I share Cal Pryluck's fantasy about the American film industry paying for its own R&D. The record of the Hollywood industry supporting film and television production training, i.e. the training of film makers...(dare one say "artists"?) is somewhat less encouraging than its record of supporting medical research. With the notable exceptions of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, who were most generous to USC, and some others, I'd guess that Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has received infinitely more support. But the U.S. is hardly alone. The British film and TV industries have been very slow to support film and television training, except when nudged hard by government. FEMIS, the successor to IDHEC in France is wholly government-supported. They do it as an attribute of cultural policy. What does one do in a nation without a cultural policy? On the other hand, what would a national cultural policy look like in the U.S.? Given the obvious problems, maybe things as they exist are about as good as they're going to get. -Henry Breitrose