American Film, Volume III, Number 10
Subtitle: September 1978
Publisher: American Film Institute
Published: September 1978
Language: eng
Format: Magazine
Number of pages: 80
Description: Cover photo of Bette Midler from "The Rose." $1.75 cover price.  Final issue in Volume III.
Table of contents: label: The Editing Room
pagenum: 4; title: Hollis Alpert; label: Comment: Will Experimental Films Disappear?
pagenum: 6
title: The problems of preserving the avant-garde.; title: Ted Perry; label: Lehman at Large: Tape No. 192
pagenum: 8
title: At last! Those missing 18 1/2 minutes from the infamous Hollywoodgate tapes!; title: Ernest Lehman; label: About Television: Oriental Diversions
pagenum: 12
title: A case for the world's best television - in Japan.; title: Martin Mayer; label: Letters
pagenum: 16; label: Bette Midler is NOT Janis Joplin!
pagenum: 18
title: From cabaret performer to film star in one giant leap - she plays the quintessential rock idol.; title: Stephen M. Silverman; label: Is Television Taking Blacks Seriously?
pagenum: 25
title: They're rising in the industry, but the tube still reflects them in mostly comic terms.; title: Robert Sklar; label: Me and My Betamax
pagenum: 30
title: Author buys videorecorder - and learns about himself.; title: Richard P. Adler; label: Aspects of the Avant-Garde: A Special Section
pagenum: 33
title: Reports on creating, distributing, and exhibiting today's experimental films.; title: Three Innovators
label: Jonathan Rosenbaum; title: Independence for Independents
label: Jonas Mekas; title: Experimental Showcase - in Hollywood?
label: Robert Sklar; label: Dialogue on Film: Steven Spielberg
pagenum: 43
title: The phenomenal director of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" talks about the marketing of the film, his future projects, his pal George Lucas, and why he wants to return to television.; label: Festival Report: Cannes, Los Angeles
pagenum: 54
title: Too much and too long; title: Roger Greenspun, Todd McCarthy; label: Bakshi Among the Hobbits
pagenum: 58
title: Can the animator of "Fritz the Cat" satisfy lovers of "The Lord of the Rings?"; title: Stephen Zito; label: Letter from India
pagenum: 64
title: What on earth was Lina Wertmuller doing in Bloomington?; title: Erik Anderson; label: Books
pagenum: 66
title: Reviews.; title: "Great Film Directors: A Critical Anthology" edited by Leo Braudy and Morris Dickstein.
label: Richard Gilman; title: "Shadowland" by William Arnold
label: Kenneth Turan; title: "Remote Control: Television and the Manipulation of American Life" by Frank Mankiewicz and Joel Swerdlow.
label: Charles Champlin; label: AFI News
pagenum: 75; label: Periodicals
pagenum: 80