I am interested in looking at current perceptions of film theory among film scholars (where they think 'its at' and what direction it is currently taking). My own view is that there appears to be little, if any, consensus of opinion about where film theory is headed. This is not a criticism, and in fact may represent the maturing of a discipline where a whole variety of approaches are being used to look at issues of filmic representation in depth, rather than attempting to write an all engulfing theory of how film 'works'/what it is/should be doing etc. But I am also interested in responses to cognitivist film theory, which has been adopted at many levels in film theory courses (I'm thinking mainly of Bordwell et al's writings), and whether this suggests an implicit acceptance of this model. I could go on, but would be more interested in developing some dialogue on this with others. Kay Weaver --------------------------------------------------------------------------- C. Kay Weaver. Film and Television Studies. University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105. Hamilton. New Zealand . Tel&FAX:+ 07 8384543. e-mail: [log in to unmask] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]