Bill Forsyth, who became an international hero with LOCAL HERO and GREGORY'S GIRL, most recently surfaced with BEING HUMAN, a messy, tendentious effort starring Robin Williams. I suppose we can lament yet another cinematic talent seduced and traduced by Hollywood, yet Von Sternberg, Lubitsch, Wilder, Hitchcock, Forman, and others provide some evidence that a European director does not necessarily abandon artistry when crossing the Atlantic. Steven G. Kellman