----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >From: David Smith <[log in to unmask]> > >I propose the following meta-message for 'foreign film': > >'Foreign film' is a film genre that presents the world and local >views of diverse foreign societies, as seen through the eyes, lan- >guages and personal histories of its authors. > >This is the main appeal and selling point for foreign-language films >*as a genre*. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. A film is a film. An English film is a film. A French film is a film. Maybe a good, interesting, bad, boring film - but a film. No need to declare those exotic films from outside the U.S. to a genre. 2. What about U.S. films in Germany or Italy?: "A film genre that presents the world and local views of American society"? Your 'meta-message' sound like a discrimination to me. Klaus Klaus Eder [log in to unmask]