----------------------------Original message---------------------------- From: Tony Williams English SIUC Stephen Brophy's comments about theatrical screenings in a certain geographic area are interesting. However, valuable though theatrical showings are, the point is that many of the examples cited are now available on video and laserdisc which reach a wider audience than those fortunate enough to live in urban areas with access to these works. The new technological developments are now making available a wide amount of work for those taking the time to search for them than was otherwise the case. It is often better seeing a work on video and/or laserdisc (preferably wide-screen from good master copies) than not to see them at all. This should facilitate a better democratic form of access than before. Tony Williams,