Jim, re: _The Matrix_-- I noticed the second time I saw it that Keanu is reading Baudrillard in his opening scene--at least, the book in which he keeps his electronic contraband is Baudrillard (_Simulacra and Simulation_). But I don't recall a chapter in it called "On Nihilism," which is the title on the leaf opposite the hidden compartment. Has this come up in you discussion? -- Matt Kozusko mkozusko@parallel.park.uga.edu