----------------------------Original message---------------------------- I hope that I am not rehashing something that has already been dealt with on this list (non-mainstream films reach my part of the Midwest weeks or months after they show in major cities), but I am curious as to reactions to MY LIFE IS IN TURNAROUND by Eric Schaeffer and Donal Lardner Ward. I have generally seen it referred to as "critically acclaimed," but a colleague and I (both also film critics for a Midwestern paper) found it almost completely worthless either as a straight tale of breaking into filmmaking or as a satire, with no technical aspect of it (including the script and the acting) worthy of note. Although I am used to be being at odds with the majority of film critics/reviewers, this is a case where I simply can't fathom the opposite position (that is, any sort of acclaim for this film); my quandary has just been heightened by reading that Schaeffer has another project in the works with film industry money. I would really appreciate list subscribers' comments about this film. Thanks in advance. --Richard Leskosky Richard J. Leskosky office phone: (217) 244-2704 Assistant Director FAX: (217) 244-2223 Unit for Cinema Studies University of Illinois