Emily Watson who plays Bess, might have seen Dreyer's "Passion of Joan of Arc", von Trier himself saw Dreyer=B4s "The Word". From this film Trier get= s a core problematic: is Bess insane or is she a modern Jesus? Only, Trier does not manage to make this question a disturbing dilemma. Dreyer does. "The Word" is a very strong film, an the central key to an understanding of Trier=B4s work. If you see it and have ideas about the link to "Breaking the waves" it would be very interesting to hear what you think. By the way, it would also be interesting to see what you write about "Breaking the waves". Arild --------------------------------------------------------------- Arild Fetveit Department of Media and Communication University of Oslo Po box 1093 Blindern, N - 0317 Oslo, Norway tel: +47 22 85 04 26 fax: +47 22 85 04 01 e-mail: [log in to unmask] http://www.media.uio.no/ansatte/arild.fetveit/ -------------------------------------------------------------- ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]