In case no one has mentioned this, there's the playing of the theme tune by various diegetic means (musical door chimes, supermarket muzak etc.) throughout THE LONG GOODBYE. A local variation occurred in the long-running Australian TV soap NEIGHBOURS, where one character proposed to another in a restaurant, and at that point a violinist appeared, playing ... the theme tune to NEIGHBOURS. Kate Bowles Screen Studies, University of Wollongong ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]