--from Premiere magazine, December 1996

A look at what's playing on the VCRs of reel-life Americans

WHO: Violent Femmes bassist Brian Ritchie

WHERE:  On the road

WHAT:  Fellini's Roma (1972):  "I used to live in Rome and it reminds me of it."

             RAN (1985):  "Akira Kurosawa's movie is the best poetic portrayal of violence on film."

             The Producers (1968):  "Directed by Mel Brooks.  It's a really good depiction of how the music business is also run."