American Film, Volume VIII, Number 8
Subtitle: June 1983
Series: Magazine of the Film and Television Arts
Publisher: American Film Institute
Published: June 1983
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Magazine
Number of pages: 80
Copyright date: 1983
Other titles: Volume 8, Number 8
Description: George Lucas "The Empire Strikes Back" cover. Final issue with a $2.00 cover price.
Table of contents: label: Contents
pagenum: 3; label: The Editing Room
pagenum: 5; label: Letters
pagenum: 6; label: Newsreel
pagenum: 10
title: Short news stories.; title: *Robert Richter shoots footage for his short "Gods of Metal."
label: Critical Masses; title: John Glenn on the campaign trail.
label: Space Race?; title: Cinefantastique magazine reveals details of "Return of the Jedi," to the chagrin of LucasFilms.
label: Raiders of the Jedi Secrets; title: Dennis Hopper discusses "Biker's Heaven," a sequel to "Easy Rider" which was never produced.
label: Ghost Riders in the Sky; title: Sequel-itis hits Hollywood with Superman III, Return of the Jedi, Porky's: The Next Day, Jaws 3-D, Staying Alive, and more.
label: Hot Time: Summer at the Box Office; label: Take Two: Los Olvidados
pagenum: 14
title: Luis Bunuel's 1950 masterpiece is the prototype for unsentimental bulletins from the Third World like Pixote and Yol.; label: VideoFile
pagenum: 17; title: HBO conquered cable with other people's movies. Now it's making its own.
label: They Oughta Be in Pictures; label: Scanlines
pagenum: 20; title: Telefrance USA gains a reputation.
label: Magnum, Francais; title: Video game tie-ins with popular TV and film titles
label: Playing Games With Film; label: Collector's Choice
pagenum: 21; label: TV Classics
pagenum: 21
title: Ten golden-age shows to watch when summer reruns are getting you down.; label: Dialogue on Film: Kim Stanley
pagenum: 26
title: From 'The Goddess' to 'Frances' to 'The Right Stuff,' the actress has been uncompromising in her vision of film acting.; label: George Lucas: Burden of Dreams
pagenum: 30
title: In pursuit of his own vision, the director rebelled against Hollywood. Now he has become a prisoner of the empire he created.; label: It Came from the Fifties
pagenum: 40
title: Dead and buried for almost 30 years, 3-D is coming at you again, back from the grave and into your lap.; label: Second-Hand Shows
pagenum: 46
title: Repertory theaters all over the United States are discovering that it pays to recycle old films.; label: In the Heart of the Country
pagenum: 48
title: The Northern Iowa Film Society.; label: El Salvador: Bringing Home the War
pagenum: 50
title: Left and right-wing filmmakers are competing for American hearts and minds with their clashing images of war.; title: After forty years of wrestling with demons, Ingmar Bergman gives his last film, "Fanny and Alexander," an angelic glow.
label: Knocking on Heaven's Door; label: The World According to Bergman
pagenum: 59
title: Q&A; label: Books
pagenum: 65; title: The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock; title: The Cinema of Cruelty: From Bunuel to Hitchcock; title: French Cinema of the Occupation and the Resistance: The Birth of a Critical Esthetic; title: Cinema and Sentiment; label: Classified Ads
pagenum: 76; label: Trailers
pagenum: 78
title: Psycho II, Octopussy, The Twilight Zone: The Movie, The Man with Two Brains, Trading Places; label: From the Director
pagenum: 80
title: The Screenwriter: An Essential Element; label: NOTABLE ADS; label: Walt Disney Home Video
pagenum: 2
title: Free baseball cap; label: Warner Bros.
pagenum: 4
title: The Man With Two Brains; label: RCA
pagenum: 9
title: Videodisc Player with Gene Kelly (I); label: RCA
pagenum: 11
title: Videodisc Player with Gene Kelly (II); label: Warner Home Video
pagenum: 44
title: THX-1138; label: Thunderbird Images
pagenum: 73
title: "The American Cinematographer" video series; label: Embassy Pictures
pagenum: 79
title: Fanny & Alexander; label: CBS Fox Video
pagenum: Back cover
title: Sophie's Choice