TITLE: American Film
["Journal of the Film and Television Arts" -- Published by the American Film Institute (AFI) -- Hard-to-find magazine!]
ISSUE DATE: November 1985; Vol. XI, No. 2
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: Ally Sheedy, Los Angeles, August 1985, by Rose Shoshana/Outline. Hair and makeup: Kathy Jeung.

FEATURES:
Closely Watched Trains by Marcel Ophuls -- In the tranquil Polish countryside, Claude Lanzmann mines memories of genocide in his nine-and-a-half-hour epic, Shoah.

Ally's Ally Sheedy Comet by Jeffrey Lantos -- The meteoric rise of Hollywood's busiest young actress.

Under Fire by Jo-Anne Collinge -- As South Africa's crisis deepens, its independent filmmakers document the pain of apartheid. But they are victims of--and are often used by--the very system they seek to destroy.
Hollywood Speaks by Clarke Taylor.
Hollywood Acts? by Marc Cooper.

Film in a Frame -- French poster artist Jean A. Mercier captures an entire movie in a single image.

Cutters' Way by Joyce Sunila -- Slaving over a hot Steenbeck with film editors Dede Allen and Richard Marks.

The Ploughman's (Just) Desserts by Raymond Durgnat -- Margaret Thatcher's nanny state has chosen economic decline over cultural revival.

Dialogue on Film: Alan J. Pakula -- From The Sterile Cuckoo to Sophie's Choice, every frame of his films reveals this director's obsession with craft and humanity.

VIDEOFILE:
Love Stories by Kathleen Hulser -- A traveling show of feminist videos offers a jaundiced view of romance.
Collector's Choice: The Play's the Thing by Michael Sragow -- There are gems to be found in that oft-scorned genre, theater-into-film.

DEPARTMENTS:.
Behind the Scenes: La Dolce Vita by Penelope Gilliatt -- Federico Fellini has survived acclaim, odium, and even neglect, but canonization may do him in.
Newsreel.
Independents.
Flashback: The Hand-In by Robert Andrew Parker -- When they asked me to be Vincent van Gogh's hands, I decided to play it by ear.
Books.
Hollywood From Vietnam to Reagan, reviewed by Al LaValley.
Film Forum, reviewed by Emile de Antonio.
Trailers.
From the Director by Jean Firstenberg.


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