winboogie wrote: >I think the thing about Kane is that you have to put it in >perspective. it blew open the doors of filmmaking. It's like hearing >a Ben Webster record after having grown up with Coltrane, it's not >really that impressive. and malcs wrote: >But not if you consider what was happening to him physically and >psychologically WHILE the sled was being taken away from him and how >he lived out the rest of his life desperately trying to offset the >repercussions of that moment. very briefly in my defense: yep, we studied it as in saw it several times for a film studies class, and read enormous amounts of theory on it, and so on, and i think robert has it right that it's all about historical context as far as film technique and social reaction. though i was very aware of the importance of the sled and the familial context and how that played out, it just didn't seem as all-encompassing of his life as it led me to believe it would be. on the other hand, malcs, your points are really interesting and inspire me to see it again. so thanks all. -emily ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com