From: Tony Williams English SIUC I suppose we should allow Branagh some creative licence in Henry V. But its good to hear more critical opinion voiced about another shallow icon of the 80s. While Branagh's Henry V is an interesting adaptation, our Ken spouted off about how great his version was in comparison to Olivier's. Derek Jarman immediately put the upstart down by stating how cinematic Olivier's version was. This is really accurate. At least, Olivier had the grace to co-credit editor Reginald Marsh as collaborator. I hesitated renting DEAD AGAIN until a couple of weeks ago. I'll refrain from using too vulgar language but found it over-rated, trite, badly directed, with Ken and Emma as unbelievable Americans full of Brit. theatrical mannerisms Marcia Landy and Lucy Fischer recently wrote an excellent critique of DEAD AGAIN in Cinema Journal. I think it is extremely ironical in a supposedly postmodernist, post-struct- ural era that the director as cult hero (or a 20 year old book titled, The Director as Superstar) is a predominant discourse in popular culture and the film community. Since I recently joined SCREEN-L (September) I missed out on any commentary about DEAD AGAIN, but am certainly interested in the developing critical mail about Branagh. Let battle commence! Tony Williams.