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Two examples from Godard... The soldiers trying to peek "around" the screen in "Les Carabiniers" The visit to the cinema and Paul's rebuking the projectionist in "Masculine-Feminine" There is a quotation from Truffaut somewhere in which he describes taking a seat as close to the screen as possible, as if he wanted to climb in. My own experiences mirror that somewhat. When I was a teenager, there were still triple features at some local theatres, and I would take a spot in the balcony to settle in for the day. Later, I found myself drawn more to the front rows. (Not the very fron, but arounf the 3rd...) When Dolby stereo became more prominent, a projectionist explained to me that a central seat was better in order to hear all six channels, so I've moved back a few rows.... Robert Hunt