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JMC, I'm interested that you mentioned David Lynch as he is maybe one, if not the only, "auteur" to actually distort and really use the aesthetic in a creative way. I would suggest rather than _Blue Velvet_ which for my purposes is actually a contemporary drama, something like the _Elephant Man_ which obviously isn't trying to convince us it was filmed in the contemporary period but does try to throw us away from the 1980's. But there will always be something. There is no denying that film is inexorably connected to it's period, whether quite simply from the connection we make to the actors in it or from perceiving the crudeness of the techniques used. But going a bit deeper than surface impressions, the development of film semiotics, censorship & the breaking down of taboos (which perhaps also places Blue Velvet as something that could not have been acceptably watched in an earlier era) - as well as reflecting current political states. I am admittedly referring to Hollywood & intermittently British filmmaking, but I do think the same model could be applied to other film cultural structures. Eventually, we have to transcend the actual film itself and realise what it is about memory, perception, recognition and association that affords us to identify certain essences in the film and then to be able to reuse these when called upon to distinguish one era from another. AS a designer I find this fascinating. I would also be interested if anyone has any idea of film being successfully faked. Other artistic medium have been, and the finished pieces accepted as genuine. Given ALL the considerations of defining an era, is it possible to create a film that everyone believes was made in a different period? Jennifer> ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%