> i agree that the film would have been much stronger had it >ended tragically with her voluntary death in the silence of the underwater >space--Ada and her "voice" united in self-imposed, eternal silence; the >Other-world of the depths. >In the rapture ocean's >billowing roll, >in the fragrence waves' >ringing sound, >in the world breath's >wafting whole-- >to drown, to sink-- > unconscious--highest joy! > -*Tristan and Isolde* >jim I agree, the film could have been more tragic and perhaps more cathartic for the audience. She was afraid of life which caused the muteness, but afraid of death as well (she choose to be mute instead of catatonic). She was confronted and made a choice. This film brought back to mind the story of the boy who first becomes distant then goes catatonic dreaming of snow. It was a short story then done on the original and newer twilight zone.ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Clapp, Jeffrey - Educational Television Developer York College - City University of New York Academic Computing & Educational Technology, Room 4M04 Jamaica, New York, 11451 United States of America 1-718-262-2759 FAX 1-718-262-2114 [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "You have to steal in order to quote" -Arthur Rimbaud. "You have to steal in order to quote" -Jeffrey Clapp.