On the other hand, I mostly loved 'Requiem' for its visceral evocation of the actual physical sensation of drug abuse -- those close-ups of pupils dialating and blood vessels constricting, etc., plus the very different ways that the experience of time was depicted for the son on heroin and the mother on diet pills. Despite the skeevy ending (yes, the Jennifer Connolly bit was a sad gross-out), you couldn't help feeling tremendous sorry for everybody even as you knew that the pain was all self-inflicted. The connection to TV and self-help advertorials as alternative addictions was obvious, but no less welcome for that. Anyone heard any news about Aronofsky's Batman film? Steve Smith ssmith36@sprynet.com NP - Don Preston, "Ode to the Flower Maiden," 'Transformation' (Cryptogramophone)