TITLE: American Film
["Journal of the Film and Television Arts" -- Published by the American Film Institute (AFI) -- Hard-to-find magazine!]
ISSUE DATE: December 1985; Vol. XI, No. 3
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: Whoopi Goldberg photo by Robert Lewis. 1985 Robert Lewis/Outline. Special thanks to Tamara Hendershot and Jim Roehrig.

FEATURES:
Whoopi Goldberg: Color Her Anything by Jill Kearney -- What do Steven Spielberg, Mike Nichols, and Alice Walker know that you don't?.

Stranger in a Strange Land by Carol Flake -- What's the difference between commissars and studio czars? According to emigre director Andrei Konchalovsky, not much.

Gun Crazy by Andrew Cockburn -- Today's movies feature more gunplay than foreplay. What does the new weapons culture mean for America?.

The Dangerous Thread of Things by Michelangelo Antonioni -- Reflections on a journey from dream to screen.

Rising Sons by Tadao Sato -- A new generation of directors explores the price of Japan's prosperity.

Dialogue on Film: Richard Sylbert -- The brilliance of Chinatown, the glow of The Cotton Club, the emptiness of Carnal Knowledge: They call it production design.

SPECIAL SECTION:
Pressure Points -- We may have survived 1984, but politicians still think they know best what news you can use. Reports from three fronts.
The BBC's Darkest Hour by Christopher Hitchens.
Mitterrand's Red Scare by Marcel Ophuls.
TV, Terrorism, and the White House by Mark Hertsgaard.

VIDEOFILE:
I Want My KEM-TV by Allan Arkush -- Video technology enables us to appreciate editors as auteurs.
Collector's Choice: Gotta Dance by Susan Linfield -- Ten films to keep you on your toes.

DEPARTMENTS.
Letters.
Newsreel.
Flashback: Comedie a la Francaise by Jean-Claude Carriere The films of Jacques Tati are based on slapstick--and rigid control.
Independents.
Books -- Orson Welles: The Rise and Fall of an American Genius and Orson Welles: A Biography, reviewed by Michael Wood.
Short Take.
Trailers.


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