Two Otto Preminger questions. 1. Are there Preminger papers available anywhere? The Academy Library had no leads. The Wisconsin State Hist. archives has a partial collection of production records, mostly on films of the late 60s (including the immortal SKIDOO!) But I found no others. Otto Preminger Films, Ltd. in NY also had no leads (which makes me believe there are none. They indicated OP liked to throw everything away.) (THis is the organization that got Spike Lee's CLOCKERS to change poster design because its body outline too closely resembled Saul Bass' poster for Preminger's ANATOMY OF A MURDER.) 2. What exactly is the Otto-Preminger-Institut in Austria? The only reference I found to it indicate that it successfully fought for the right to exhibit the German film COUNCIL IN HEAVEN in Austria. The European Court of Human Rights overturned a previous EC or Austrian order to let the film be banned because it offended religious sensibilities. I can understand that a watchdog/legal defense group that sought to protect free expression rights for mass media would conceivably adopt Preminger's name (esp. one in his native place). But the Preminger Films company, which closely guards his copyright, and the Preminger family were both unaware of the Institut. I'd appreciate any information about the Institut or the COUNCIL IN HEAVEN case (legal proceedings were published, but I haven't seen them yet). Has the auterist vogue for Preminger as a canonized filmmaker come and gone completely? His name seems to be invoked mostly as the producer-director who broke the Production Code, but there seems to be less interest in the particular films. To me he'll always be Batman's Mr. Freeze. Dan Streible ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]