It's not on the cinemagora list, and it's pre-Ryan: Braveheart Some websites discussing it regard it as unintentional. Ernest Mathijs On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 8:10 AM, Dumas <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Brian DePalma's CASUALTIES OF WAR (1989) has a scene in which blood > splatters on the lens (a character standing in a rice paddy in Vietnam is > shot from behind). This instance may be particularly relevant to the > inquiry b/c DePalma and Spielberg were close friends, and Spielberg was > apparently deeply impressed by CASUALTIES -- Spielberg had recently > foundered with a couple of attempts at "serious" filmmaking, and he felt > that DePalma had succeeded where he had failed. There is an interview in > which Spielberg talks at length about how good the film is, although I > don't > remember where I found it. > > > -- > Christopher Dumas, M.F.A., Ph.D. > 661 Fillmore Street, Apt. 2 > San Francisco, CA 94117 > > ---- > 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] > -- Dr. Ernest Mathijs Associate Professor Film Studies Dpt. of Theatre and Film University of British Columbia 6354 Crescent Road, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2, Canada email: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] web: www.film.ubc.ca/film_studies/index.shtml www.cultographies.com ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu