Stephen Brophy wrote: > I just had an opportunity to watch "Blowup" over the weekend, and as >you can imagine I paid considerable attention to the tennis game. As >the game gets underway, we only hear the sounds of the mime-players' >bodies as they move around the court. The sound of the ball only >appears after the photographer picks it up from the grass and throws >it back to the players. Since the sound only comes in after he has >involved himself in the pretense, I interpret it to represent some >complex weakening of his mental state vis a vis reality, given what he >has experienced through the night. Or could it be said that the soundtrack reflects his own -- voluntary and subjective -- participation in a certain reality? Whether this constitutes a weakening of his mental state, I can't say... Aaron Curtiss ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]