COVER:<br>
KLAUS KINSKI<br>

FEATURES :<br>
Why Is This Man Smirking? - After making only pennies from heaven, STEVE MARTIN is counting on dollars from film noir.<br>
My Dinner With Barry (by Robert Ward) - It's just a coupla Baltimore boys sitting around talking - about Diner (Pix include Robert Ward, Barry Levinson, Timothy Daly, Mickey Rourke, Daniel Stern, Kevin Bacon, Steve Guttenberg, Paul Reiser).<br>
WERNER HERZOG The God of Wrath - The dream of Fitzcarraldo became a nightmare (Pix include Claudia Cardinale, Klaus Kinski, Mick Jagger).<br>
War of the Wizards - There's no freeze on weapons in the escalating special effects race.
Caught in the Act - Video performance is making strange bedfellows of Robert Altman, Shirley Clarke, and Laurie Anderson <br>
Dialogue on Film: MARK RYDELL talks about working with Katharine Hepburn, Marsha Mason, and Bette Midler (Pix include Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn, Bette Midler, Steve McQueen).<br>
Explorations: Back to Basics - ERNIE GEHR 's work explores the fundamental conditions of film itself.<br>
The Video Scene: Mondo Video (Director John Waters chooses ten videos worth staying home for) / Scanlines (Video news and notes) / Trial By Tape (Cassettes in court are becoming as common as criminals).<br>

OTHER CELEBRITIES PICTURED INCLUDE:<br>
Ben Cross & Ian Charleson. Pia Zadora & John Waters. Pam Grier. Daniel J. Travanti & Veronica Hamel. Aileen Quinn (in an ad for Annie). Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward (in and ad for Save the Children fund). Kirstie Alley & Leonard Nimoy. Sidney Poitier & Gene Wilder. Liv Ullman.

Disney's new image, Robin Williams 'Garp', Ordinary People, Renee Valente, Can movies kill?, Ted Turner.

Luis Bunuel, Jack Lemmon, homosexuality in recent movies, 'Night flight', musicals, Scoring with Synthesizers.

John Sayles, Wall Street goes to the movies, Carroll Ballard 'Never Cry Wolf', Time bandits, Lure of Trailers, BBC's War Game.

Jackie Gleason, Marcel Ophuls, film history is bunk!, Dyan Cannon, Mitterrand's Medialand, Martin Scorsese.

The Verdict' Sidney Lumet, Richard Price at the movies, Martin Sheen, Sneak Previews, lobby cards hobby, Couture Theory.