Just a thought -- after watching FALLEN the other night, with Denzel Washington's voice-over serving as the film's "narration," one difference that comes to mind is that film (particulary Hollywood films) can use the recognition of a "star" as a means of creating unreliability -- in the above-mentioned film, the audience clearly recognizes Washington's voice and immediately associates the narrative with his character -- this, of course, is proven a false assumption at the end of the film. I can't think of other examples right off the top of my head (it's Sunday morning...), but are there other examples of producing unreliability in this manner? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jeff McIntire-Strasburg Office: FDH 644 University of Nevada, Las Vegas Phone:(702) 895-4001 Dept. of English -- Box 455011 Fax:(702) 895-4801 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy. email: [log in to unmask] Las Vegas, NV 89154 Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/5054 "The only way to teach these people is to kill them." --David Mamet, _American Buffalo_ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- 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]