>I don't entirely disagree that there is a "crisis in creativity" in the >film business. And yet, just to play devil's advocate for a moment: > >Films currently in release, and available to the audience on 30 to 1500 >screens, include "When A Man Loves a Woman", "Four Weddings and a Funeral", >"Crooklyn", "Little Buddha", "Schindler's List", "Philadelphia", "Belle >Epoque", "Like Water for Chocolate", "32 Short Films About Gould", "Naked >in New York", and "The Piano". There is arguably something of a range of >subject matter and styles on that list, and a case to be made that film is >a medium allowing creative expression. (Some of these films were produced >by "Hollywood"; all of them are being distributed by a "Hollywood" entity >to achieve that level of screen penetration.) ---- Two comments: FOUR WEDDINGS AND FUNERAL BELLE EPOQUE LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE 32 SHORT FILMS ABOUT GLEN GOULD THE PIANO None of these are American films. And just because a film is based on a TV series doesn't mean it HAS to be schlock. --Richard