Krin Gabbard asks about diegetic music that becomes extra-diegetic (I, perhaps like other on the list, have only just learned these terms thanks to the ongoing discussion, and I feel very sophisticated tossing them off like this). It seems as though there must be countless examples, but I can only think of an opposite case: in the movie DIVA some lush piece of classical music on the soundtrack accompanies our hero as he rides his motorbike through the streets; then he pulls over, clicks off his portable tape player and the music abruptly stops. It takes a moment to realize that it was coming from his tape player all along. I wonder if this "trick" is more or less common than the case Krin describes. Barbara Bernstein email: [log in to unmask] Kinexis, San Francisco, CA ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]