Re Film Myth and history discussion For a powerful argument for reading Hollywood as "custodian of our cultural unconscious" which uses Slotkin's tract as a starting point you should read James William Gibson's essay 'American Paramilitary Culture and the Reconstitution of the Vietnam War' printed in Vietnam Images: War and Representation edited by Jeffrey Walsh and James Aulich and published by Macmillan Press. That is of course if you can get hold of a copy in America, the men in suits read it and gave Jim Aulich a hard time when he tried to enter the states ! Do students really hate Westerns ? I can't get enough. Julian Wynne ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]