Hi all, I hate to start this way, but I also just subscribed to Screen-L. I'm a pre-grad film student studying Cinema Arts & Criticism and I'm having a heck of a time keeping up with one of my favorite directors. I'm looking for info on Harold Ramis. Other than two articles in PREMIERE Magazine (one written by himself), and a short write up by Ephram Katz; I've found very little on him. This is a daunting because I'd like to really study him (I don't want to stalk him, like everybody at Columbia Pictures seems to think.) I just want to know: 1) who his influences are 2) what he plans to do (writing, acting, directing) in the furture 3) how he thinks (or really, how he initially regards all of projects he creates or undertakes, and how he decides 'what goes where,' and how the end result should look) 4) did he study film while he was doing undergrad as a education major? 4) how exactly he went from being an orderly in a mental ward to being involved with Second City; eventually becoming who and what he is today I realize that there are more influential members of the film community to focus on (and certainly easier to get information on), but, for the past six years... I've kept coming back to Harold Ramis. I attempted to either send him (or his p.r. liason) a letter directly and was either misinterpreted and 'circular filed,' or it just never got to either of them. Columbia Pictures has done nothing but give me a huge run around (on a good day), or completely snow me over on a bad day (days that I try to talk to Columbia at all are few and FAR BETWEEN). I've even tried to go through the Film Department at my school and they were derailed, too. This bugs me. When I begin my graduate thesis work; will I only be able to study someone who's dead? How stupid! Everybody else does that! I'd love to emulate Ramis a little with my graduate project, but how can I justify myself to the department if I can't find anything out about the guy? If anyone out there knows him personally and can answer some questions, or knows how to get around this stupid "GOVERNMENT" that's keeping me away (and uninformed), or even if Harold himself is reading this, please E-mail me. My address: [log in to unmask] Thanks for your consideration. ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]