Dennis Rothermel points out: " The POV is a narrative construction and not a technical/grammatical device. That an audience accepts this identification of image with viewpoint is fully a function of not just general cinematic convention but more importantly the specific cinematic context, i.e., the sequence of images and sounds before, during and after the POV." This is precisely what Kuleshov is supposed to have demonstrated with his famous experiment about the actor and the different items he is supposed to be "looking" at. And the device is exploited by Eisenstein and others, including more contemporary experimental filmmakers, to create false eyeline matches, shot/reverse shot sequences, etc. In the hands of a truly great incompetent, like Ed Wood, the failure of the POV (or its incomprehensibility) is an interesting effect in itself. Nice comments about the ending of STAGECOACH, BTW. Don Larsson, Mankato State U (MN) ---- To sign off SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]