-------------------------Text-of-forwarded-mail-------------------------------- Date: Fri, 21 Jul 95 11:55 PDT To: SCREEN-L2UA1VM.UA.EDU From: "AMB,"FIENNES"" <EKAOAMB> Subject: Lang's comments doesn't it bother anybody out there in the net that forrest gump was nothing more than a fictional character superimposed in actual events via computer technology, a film totally devoid of narrative, functioning only as spectacle? i do agree each person has as alec baldwin so rightly observed a different mindset/patholgy when they view a film. i often wonder WHY we attend film. is it spectacle? is it narrative? is it because of a 'scandal' is associated with a particular film and we were curious about the performer's ability to create a performance(which is what he is paid to do as montgomery clift said.) do we go because we prefer the small film vs the megabudget movie? do we go because we love tom hanks, denzel washington, and can't stand clueless? and what about those of us that attend simply because we want to be entertained for myself, i go for a myriad of reasons as i think most people do after all isn't the medium what we,as paying members of the moviegoing public , make it? ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]