TITLE: American Film
["Journal of the Film and Television Arts" -- Published by the American Film Institute (AFI) -- Hard-to-find magazine!]
ISSUE DATE: December 1983; Vol. IX, No. 3
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: Meryl Streep as Karen Silkwood. Photo by Mary Ellen Mark.

FEATURES:
Obsession by Georgia A. Brown -- Even Brian De Palma's fans feel guilty for their fascination with his emotionally charged, violent films. His latest, Scarface, certainly won't change that.

War of the Worlds by Peter Biskind -- Forget the Russians and the Bomb! Fifties sci-fi was about the struggle between soldiers and scientists, conservatives and liberals, over control of society.

One in a Million by Stephen Rebello -- There are as many unproduced screenplays floating around Hollywood as there are limos in Beverly Hills. Hidden among them are more than a few pearls.

In Search of Silkwood -- In her greatest performance to date, Meryl Streep found the woman behind the headlines. An interview by Thomas Wiener..

Whatever Happened to Showmanship? by John Waters -- The man who brought you Odorama laments the passing of William Castle, the creator of the Fright Break, Coward's Corner, and the Tingler.

SPECIAL SECTION: WINTER'S TALES -- Exiled in Paradise: German Refugee Artists and Intellectuals in America From the 1930's to the Present, reviewed by Marcel Ophuls; Has Corinne Been a Good Girl? The Intimate Memoirs of a French Actress in Hollywood, reviewed by Kenneth Turan; Wapoleon": Abel Gance's Silent Classic, reviewed by James M. Welsh; Women and Film: Both Sides of the Camera and Women's Pictures: Feminism and Cinema, reviewed by B. Ruby Rich.

Dialogue on Film: Richard Levinson and William Link -- Television's premier writing team talk about having it all in prime time.

VIDEOFILE:
Selling Video Van Goghs by Ellin Stein -- Is there a market for electronic art?.
Scanlines.
Collector's Choice: Ten Great Originals by Carlos Clarens Accept no substitutes. Most remakes can't touch the real thing.
Videography.

DEPARTMENTS.
Letters.
Newsreel.
Flashback: Bullies of Broadway by Richard Blackburn -- The story behind Sweet Smell of Success and its scathing portrait of a cutthroat New York columnist and an ambitious publicist.
Trailers.
From the Director by Jean Firstenberg.


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