Jessica Lange, M*A*S*H pulls the plug, Computer graphics--life after Tron?, Sergei Eisenstein, Que' Viva Mexico!, Rouben Mamoulian interview, documentaries.

Gene Hackman, Future imperfect, Brazilian cinema, The star system, Brave new television sets, Richard Attenborough interview.

Movies for minors big business, Glenda Garson, New male melodrama, Louis Gossett Jr., Public televisioin's Prime-time politics, Perils of Pay-Per-View, The Lady is Willing, Dustin Hoffman interview.

COVER:

SUSAN SARANDON


FEATURES :

SUSAN SARANDON - Who is she this time? (Includes pics of Richard Dreyfuss, Catherine Daneuve)

Another Man's Method - While Lee Strasberg's name became a household word, Sanford Meisner was quietly training three generations of actors in his own acting style. (Includes pic of Meisner with Lillian Gish).

Art for Film's Sake - With films like Diva, Blade Runner and Days of Heaven borrowing techniques from painters and sculptors, suddenly the scenery is the star. (Includes pics of Brooke Adams, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tim Curry, Peter Hinwood, Barry Bostwick)

The Very Model of a Modern Minor Industry - Independent filmmaking in the United Kingdom is flourishing with help from the British Film Institute. This success may be its own undoing.

JULIE CHRISTIE - Far From the Hollywood crowd.

A Legend in Its Own Time - This new look at the making of Greed reveals a logic behind Erich Von Stoheim's obsession with realism. (Includes pic of Zasu Pitts).

Dialogue on Film: John Badham (includes pics of Roy Scheider; Matthew Broderick)

Behind the Scenes: Digesting Raoul (with pic of Richard Blackburn, Paul Bartel & Mary Woronov).


OTHER CELEBRITIES PICTURED INCLUDE:

Kristy McNichol; Rainer Werner Fassbinder; John Sayles; Mick Jagger, Ron Wood & Keith Richards; Robert Mitchum & Jane Greer; Robert De Niro; Gene Hackman; Dan Aykroyd; Gerard Depardieu & Nathalie Baye; Goldie Hawn & Burt Reynolds (in an ad for Warner Home Video).

George Lucas dreams, 3-D is coming back, El Salvador films, Ingmar Bergman, HBO, Los Olvidados, Kim Stanley interview.

A Star is Born, Walter Matthau, educational films, Twilight of the drive-in, Skip Blumberg, Ten Tough Broads, David & Leslie Newman interview.

David Bowie 'Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence', Hollywood glamour photography, Steadicam & Skycam cameras, violence in horror films, westerns, Life Among the Americans, Grant Tinker interview.

Andrzej Wajda, Sigourney Weaver, The Big Chill, Ordinary People, Robert Bresson, Labor unions on TV, Roman Holiday, Stewart Stern interview.

The Right Stuff, Fear of spying, Orson Welles, Charlie Ahearn, Hungarian film industry, Lost and Found, Nostalghia, Martin Ritt interview.

Brian De Palma films, Fifties sci-fi, Meryl Streep, William Castle, Ten Great Originals, Sweet Smell of Success on Broadway, Richard Levinson & William Link interviews.