>(My memory ls going with my age...but...there wa >>s Gregory's Girl...I loved that film!...Tight little island... >>Local Hero...." What happened to Bill _______(can't remember hsi >>name). And look what happened to Peter Wier and Fred Scheppsis? >>Sandy >-------+ >Sandy-- >As long as I'm in reference mode: > >GREGORY'S GIRL and LOCAL HERO were made by Bill Forsyth, a Scottish >director. What happened to him? He just made BEING HUMAN, starring Robin >Williams, and it's getting very bad reviews. >--Richard And as long as we're all in a reference mode, please recall that Peter Weir (spelling) and Fred Schepisi(spelling) are both Australians, though Schepisi's first non-Australian film, _Plenty-, was made in Britain (but starred Meryl Streep doing a British accent!) The point is not to be too didactic, or worse, but certainly in this day and age, to question the notion of "national" cinema on a very practical level. DD _____________________________________ David Desser, Cinema Studies 2109 FLB 244-2705