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American Film, Volume 1, Number 3

December 1975

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An edition of American Film (1975)

American Film, Volume 1, Number 3

December 1975

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$1.50 cover price. Cover features a behind-the-scenes photo of George Grizzard (John Adams) and Albert Stratton (Thomas Jefferson) on the set of the PBS series "The Adams Chronicles;" printed on reverse is a Kodak ad featuring an interview with director Rollin Binzer. The 8-page "Dialogue on Film" Q&A midsection with writer/director Robert Towne is printed on charcoal-colored paper.

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Table of Contents

Festival Report. Telluride, A Lively Ghost Town
McMurtry on the Movies. The Deadline Syndrome
Pubic Television's Big Splash. Behind "The Adams Chronicles," an expensive but worthy bicentennial gift to the nation.
A Dickens Garland. From Griffith on, the eminent Victorian has captivated film directors and the public. The collected film works reassessed.
Television as Dream. An introduction to Psychoanalysis of the Medium
1939: A Very Good Year. Not only the year of Gone with the Wind
Dialogue on Film: Robert Towne. The director speaks of the radical changes to "Chinatown," his works as a script-doctor on films like "Bonnie & Clyde" and "The Godfather," the evolution of "The Last Detail" and "Shampoo," plus more.
The Yellow Ball Workshop: Where Children Create Films. Or "The Amazing Colossal Man" and Other Animations.
The Glory That Was Hollywood. The place has a new trend - itself! The Babylon of the West is being revisited by every filmmaker in town. Why?
The Rise and Fall of the Rock Film. Part II: Rise from Woodstock to Stardust, the Parade's gone by. Part 2 of 2.
Explorations: Satellite Entertainment. The fuse may now be lit for the long-awaited communication explosion.
Member News.
Focus on Education. The Deadliest Art
Books. Reviews.
The Flash of Recognition. "The Silent Clowns" by Walter Kerr
The Bottom of the Bill. "Kings of the Bs" edited by Tom McCarthy and Charles Flynn
Consciousness Rising: On the Female Filmmaker. "Women in Focus" by Jeanne Betancourt and "Women Who Make Movies" by Sharon Smith
Periodicals. Recent writings of note on film and television.

Edition Notes

Series
The Journal of the Film and Television Arts
Copyright Date
December 1975

Contributors

Writer
Michael Webb
Writer
Larry McMurtry
Writer
Bruce Cook
Writer
Michael Pointer
Writer
Peter Wood
Writer
Larry Swindell
Writer
Patrick McGilligan
Writer
Joseph McBride
Writer
Thomas Wiener
Writer
Robert Carroll
Writer
Mel Konecoff
Writer
Richard Thompson
Writer
Adolph Green
Writer
William Routt
Writer
Joan Mellen
Writer
Antonio Chemasi
Editor-in-Chief
Hollis Alpert
Art Director
John Beveridge
Senior Editor
Stephen Zito
Editor
James Powers
Assistant Editor
Victoria Venker
Editor
Sam L. Grogg, Jr.
Editor
Mel Conecoff
Editor
Antonio Chemasi
Editorial Assistant
Diana Elsas
Editorial Assistant
Diane Holloway
Editorial Assistant
Janelle Jones
Editorial Assistant
Wendy Shapiro

The Physical Object

Format
Magazine
Number of pages
80

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26200944M
Internet Archive
AmericanFilmDec1975
OCLC/WorldCat
2246336
Amazon ID (ASIN)
B002J818EI

Work Description

"American Film" is a magazine published by The American Film Institute from 1975-1992. 10 issues were published yearly, with 166 issues in total. Originally subtitled "The Journal of the Film and Television Arts" the highbrow magazine initially focused on film classics but the focus soon shifted to contemporary movies. Countless people associated with the film industry contributed articles and columns, including Francois Truffaut, Ernest Lehman, Leonard Maltin, Roger Ebert, Roger Greenspun, Larry McMurty, and others.

In addition to the information about movies and television, the journal offers an insightful view on the home video industry, chronicling the introductions of VHS, Beta, Videodisc and laserdisc and continuing through the VHS boom in the early '90s when the magazine folded. In October 1979, they introduced "The Video Scene," a multi-column section centered on home video, punctuated with ads and printed on a different paper stock. Ads for videotapes began to surface quickly during the run of the magazine and then exploded, with the first major ad being for The Video Club of America's release of "The Sound of Music" in the May 1979 issue.

AFI struggled in the publishing market so the magazine went through a vast array of changes over the years. Early issues were black-and-white, ad-free, with a 16-page card-stock centerfold for their "Dialogue on Film" column, which featured transcripts of Q&A discussions with film legends. Beginning with the April 1978 issue, the publishers switched to a cheaper paper stock. By 1978, they began to become overrun with advertisements and in December, they added color spreads, predominantly for noteworthy new films - though by the early 1980s they were publishing full-color issues. In 1988, the magazine was sold to BPI Communications, and the following year the entire format was changed to glossy, oversized issues. In 1992, the magazine abruptly ceased publication.

In April 2012, the magazine was revived as a monthly digital e-zine, which ran until October 2014, with a total of 31 issues.

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