Regarding your students who respond only to the the narrative aspect of current film in the theater.... Perhaps you could have them see and respond (not react!) to the many non-narrative films out there. From Classics to Current (scuse my spelling...) such as "Qeeonasquatsi." From a study of such films, you could take the students across the bridge to narrative. Then they would understand the UNITY of narrative&visual. Otherwise, the films are just comic books that move. In the films that knock me over....the visual and the narrative are one: that is the power of cinema for me. ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]