----------------------------Original message---------------------------- I'd like to elicit a mass brainstorming effort: I'm working on an idea concerning films in which a pre-recorded message plays a part in conveying narrative information (an answering machine, a tape player, etc.). Example: in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Pepa's boyfriend exists primarily as the messages he leaves on her answering machine. Anything you can think of would be greatly appreciated. More on this later. Thanks!! Kris Butler, University of Minnesota [log in to unmask]