TITLE: American Film
["Journal of the Film and Television Arts" -- Published by the American Film Institute (AFI) -- Hard-to-find magazine!]
ISSUE DATE: JULY/AUGUST 1986; VOLUME XI, NUMBER 9
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: William Hurt.

Photograph by Dana Fineman/Sygma, 1986.

ZEN AND THE ART OF FILM ACTING -- For William Hurt, drama is a sacred ritual in acting Transcends performance. By SUSAN LINFIELD.

HOW (NOT) TO MAKE A MOVIE -- Do's and don't's for aspiring filmmakers from a director who should Know better. By JOHN WATERS.

DIALOGUE ON FILM: WAYNE WANG -- The twain have met--this independent filmmaker draws upon East and West to create his rich portraits of Chinese-American life.

ON THE AIR: THE MONEY PIT -- "Wheel of Fortune's" producers can't explain the show's success. But Marx and Keynes probably could. By ALEXANDER COCKBURN.

FILMS ALFRESCO -- People used to go to drive-ins to see movies. Now they go to see the drive-ins. By JOAN LIFTIN.

THE ENGLISH CHANNEL -- In four short years, tiny Channel 4 has emerged as one of the world's most influential producers of independent films. By JOHN WYVER.

WILL CANNON BOOM OR BUST? -- Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus made millions on low-budget films. Now they're laying it on the line with big productions and bigger stars. By ROBERT FRIEDMAN.

THE GOOD NEWS AND THE BAD NEWS ... There's a lot wrong with network news shows. NBC's "Overnight" tried to be different. Here's what happened. By LINDA ELLERBEE.

COLLECTOR'S CHOICE: HEAVENLY BODIES -- Worshipping at the shrine of Hollywood's goddesses. By JOHN KOBAL.

DEPARTMENTS.
THE EDITING ROOM.
LETTERS.
NEWSREEL.
INDEPENDENTS.
BOOKS -- Seymour Chatman's Antonioni, On the Surface of the World and Robert Phillip Kolker's Bernardo Bertolucci. By PETER BRUNETTE.
TRAILERS.
FROM THE DIRECTOR, By JEAN FIRSTENBERG.
FREEZE FRAME.


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