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An edition of American Film (1975)

American Film, Volume VI, Number 4

January-February 1981

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Table of Contents

The Editing Room. Page 4
Ad. Warner Home Video (featuring Nelvana's B.L. Zebub from "The Devil and Daniel Mouse").
Letters. Page 8
Ads. Christian Children's Fund featuring Sally Struthers Page 9
2-page "Magnetic Video" ad featuring Bette Midler in "The Rose," as well as "Alien," "The Muppet Movie," and "Julia." Page 10
Maxell, "The First High Grade Videotape" Page 12
Lehman at Large: Remembrances of Things Trashed. Where is it written into my contract with this universe that I'm not allowed EVER to say that there must be more meaning to life than the creating of clever, witty, entertaining, satiric, biting essays on the movie industry? Page 13
Point of View: Big Books, Small Screens. The real bawdiness of "From Here to Eternity" was just as definitely missing from the television version as the pitch and sharpness were lacking in the small-screen "Pride and Prejudice." Page 16
Ad. Video Action Magazine, The First Total Video Magazine Page 17
Festival Report: Venice, from Basta to Bravo. The arena turned into a gladiatorial battleground, where some films were put to the sword, some fed to the lions, and a few given a rapturous thumbs up. Page 18
Ad. Ken Russell's "Altered States" Page 19
Francis Ford Coppola Presents: Napoleon. For 53 years one of the most extraordinary motion pictures of the 20th century was lost. On January 23rd, this epic film comes to Radio City Music Hall Page 20
First-Time Directors: A New Breed. Hollywood is courting new directing talent. But unlike the "whiz kids" of the 60s, most of today's newcomers are industry veterans. Page 22
Abel Gance's Epic: Napoleon Returns from Exile. For decades, one of the silent film masterpieces was scattered in fragments around the world. On January 23, the reconstructed film will have its New York premiere. The man who rescued "Napoleon" recounts the story - an adventure that began when he was still a schoolboy. Page 28
In the Midnight Hour. "The Harder They Come," "Eraserhead," "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" - movies like these are giving young audiences a new reason to stay up late. And hundreds of theaters around the country are discovering there's money after midnight. Page 34
What Every Parent Should Know About Television. When the unformed mind of a young child encounters television, the consequences may be more serious than adults think. Page 38
Dialogue on Film: Irvin Kershner. The director of "The Empire Strikes Back," "Eyes of Laura Mars," and "The Hoodlum Priest" discusses his early years as a documentary filmmaker, his running battles with heavy-handed distributors, and the problems of making a sequel to the most popular movie of all-time. Page 45
TV Opera Hits a High Note. "A Bayou Legend," scheduled for February on PBS, may set a new standard for televised opera. Page 53
Explorations: How to Read an Avant-Garde Film. Over the last 15 years, avant-garde film has garnered a fair amount of shelf space in bookstores and libraries. Most of the books discussed here are still in-print; nearly all are available in paperback. Page 56
Books. The Crisis in Film Book Publishing: Film books, one the hot new thing, have become yet another specialized field - and trade houses now balk at publishing almost any film book except "a star tells all." Page 59
Review: The Producer as Auteur. "David O. Selznick's Hollywood" by Ronald Haver Page 60
Review: The Informers, Then and Now. "Naming Names" by Victor S. Navasky Page 64
AFI News. Page 77
American Film Classified Ads. Page 78
Periodicals. Page 80

Edition Notes

Series
Magazine of the Film and Television Arts
Copyright Date
1981

Contributors

Writer
Ernest Lehman
Writer
David Thomson
Writer
Harlan Kennedy
Writer
Mike Bygrave
Writer
Joan Goodman
Writer
Kevin Brownlow
Writer
Andrea Strout
Writer
Dorothy G. Singer
Writer
Jerome Singer
Writer
Diana M. Zuckerman
Writer
Martin Mayer
Writer
J. Hoberman
Writer
Leo Braudy
Writer
Andrew Sarris
Writer
Robert Sklar
Editor
Patty Prendergast
Editor-in-Chief
Antonio Chemasi
Senior Editor
Victoria Venker
Senior Editor
Thomas Wiener

The Physical Object

Format
Magazine
Number of pages
80

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26204820M
OCLC/WorldCat
2246336
Amazon ID (ASIN)
B007EZKE7S

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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