As a student and a filmmaker I was highly insulted by the letter from kjm concerning student egocentrism and what you made sound like extreme self absorption. MAny of my films have a great deal of my emotion in them -- it may just be a simple as my having a passion for the topic I'm exploring. However, I always try to link the personal to the political, historical, and social and avoid egocentric, solipsistic work. And I fail to see the problem in really believing in what you think. That can only be an advantage (unless you want to work for CNN). JL Ithaca College