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FOR FILM FRIENDS, THE GREAT PROMISE OF the Internet was that it would be a trough for distribution and promotion of a new diet of works: lower in budget and higher in content. Pioneering freaks and geeks attempted to claim the new domain of low-resolution short filmmaking as their own. When the Web films of these no-- name indies and animation amateurs started gaining popularity, commercial interests rushed in and raised the bar. A maze of web sites ensued to channel the flood of trailers, flicks, cartoons, and soaps in the hope of grabbing a share of a potentially immense audience. Many of these sites cultivated a faithful following, and inspired a variety of cinematic adepts to produce for the new genre. IFilm, perhaps the best known among these sites, has now published the iFilm Internet Movie Guide. For Internet neophytes, this book may prove a useful and fairly comprehensive resource, directing people to most of the major web-based film sites, including indieWire, a must see for film news and reviews. Ifilms' main intent is to presort the wide variety of cyber shorts and serve up the cream. Yet it contains little that isn't already available online, and the selection of film titles is far from complete. Given the fluidity of the Internet, several addresses and links mentioned have already changed, and the reader is advised to make ample use of search engines when looking for a desired film. Moreover, the book is jovial in tone instead of brief and arid, as is customary for a resource book. It also lacks index features; however, it does provide an intelligent and comprehensive appendix of specific information for would be Web filmmakers and cineastes.