> >The trick is to come up with short scenes that ordinarily produce powerful >affective responses even when taken out of context. Here's where I need >your help. Can you suggest stand-alone scenes that you think produce >extraordinary responses in any of the following categories? > > Mirth > Sadness > Anxiety > Disgust or shock > Excitement > How about the scene in Quentin Tarantino's _Reservoir Dogs_, in which one of the guys cuts the policeman's ear off and throws gasoline on him to a Gerry Rafferty song? That stands out as one of the most gut-wrenching scenes I have ever witnessed. ************ Kristine J. Butler Department of French and Italian University of Minnesota "To dissect is a form of revenge." -Gustave Flaubert ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]