Krin Gabbard wonders: "May I take the liberty of expanding this discussion just a bit and ask if anyone can come up with the EARLIEST examples of slow motion in narrative cinema? In _A Certain Tendency of the Hollywood Cinema_, Robert Ray traces i t back to _Zero For Conduct_ (1933), but I think we might also give Bunuel cred it for a bit of slo mo in _Un Chien andalou_. Anything else?" "Firsts" in cinema history are always questionable, but Murnau used *fast* motion and stop-motion (as well as some slo-mo?) in NOSFERATU. Rene Clair used slo-mo extensively ENTR'ACTE, and I believe that Leger used it in BALLET MECHANIQUE as well. Eisenstein certainly *discussed* the potentials of slo-mo (along with everything else), and I think, may have used it in STRIKE in particular. Don Larsson, Mankato State U (MN) ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]