ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

 There are too many people to thank and too little space. My mother and father,

Mary and Pat, have both been very supportive and have helped me immensely, as have

my aunt Jeanne, my uncle Doug, and my cousins Kristina and Petra. I would like to

thank the wonderful grads on the fifth floor of Rolfs Hall for making school worth

coming to every day. Special thanks go to Wendy Sterba, who made me watch Caligari

for the first time and showed me how much fun this stuff could be, and to Scott Nygren,

who helped me craft the paper that was the genesis of this project and stayed on board to

find out where it would go. Of course, this project could not have evolved so splendidly

without the insights of my chair, Greg Ulmer, whose comments were always helpful and

encouraging-even when they consisted of "here are a couple more books you should

read." And finally, my thanks go out to Jenny Gardner, my fiance, who cheerfully put up

with my griping and sniping and always had something nice to say. I love you all.