Film Comment, Volume 13 Number 5, September-October 1977

Issue of Film Comment, contains the following:- Journal of Mary Corliss, detailing the Cannes Film Festival, with specific references to "Gizmo", "Nine Months", "The Lacemaker", "Un Piccolo Piccolo Borghese", "The Bishop's Bedroom", "A Special Day", "A Simple Heart", "The Duellists", "One Sings, The Other Doesn't", and "Stroszek" Advert for "Sweet Movie" detailing its handling of sexual politics. Journal of Richard Roud, detailing the Berlin Film Festival, with specific references to "La Notte", "Alphaville", "Charulata", "Shakespeare Wallah", "The Man Who Loved Love", "The Tent of Miracles", "Barren Lives", "Jane Bleibt Jane", "Baker's Bread", and "Bolweiser". Advert for various film-related books, "How to Read a Film", "Film Directors: Critical Essays", "The New Wave", "The Major Film Theories", "Hollywood Directors: 1914-1940", "Hollywood Directors: 1941-1976", "Westerns (2nd Edition)", "Ingmar Bergman: Essays in Criticism", "Slow Fade to Black: The Negro in American Film, 1900-1942", and "Documentary: A History of the Non-Fiction Film". Article by Dave Kehr, "Four Auteurs in Search of an Audience", examining four directors - Paul Bartel, Jonathan Kaplan, George Armitage and Jonathan Demme - and arguing that, they are doing extremely well in an industry that prizes exploitation films. Interview with Lamont Johnson, by Eric Orner, focusing in particular on his work in opera, radio and television, in addition to cinema. Two Articles examining "The Devil Probably" - "The Redemption of Despair", by Richard Roud, focusing on its style, and "The invisible Enemy", by Jan Dawson, focusing on its themes. Interview with Robert Bresson, by Paul Scrader, focusing on, amongst other things, the themes, style and content of his various films. Announcement of the unlawfulness of National Telefilm Associate's termination of Ivy Film's licence agreement. Article by Stan Van Der Beek, on the New Animation, arguing in animation's favour as an art form. Article by Michael Kerber, examining Television, specifically the networks' sensitivity to swear-words. Article by Amos Vogel, "Herzog in Berlin", discussing independent cinema, and Werner Herzog's supposed prominence among such directors. Article by Andrew Sarris, "The Jazz Singer, Fifty Years After", examining "the uneasy marriage between cinema and music", and arguing the necessity of music in cinema. Interview with Wim Wenders, "Ring of the Road", by Carlos Clarens, examining the former's attraction to the work of Patricia Highsmith, the relationship of his films with both American and European cinema, and his method of working with actors. Article by Todd McCarthy, "The Exorcism of the Heretic", examining the treatment of "The Exorcist II: The Heretic", and the supposed necessity of blaming the director if the latter is allowed control of a film that flops. Interview with Hollis Frampton, by Mitch Tuchman, examining in particular, the Magellan Cycle, and its themes. Review of "Experimental Animation" by Robert Russert and Cecile Starr.