I remember going to see *Once Upon a Time, Cinema* by Mohsen Makmalbaf (the Iranian Godard [we shouldn't call him]) at the London Film Festival a few years ago, and every so often the subtitles would just not appear, and strangely enough at exactly the same time the largely Iranian audience would collapse in laughter. The few non-Iranians would either look around blankly, or chuckle in the way you do when you don't get a joke but want to look like you do. Great film though. *Gabbeh* (his new one) is just as good. Daniel. @~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~@ Daniel Frampton Owner, Film-Philosophy: International Email Salon Email: [log in to unmask] Web Site: http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/film-philosophy/ PhD Student, British Film Institute & Birkbeck College, London Email: [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]