Hi MIchael, sounds like Woody Allen's "Play It Again, Sam" is what you are looking for. Not only is the movie screen a major part of protagonist Allan Felix's life (he's a film critic and therefore criticized and left by his wife, who accuses him of being - instead of a doer, a watcher) and the movie begins with the screening of "Casablanca," the blurring between reality and fiction becomes more and more complex as Felix begins to interact with Bogey in "real life"... Greetings, Britta Am 06.06.2010 um 16:07 schrieb Frank, Michael: > PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO > > HITCHCOCK'S SABOTAGE -- dealt with in detail by susan smith in her > splendid book on hitchcock > > -----Original Message----- > From: Film and TV Studies Discussion List [mailto:SCREEN- > [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of W. McCarthy > Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 10:13 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [SCREEN-L] incorporation of TV/cinema screen into cinema > narrative > > I wonder if someone would be kind enough to direct me toward any > studies -- > or even mere lists of examples -- which have been made of the > incorporation > of images of a TV (and/or cinema) screen into a film's narrative -- > screen > within a screen, that is. What I have chiefly in mind are complex > examples > such as Arturo Ripstein's Así es la vida, Stone's Any Given Sunday, > Cronenberg's Videodrome, Dassin's Dream of Passion, etc., in which the > screen's images are somehow integral to (or make ironic comment > upon) the > on-going narrative. In Any Given Sunday, e.g., Wyler's 1959 Ben-Hur > plays on > a screen in order to produce an ironic atmosphere in a key scene. > However, > any instance, even incidental, in which a TV or film screen is > incorporated > would interest me. > > Gratefully, > Bill McCarthy > > ---- > Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the > University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu > > ---- > For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: > http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html ******************** Dr. Britta Feyerabend Department of English and Linguistics American Studies Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz Jakob Welder-Weg 18 D-55099 Mainz Deutschland/Germany E-mail: [log in to unmask] Tel: +49-(0)6131-3925691 Fax: +49-(0)6131-3925577 ---- Learn to speak like a film/TV professor! Listen to the ScreenLex podcast: http://www.screenlex.org