TITLE: American Film
["Journal of the Film and Television Arts" -- Published by the American Film Institute (AFI) -- Hard-to-find magazine!]
ISSUE DATE: JUNE 1986; VOLUME XI NUMBER 8
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: William Desmond Taylor, the victim. Photograph courtesy of Len Corneto.

HOLLYWOOD WHODUNIT -- The lurid murder of director William Desmond Taylor in 1922 remained unsolved for forty-five years--until King Vidor set out to write a screenplay, and discovered a killer. By SIDNEY D. KIRKPATRICK.

THE SELLING OF THE PENTAGON? Watching a few good men be all that they can be on the set of TOP GUN. By ALEXANDER COCKBURN.

AND NOW A WORD FROM OUR SPONSOR -- Will commercials destroy public television? By BRIAN WINSTON.

WHAT MAKES RUN RUN RUN? Hong Kong's secretive movie mogul shows his hand. By MICHAEL JOHN WEBER.

ANOTHER BOTTLE OF PETRUS -- Even great playwrights are not immune to the lures of Hollywood. Fiction By DAVID FREEMAN.

KING OF THE ROAD -- Stephen King has seen eleven films made from his works and hated most of them. Now, finally, he's in the director's chair. By DENNIS MYERS and DARRELL EWING.

DIALOGUE ON FILM: PETER BOGDANOVICH -- The director of The Last Picture Show and Mask describes what's up with his work.

FLASHBACK: CHORDS AND DISCORDS -- A composer's notes on To Catch a Thief and Bells Are Ringing. By LYN MURRAY.

COLLECTOR'S CHOICE: THE WILD ONE .... Marlon Brando has retired to the South Seas. Here are ten films that remind us why no one else can fill the gap. By GERALD PEARY.

DEPARTMENTS.
THE EDITING ROOM.
LETTERS.
NEWSREEL.
INDEPENDENTS.
ERIC.
BOOKS.
John Kobal's People Will Talk By DAVID THOMSON.
Audie Bock's Japanese Film Directors By DAVID BORDWELL.
TRAILERS.
FROM THE DIRECTOR By JEAN FIRSTENBERG.
FREEZE FRAME.


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