With reference to the use of part-time professional in the teaching of film production (vide previous message re: UCLA and studio professors), it should be noted that the pattern of rotating teaching professionals is the norm at major European film and tv schools such as National Film and Television School in the U.K., Danish Film School, Australian Film, TV and Radio School, FAMU- Prague, et al. The rationale is that working professionals are closer to the pragmatic reality of production, leading-edge technology, etc. than are full-time academics. The typical trade- off is one of professional skill and reputation (the studio professor) for continuity and theoretical context (the tenured academic.) Whether a professional who teaches from time to time relies on cliches, war stories and industry gossip or brings a fresh and up-to-date view of production depends on the professional and on the skill and good sense of the people who hire him to teach. Istvan Szabo ran the Hungarian Film School as a studio professor, Gyulla Gazdag, also a working director, is the current school head. UCLA seems to be moving to a posture and philosophy closer to the European conservatory-style film schools. Rest assured that there is no reason to believe that any of this will affect film studies, which in Los Angeles as in the rest of the world is a traditional academic discipline, for better or worse. Henry Breitrose Stanford