Hi, Screen-L, I'm trying to build a short list of comedies which seemingly parody Hollywood filmmaking in a self-reflexive manner, comedies which rely heavily on the quotation of earlier films (either as "nostalgia" films or "remakes"). Two primary examples come to mind -- THE LAST REMAKE OF BEAU GESTE (Marty Feldman) and PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM (Woody Allen). I suppose Mel Brooks' TO BE OR NOT TO BE might fall into this category, though it seems to be too much of a true remake to me. Can you think of -- or recommend -- other loose parodies in a similar vein? Feedback appreciated, Michael Arnzen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Michael A. Arnzen * Dept of English * University of Oregon http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~mikea/arbor1.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "It was amazing how much room there was in an eye socket when you stopped to think about it." -- Bruce Sterling ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]