TITLE: American Film
["Journal of the Film and Television Arts" -- Published by the American Film Institute (AFI) -- Hard-to-find magazine!]
ISSUE DATE: SEPTEMBER 1989;' VOLUME XIV NUMBER 4
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 photograph of Danny DeVito at his Malibu home by Bonnie Schiffman/Onyx. Grooming: Kimi Messina "He was fun to work with. 'Well make a fire! And maybe a salami sandwich!' Which is probably how he directs his movies." --Bonnie Schiffman.

FEATURES:
LEONESQUE -- The lugubrious, operatic genius in Sergio Leone could fill a widescreen frame with indelible tableaus, where characters, like resident ghosts, engaged in a dance of the dead. By David Thomson.

TOUGH, PASSIONATE, PERSUASIVE -- It took Caribbean-born Euzhan Palcy five years to bring her vision of apartheid to the screen. It took her a phone call to get Brando back to work. That's called charm. By Kristine McKenna.

FOREIGN INTRIGUE -- Hollywood has always drawn international attention. But now dollar signs, not glitter, are attracting suitors from Australia to Great Britain. By Stuart Emmrich.

-- FUNNY AS HELL From his frying-pan-on-the-head family and the pool halls of Asbury Park, Danny DeVito learned a few things about demonic characters, By Robert Seidenberg.

DEPARTMENTS.
EDITING ROOM -- First you get the show, then you get the business.
LETTERS -- Readers rant and retort.
Special fashion Section: Dressing the part on Rodeo Drive.
ILLUMINATIONS -- Notes and essays from around the world.
GREEN LIGHT -- Independent producer David Weisman proves h, doesn't need a partner to dance his Naked Tang By Gregg Kilday.
DIALOGUE ON FILM -- Writing a script is like marrying somebody, says John Patrick Shanley, who has found a new love--directing.
SCREENINGS -- Francesca Roberts in Heart of Dixie By Janet Fitch. Plus, The Big Picture and Blue Steel.
VIDEO CLASSICS -- If there's one way to classify the screenplays of Robert Bolt, it is as dramas of the threatened sett. By Gerald Carpenter.
NEW VIDEO RELEASES -- A critical guide to new videos for September. By Peter Rainer.
CLASSIFIEDS.
AFI CALENDAR.
BRAVO PROGRAM GUIDE.
EPILOGUE -- Author-cartoonist Lynda Barry finally settles the argument over the summer's best movie with the toughest critics of all--kids.


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