American Film, Volume VIII, Number 4
Subtitle: January-February 1983
Series: Magazine of the Film and Television Arts
Publisher: American Film Institute
Published: January 1983
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Magazine
Number of pages: 80
Copyright date: 1983
Description: Jessica Lange cover photo. $2.00 cover price. Includes an article on the demise of the popular sitcom M*A*S*H, as well as a Universal Pictures "For Your Consideration" pull-out poster.
Table of contents: label: Contents
pagenum: 3; label: The Editing Room
pagenum: 5; label: Letters
pagenum: 8; label: Newsreel
pagenum: 12
title: Short news stories; title: Rona Barrett's newsletter - with a $1,200 subscription cost!
label: Rona's Report; title: Why one director prefers 4-legged actors
label: A Director's Best Friend; title: Paolo and Vittorio Taviani's films
label: The Tavianis: War and Remembrance; title: "Running Brave" and the bankability of American Indians
label: Native American Enterprise; title: A reel from the lost film "The Carpet from Bagdad" is rediscovered.
label: It Came from Beneath the Sea; label: VideoFile
pagenum: 17; title: Mabou Mines combines video with live performance for a new kind of theater.
label: Mining New Media; title: After the cancellation of "The Righteous Apples," Rainbow TV Works returns with "Two of Hearts" and "College."
label: Rainbow Out Again; label: More Muppets
pagenum: 20
title: The puppets return to TV in "Fraggle Rock."; title: The infomerical begins to spread
label: Shop Around the Clock; title: The popular cartoon debuts on videocassette.
label: Woody Woodpecker Branches Out; title: Robert Ashley's live video tour
label: Acts of Avant-Garde; title: Journey's Escape video game
label: Video Journey; label: Great Escapes
pagenum: 21
title: 10 tropical island cassettes to keep you warm this winter; label: Dialogue on Film: Rouben Mamoulian
pagenum: 26
title: The veteran director talks about his first film, making Garbo laugh, and the marriage of art and business.; label: Jessica Lange
pagenum: 28
title: With "Frances," she leaps from King Kong's paw to center stage. Her portrayal of the actress Hollywood drove mad is making everyone crazy - about her.; label: Suicide is Painful
pagenum: 38
title: After eleven seasons, MASH is pulling the plug, although its vital signs are strong. Here's the show's medical history - complete with the transplants and the transfusions that kept it healthy over the years; label: Computer Graphics: Is There Life After TRON?
pagenum: 42
title: Yes, the promise remains, but the gloss is off Hollywood's high-tech future.; label: Sergei Eisenstein: A Career in Pictures
pagenum: 46
title: Rare glimpses of the Russian director at work.; label: The Greatest Movie Never Made
pagenum: 53
title: Fifty years ago, Sergei Eisenstein emerged from Mexico with footage of what was to be his most ambitious work. Instead, "Que Viva Mexico!" nearly proved his undoing.; label: Ain't Nothin' Like the Real Thing
pagenum: 59
title: Documentaries have long been neglected. But when "Burden of Dreams" eclipses "Fitzcarraldo," it's clear that fact can be better than fiction.; label: Books
pagenum: 62
title: From Caligari to Fassbinder; label: Trailers
pagenum: 77
title: The Hunger, The Lords of Discipline, Without a Trace, Lovesick, Exposed, The Year of Living Dangerously; label: From the Director
pagenum: 80
title: Reading, Writing and Media; label: NOTABLE ADVERTISEMENTS; title: Inner-cover ad for "The World According to Garp," "Night Shift" and "Hey Good Lookin')
label: Warner Home Video; label: Toshiba
pagenum: 2
title: Home Video; label: Walt Disney Home Video
pagenum: 4; label: MGM/UA
pagenum: 10
title: 2-page ad featuring The Compleat Bealtes, Poltergeist, Wizard of Oz, Diner, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Nutcracker, Victor Victoria, How the Grinch Stole Christmas/Horton Hears a Who; label: Mobil Showcase
pagenum: 32
title: The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, a 9-hour television event; title: "For Your Consideration" pull-out centerfold poster, featuring mini-poster-art for E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Sophie's Choice, Six Weeks, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, Missing, Frances, The Best Little Whorhouse in Texas, and The Dark Crystal
label: Universal Pictures; label: Embassy Video Library
pagenum: 78
title: 2-page spread featuring Dirty Tricks, Intimate Moments, Macon County Line, Carbon Copy, Psychic Killer, Fear No Evil, The Wild Party, The People That Time Forgot, The Wild Angels and The Dunwich Horror; title: Back cover ad for Annie on home video
label: RCA Columbia Home Video