WE WANT TO THANK Vlada Petric for giving Maryel Locke the tapes of the
conference with background material and suggestions to use as she wished.
Charles Warren came on as coeditor a year later, replacing Geraldine Bard,
who did not have the time to continue.

We appreciate the goodwill of all the authors who believed in our project
and took time to write essays for us.

Inez Hedges, one of the first authors to give us a finished essay, is
responsible for our obtaining the dialogue and subtitles from the two film-
makers, who are not easy to reach. Inez suggested that we ask Caroline Eades,
the attachée culturelle of the French consulate in Boston, to write to them: the
result was a photocopy of her letter sent back with "OK, gratuit" and the
signatures of Jean-Luc Godard and Anne-Marie Miéville, along with the
French dialogue in the form of the "spotting list" or "réperage cinétitres." We
thank Inez and Ms. Eades. Of course we are very grateful to Jean-Luc Godard
and Anne-Marie Miéville for their cooperation.

Another of our authors, John Gianvito, must be thanked for taking on the
additional task of preparing half of the shot breakdown as well as the filmogra-
phies and biographical sketches of Godard and Miéville.

Stanley Cavell was very encouraging about the project all along and has
given us advice on many important matters. At the beginning, he expressed the
desire to write a foreword, and we are grateful to him for carrying this out.
William Rothman, a friend and film scholar at the University of Miami, read the
manuscripts and provided invaluable advice on shaping the book. We also want
to thank Marian Keane, of the University of Colorado, Boulder, and James
Maraniss, of Amherst College, for their comments on the manuscripts.

Joanne Koch, executive director of the Film Society of Lincoln Center,
allowed Maryel Locke to interview her on a busy afternoon and xeroxed or
loaned vital material from her extensive file. Jay Carr, film critic for The Boston
Globe, donated printouts of the articles he had written on Hail Mary. Pasquale
G. Tatò began as our translator and ended as our adviser. Laura Bergamini-
Loomis was a resourceful transcriber of our material to disks.

We must mention editors at our press: James Simmons, associate director
and film editor, was a supportive and knowledgeable coach. Susan Wilson,
managing editor, gave us guidance, and Carol Burns, project editor, patiently
saw us through the editorial process.

Maryel Locke wants to thank her husband, Laurence Locke, for his
continual support of this project. He spent many hours working with her on
the shot breakdown, refusing a byline, and gave advice and help when asked.

Charles Warren wants to thank Katherine Kimball for her help and
encouragement all through the working out of this book.

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