Dave Runnion replies to Mike Leghorn: >>4) The production of Don Giovanni was gimmick laden so as to get it's point >>across to an obtuse, opera hating public. > >Actually weren't the opera scenes staged by someone quite famous for modern >opera productions? Is it thought-provoking in the Met but gimmick-laden if >it's in a film? Are the excesses and gimmicks historically inaccurate? Or >are we being just the tiniest bit snobby about all this? Among other things, I didn't like the camera work in the movie's presentation of the opera. It was too "jazzed" up. I'm sorry if I didn't like it. I don't mean to be snobby. To *try* to prove that I'm not a snob, I'll share with you a list of some movies that I liked at least as much as Amadeus: Ace Ventura Terminator (I & II) Airplane Naked Gun Top Secret Judge Dred Demolition Man Pink Flamingos Toy Story (I & II) Evil Dead II Night of the Living Dead My favorite TV shows are Seinfeld and The Simpsons. I'm also a big fan of Beavis & Butthead. Mike "the snob" Leghorn