TITLE: American Film
["Journal of the Film and Television Arts" -- Published by the American Film Institute (AFI) -- Hard-to-find magazine!]
ISSUE DATE: March 1983; Vol. VII, No. 5
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: Gene Hackman photo by Greg Gorman. Courtesy, Sygma.

FEATURES:
"I'm Not a Movie Star; I'm an Actor!" by Robert Ward -- Gene Hackman called his agent at the height of his career to announce his retirement. Now he's back in a major way with three new films.

Future Imperfect by H. Bruce Franklin -- Is there life after the twentieth century? Recent sci-fi suggests that the future belongs to the androids.

Sell It Again, Sam! by Alicia Springer -- UA Classics' shoestring ingenuity is making money on films like Cutter's Way and Chilly Scenes of Winter, which once defied the laws of distribution.

Will Success Spoil Brazilian Cinema? by Pat Aufderheide -- Filmmakers worry that money and worldwide recognition are eroding their national identity.

DEEP FOCUS: The Star System -- Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Stars . . . by William Goldman.

VIDEOFILE:
Brave New Television Sets by Carol S. Goldsmith -- We have seen the future of video and it's flat, stereophonic, wall-sized, and three- dimensional.
Scanlines Collector's Choice: Personal Films by James Toback -- Exposed's director fingers ten cassettes he wouldn't gamble with for love or money.
Videography.

DEPARTMENTS:
Letters.
Newsreel.
Dialogue on Film: Richard Attenborough -- The director of Gandhi recalls how typecasting drove him from a successful career in front of the camera to an even more successful one behind it.
Letter From Paris by Marcel Ophuls -- While the critics shower praise on Jacques Demy's new film, Jean-Paul Belmondo's leaves the public breathless.
BOOKS:
Ingmar Bergman: A Critical Biography, reviewed by John Simon.
Currents in Japanese Cinema, reviewed by Ruth McCormick.
Short Takes.
Trailers From the Director by Jean Firstenberg.


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