On Thu, 28 Jul 1994, Donald Larsson wrote: > > This leads to a, I hope, more significiant question: Are there other films > that plug particular social/political agendas and/or the filmmakers'/authors' > works with elements of setting and such? (Another recent one that comes to > mind is in THE SHADOW with a truck labeled "Mulcahy" and a sign for " > Baldwin" cigarettes). > I like this question. As it happens, one of my favorite films for its multi-layered symbolism, in dialogue as well as image, is "The Terminator." Viewers may remember the nightclub Linda Hamilton ducks into for escape: Tech-Noir. We briefly see the sign, and she gives the club's name to Paul Winfield over the phone. Tech-Noir shows up in the tail credits as the name of the film's production company. And, of course, black (or bad/evil) technology is a main theme of the film, shown repeatedly, not only in the character of The Terminator, but at other levels as well (e.g., the ironic non-helpful way is which the answering machine is used, or the tape player headphones worn by Beth Motta.) Good question. (Actually, I kinda like these exercises. They are a nice opportunity to share and receive some interesting observations.) On the sunny side, Rob McCausland [log in to unmask]