My answer to the question of US dominance is quite simple. When the American film industry started, the country was a nation of so many immigrants who did not understand English very well that only one formula would work--action films with a minimum of dialog. Having established the genre to make money with a diverse American audience, the same formula applies to the rest of the world. Hollywood's technical professionalism of action films has remained one leg up on all others. Aloha, Michael Haas University of Hawai`i at Manoa ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama.