WJC: Well, I sympathize with countries that want movies that reflect the talent in their own countries and the culture they have. And if they want to do as the French do and others do, to subsidize their movie industry to make those movies I think they should. But I don't think they should deprive their people of making the choice of coming to American movies. They should give greater support to their own movie industry. Of course, now even American movies are increasingly being made in other venues. A lot are being made in Canada and there's a lot of rumbling in Hollywood about whether it's unfair economic incentives offered to go to Canada as opposed to the United States, but that's a sort of different story. You know, I've seen Indian movies that I've enjoyed. I think there are a lot of fabulous Australian movies. And of course there are still good movies coming out of Great Britain and France and Germany and elsewhere. So I think that other countries don't have anything to worry about. They should lift up their own culture and not try to keep out the movies The reason the American movies do so well is that they have a certain universal appeal. Now the universal appeal, if the movies have too much gratuitous violence you know or emphasize just the material things in life, they may not be good appeals, but that's a very uni- dimensional view of what American movies are. Look at the movies we've just been talking about. And the one of course "The Harmonists" I mentioned was a German movie.

RE: You have Within the near future you're going to have to find a new job I guess. Would you enjoy doing something like running the MPAA?

WJC: Oh, I don't know. I'd enjoy doing anything that allowed me to see every new movie that came along.

RE: That's what I was thinking.

WJC: And I like people in that line of work. But I never gave it any thought. I do want to find something useful to do. I want to be able to do something that will give me enough free time to pursue as a citizen the kinds of public issues that I can still make a difference in. Global and local reconciliation across racial and religious lines and minimizing discrimination against gays, things that I've really worked on. The educational empowerment of children, the economical empowerment of poor people, the balancing of the environment and the economy. These big issues I care a lot about. I want to have a chance to continue to have an impact there and to be a good citizen when I leave office. I really think when a president leaves office, you've been given the greatest gift the American people can give, to be able to serve here and you've got to give something back.

RE: I'm getting these We're out of tape I think. You're wonderful. You would be a great

WJC: Maybe I'll be your new partner.

RE: We've had all these co-hosts on "Siskel & Ebert" and you out class all of them.

WJC: Before we run out of tape I've got to say this, I liked and admired your partner.

RE: Gene was a

WJC: And I'm honored to be here with you. Gene was a great guy.

RE: Gene was. And his chat with you here was one of the high points of his entire life.

WJC: We loved it. We had such a good time.

RE: And it was only Did he seem like he was in good health that day?