>U-Turn is the latest variant on the basic story of The Postman Always Rings >Twice. Does anybody know if Postman is more or less the origin of this >drifter meets doublecrossing couple plot? (I mean the book since none of >the film versions are anywhere near as good.) > Actually, one version is quite good - Visconti's "Ossessione," which he made in 1942. Jean Renoir gave him a copy of the novel when Visconti worked as an assistant on Renoir's "Toni." both films are considered part of the foundation of 'neorealismo.' As for your "U-Turn" question, I don't know yet - I thought I had a press pack laying around here, but it's not in any of the obvious places. If I find it soon I can maybe give you Columbia Tri-Mark's party line as to origins. Stephen Brophy Cambridge, Mass. ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama.