Your idea sounds great! My Ph.D. thesis was entitled "Cinema as Secular Church," so I think I know what you're up to. I would suggest the following: Ivan Butler, Religion in the Cinema (New York: A.S. Barnes & Co., 1969) John R. May and Michael Bird, eds. Religion in Film (Knoxville, U of Tennessee Press, 1982) and Paul Schrader, Transcendental Style in Film: Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer (Berkeley: U of Cal. Press, 1972) Hope this helps, Cheers, Marty Fairbairn. ---- 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]