On Mon, 20 Jan 1997 18:49:45 -0800 Tania Kamal-Eldin <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I was wondering if anyone might have suggestions for loosely based > metaphors...Films which derive from classics and myths, mostly Ancient > Greek traditions but also Asian and Irish. Powell and Pressburger: "Life and Death of Colonel Blimp" for Arthurian legend ("when this house becomes a lake...") and "A Canterbury Tale" for Chaucer in relation to numerous other strands in English mythology. I know this doesn't exactly fit your criteria, but also Spielberg's "Jaws" for Ibsen's "An Enemy of the People"... Leo ---------------------- Leo Enticknap Bill Douglas Centre for the History of Cinema and Popular Culture *** look at our website on http://www.ex.ac.uk/bill.douglas/ *** University of Exeter, UK ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]