For the past couple of years I've been using _Film Theory Goes to the Movies_ , edited by Jim Collins et al. in my first year film course (second term). It can be murky and convoluted at times (I skip some essays, translate others, and begin with films that have some of the easier-to-understand ideas and prose (out of the order they are presented in the book). But, supplemented with interviews and other more basic materials, it has been a pretty good success. Gene Walz University of Manitoba ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]