At 3:55 PM -0800 12/8/02, Mark Weiss wrote: >Is it possible that the desire to believe in a fictional >place called America meets the needs of folks beyond our shores? I think there's a truth in that. I also think that you have to take in account those billion-dollar marketing campaigns, against which local film industries have a very hard time competing. Ask the French... Best A -- Alison Croggon Home page http://www.users.bigpond.com/acroggon/ Masthead Online http://au.geocities.com/masthead_2/