TITLE: American Film
["Journal of the Film and Television Arts" -- Published by the American Film Institute (AFI) -- Hard-to-find magazine!]
ISSUE DATE: May 1985; Vol. X, No. 7
CONDITION: Standard magazine size, Approx 8oe" X 11". COMPLETE and in clean, VERY GOOD condition. (See photo)

IN THIS ISSUE:
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COVER: Rip Torn, Los Angeles, March 1985. Photo by Jill Krementz.

FEATURES:
Confidentially Ours by Marcel Ophuls -- Privileged moments with Francois Truffaut.

"I Have the Feeling We're Not in Kansas Any More" by Jean Callahan -- Dorothy meets a new cast of characters and state-of-the-art special effects in Return to Oz.

Our Germany by Thomas Elsaesser -- A sixteen-hour saga called Heimat takes a nation back to its roots.

FICTION: Fragments From the Fast Lane by Martin Amis -- Money, movies, and egomania on the streets of Manhattan.

Payday by Robert Ward -- Rip Torn made his reputation the old-fashioned way--he earned it.

Leaving the Seventies Behind, Four New York Independents Find Happiness Making Movies in the Manner of Hollywood by Eric Breitbart -- A look at Eleanor Gayer, Adam Brooks, and Joel and Ethan Coen.

Dialogue on Film: Masahiro Shinoda -- The director talks about the Japanese New Wave, working with Ozu, and his new film, MacArthur's Children.

VIDEOFILE:.
The Ratings Game by Bill Abrams -- Harvey Shephard plays to win.
Collector's Choice: The Peckinpah Tapes by Garner Simmons -- A wild bunch of films on cassette.
DEPARTMENTS.
Letters.
Newsreel.
Behind the Scenes: Cheap Shots by Tom McDonough -- Our intrepid cinematographer adapts to enormous changes at the last minute.
Books -- The Classical Hollywood Cinema: Film Style and Mode of Production to 1960, reviewed by Thomas Elsaesser.
Independents.
Trailers.
From the Director by Jean Firstenberg.


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