Having just watched Jane Campion's The Piano (1993) on the idiot tube last night, it's worth noting the opposition between red/orange (the first shot of the film through Ada's hands colours her interior world as red) and the blue/green of the exterior world. It's also worth saying that where Sam Neill's character (the name's gone...) chops off Ada's (Holly Hunters) finger, the film repeats the village play where the monstrous pirate attempts to chop off his wife's head. The pirate is, of course, Bluebeard... Graeme Hayes University of Wolverhampton UK ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]