Well, let's see now. WWII. Americans good guys, Germans bad guys. Sounds about right to me. *************************** Ron Large Department of Religious Studies Gonzaga University [log in to unmask] *************************** -----Original Message----- From: David Ezell [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Friday, April 23, 1999 9:01 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: World War II Films After seeing PRIVATE RYAN, it seemed to be no different than any of the more "simplistic" earlier film you cited in your post. The Americans were good guys, the Germans all bad--the same black hat/white hat mentality of any stock western or war film. === David Ezell Department of History, Technology and Society Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html