Mary- Forgive me if I sounded hostile. I'm really not a hostile person. However after a year of reading student papers, I guess I haven't left the grading mode yet. So I'll try to be a little more gentle in the future. However, I did think that you were "blowing off" the film a bit too much and the implication about Kazan's religion did seem off the mark, particularly considering that it was not true. I did not get the sense from your post that you were addressing the matter of religion so much as you were questioning the validity of the film AT THE TIME of its release. Even though we're just "talking" here, I think the record ought to be correct at least. Looking forward to future correspondence. Gene Stavis - School of Visual Arts