Anyway, I revisited "Manhunter" based on this letter.

"I noticed in your comments on Manhunter that you had viewed the Director's Cut, not the standard.  One of the DVD review sites I went to commented that the Director's Cut looked like it had been printed from a bad VHS tape.  The standard Widescreen I saw the other night has a love scene between Kim Greist and William Peterson lit in blue light and dark, but it looks like Kim is bottomless.  I captured a couple of frames with my WinTV card, but I don't know how to take out the blue to see the scene more clearly.  Maybe you or Tuna could check that out and see if there is anything there.

Enjoyed the article on Widescreen vs. Anamorphic vs. Full Screen and thought of a couple of examples.  Unfortunately, one  involves Alyssa Milano.  The DVD of 'Embrace of the Vampire' has both a Widescreen and Full Screen version.  When you view the Full Screen version of her getting dressed early in the movie you can see her butt and a hint of pubes.  The Widescreen version cuts her off at her waist.  Another movie that could illustrate the same thing is 'Ghost Story'.  The original Full Screen VHS has a full frontal scene of Alice Krige walking towards the camera.  The Widescreen DVD cuts her off at the waist.  I wonder how many other movies are similarly affected."

Good tip. As it turns out, the scene was in the director's cut as well, but it's only about five frames long and I just plain missed it. Not sure what is or isn't there, but here's the evidence. The "unfiltered" images took away the blue filter used in the day-for-night shot, then showed the images at the largest size available. I don't see any dark patch there, so Kim is probably wearing some kind of thong or a crotch pad. I don't know. It could be Dr Scholl's foot pads or even blond pubes for all I know, but there is a clear shot of her crotch, whatever it may happen to contain.

• Kim Greist (1, 2, 3)
• Unfiltered

One more DVD of The Hunger, four more episodes. This anthology is called Bump in the Night. Nobody very famous this time. Lori Petty starred in one of them, but failed to remove any essentials. I don't actually know any of these women. As is typical with The Hunger, they are all attractive, the stories aren't bad at all, but the exposure is more in flashes than "out there"

• Giannina Facio
• Daniela Oliviera
• Daniela Akerblom
• Polly Shannon
• Lisa Ann Hadley

TomCat did Nathalie Quenard in Le Dernier Chant. Have you noticed that so many French movies begin with "the last (dernier) this" or "the last that". A cultural preoccupation with eschatology? And do you think they will really not allow any more songs in France? Could be bad news for the careers of Potsie and Hasselhoff. Not to mention Johnny Hallyday.

• Nathalie Quenard (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

TomCat also did Catherine Oxenberg in The Flying Dutchman. Year 2000 film. Not that many slip by me, but this one sure did. Never heard of it, never seen this scene before. Listed at IMDb, but no info, no votes, no comments, and not listed as available yet on video or DVD (???? a straight-to-vid with no video version ???? I don't get it.)

It stars the king of straight-to-vids, Lord Eric Roberts, and one of the kings of the guys who used to work in good movies but now make crap, Rod Steiger. (He's battling Roy Scheider and Peter Weller for the keys to this kingdom)

• Catherine Oxenberg (1, 2)

Debbie Dietering

#1 features the most prominent pokies in this series, while #2 gives us an excellent view of the glutes of a champion.