This is a facinating topic, Paul, and I for one would appreciate if you could tell us more about this class (perhaps a link to the Course Page or something). As for your request, The Oxford Guide to Film Studies (edited by John Hill and Pamela Church Gibson) has several articles that may be helpful. Susan Hayward has a short writeup on Luc Besson in it, for one, and there are a couple more general essays that may help, though I can't be certain as I haven't read them in a while: "Concepts of national cinema" by Stephen Crofts "Issues in European cinema" by Ginette Vincendeau Hope this helps, Andrew --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.706 / Virus Database: 462 - Release Date: 6/14/04 ---- 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]