec online response: http://ad.au.doubleclick.net/clk;8097459;9106288;b?http://www.anz.com/aus/promo/qantas5000ninemsn [AU only] ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu