TITLE: American Film
["Journal of the Film and Television Arts" -- Published by the American Film Institute (AFI) -- Hard-to-find magazine!]
ISSUE DATE: September 1984; Vol. IX, No. 10
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: Charlie Chaplin in The Adventurer (1917), Credit: Culver Pictures.

FEATURES:
Chaplin Redux -- A new national retrospective as well as a cache of lost footage should mend the Tramp's tattered reputation.
Introduction by Charles Silver.
On the Trail of the Unknown Chaplin by Kevin Brownlow.
The United States v. Charlie Chaplin by Timothy J. Lyons.

Rosi in a New Key by Michel C'iment -- Francesco Rosi, known for the gritty realism of films like Salvatore Giuliano, courts a wider audience with Carmen.

A Plan for All Seasons by Ben Brown -- The networks are trying to change with the times so that you won't change the channel.

Where Eagle Dares by George Wead -- In Eagle Pennell's Texas, there are no J.R. Ewings, just good ol' boys hangin' out, dreamin' their dreams, wonderin' whatever happened to the real Texas.

Dialogue on Film: Richard Pearce -- The director of Country talks about shooting documentaries in the sixties, his transition from cameraman to director, and the complexities of fiction.

VIDEOFILE:.
Private Eyes by Colin MacCabe -- Raymond Williams's unblinking view of television.
Collector's Choice: School Daze by Allan Arkush -- The director of Rock 'n' Roll High School convenes his class on cassette.

DEPARTMENTS.
Letters.
Newsreel.
Behind the Scenes: Chronicle of a Film Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez How the author found the seed for Erendira in a chance encounter in the Tropics.
Point of View: The Face at the Cutting-Room Door by Charlton Heston Filmmakers looking for government handouts may find themselves trading creative control for money.
Point of View: Improper Conduct by Nestor Almendros and Orlando Jimenez-Leal -- The makers of a documentary on Cuba claim the film's attackers aren't playing fair.
Books -- James Agee: A Life, reviewed by Lloyd Rose.
Trailers.
From the Director by Jean Firstenberg.


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