after an extended hiatus, i will be teaching "into to cinema studies" again in the fall, and hope to enlist screen-L's help in reconsidering textbook options . . . i assume that bordwell & thompson' SCREEN ART is still the gold standard, but i suspect it's a bit much for non-specialist beginning students who will be taking the course simply to fulfill distribution requirements i've been examining richard barsam's LOOKING AT MOVIES; at first glance it seems to have a number of things going for it . . . unfortunately i don't have time to give it a careful reading before i need to place my book orders . . . so i'm wondering if anyone has had any experience with this book that they can share -- or, for that matter, other strong recommendations thanks in advance mike ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html