Errol offers an interesting perspective on _Falling Down_. I, too, thought that it was interesting, particularly coming so close to the L.A. uprisings. When I saw the film (on video, not during its general run in theaters) I couldn't help but read it as an allegory of middle-clas white male homocidal tendencies. From the looks of the trailor, I feared that it would be an apology for white middle-class resentment (the kind so often appealed to during the 1992 presidential campaign), but i found it to be more subtle than I originally anticipated. Was this film supposed to offer viewers (suburban commuting types, for example) a cathartic experience (for example, Douglass' "spree" originates during a traffic jam)? Was it a video game produced for the big screen (i.e. a film that followed its (anti)-hero through various urban war zones, as he accumulates ever bigger arsenals of weapons)? Was it the dweeb's response to Rambo? A commentary on race and class in L.A.? All of the above? I'd be interested to hear what others think--has there been anything published about the film? Gayle