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TITLE: American Film
["Journal of the Film and Television Arts" -- Published by the American Film Institute (AFI) -- Hard-to-find magazine!]
ISSUE DATE: September 1978; Volume III, Number 10
CONDITION: Standard magazine size, Approx 8½" X 11". COMPLETE and in clean, VERY GOOD condition. (See photo)

IN THIS ISSUE:
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COVER: Bette Midler in the Movies.

Bette Midler Is Not Janis Joplin! . . . Stephen M. Silverman . . . From cabaret performer to film star in one giant leap--she plays the quintessential rock idol.

Is Television Taking Blacks Seriously? . . . Robert Sklar . . . They're rising in the industry, but the tube still reflects them in mostly comic terms.

Me and My Betamax . . . Richard P. Adler . . . Author buys video recorder--and learns about himself.

Aspects of the Avant-Garde: A Special Section . . . Reports on creating, distributing, and exhibiting today's experimental films.
Three Innovators . . . Jonathan Rosenbaum.
Independence for Independents . . . Jonas Mekas.
Experimental Showcase--In Hollywood? . . . Robert Sklar.

Ralph Bakshi Among the Hobbits . . . Stephen Zito . . . Can the animator of Fritz the Cat satisfy lovers of The Lord of the Rings?.

Dialogue on Film: Steven Spielberg . . . The phenomenal director of Close Encounters of the Third Kind talks about the making of the film, his future projects, his pal George Lucas, and why he wants to return to television.

COMMENT . . . Will Experimental Films Disappear? . . . Ted Perry . . . The problems of preserving the avant-garde.
LEHMAN AT LARGE . . . Tape No. 192 . . . Ernest Lehman . . . At last! Those missing 181/2 minutes from the infamous Hollywoodgate tapes.
ABOUT TELEVISION . . . Oriental Diversions . . . Martin Mayer . . . The case for the world's best television--in Japan.
LETTERS.
FESTIVAL REPORT . . . Cannes, Los Angeles Too much and too long. . . . Roger Greenspun, Todd McCarthy.
LETTER FROM INDIANA . . . Erik Andersen . . . What on earth was Lina Wertmiiller doing in Bloomington'?.
BOOKS:.
Great Film Directors: A Critical Anthology edited by Leo Braudy and Morris Dickstein . . . Richard Gilman.
Shado-vland by William Arnold . . . Kenneth Turan.
Remote Control: Television and the Manipulation of American Life by Frank Mankiewicz and Joel Swerdlow . . . Charles Champlin.
AFI NEWS.
PERIODICALS.


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