You wrote that "Dan raises the excellent example of _I've Heard the Mermaids Singing_, which, IMHO, contains one of the most innovative "depictions" of original works of art in film." In fact, another film from Canada's Studio D/NFB (now defunct, alas) and with excellent artwork as an integral part of the film (it moved me so much I actually bought a huge painting from a like-minded artist) is Lea Pool's ANNE TRISTER. Liora Moriel Comparative Literature Program University of Maryland 2107 Susquehanna Hall College Park, MD 20742-8825 [log in to unmask] "We have cooperated for a very long time in the maintenance of our own invisibility. And now the party is over." - Vito Russo ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/screensite