I don't favor political movies or art with a point, but there's something to be said for the idea that beauty is a by-product of other activity. Sometimes having a point seems to distract people from being self-importantly arty. But then, sometimes not.

   Peter T I forgot that Manhattan was in black and white. Woody Allen movies blurr together for me--wasn't that the one that the Hemingway girl (they blurr together also, Muriel?) was so good in? And Wallace Shawn played Diane Keaton's devastating, ex, Jeremy? Been awhile.

   
   I don't think I've ever managed to convince anyone to see The Stone Boy, an unexpectedly good movie that nobody ever liked. It doesn't sound good, so I won't try.