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November-December 1977

Manny Farber and Patricia Patterson on Jeanne Dielman, Bernardo Bertolucci interviewed, the character actor, Michael Ritchie, Ray Harryhausen interviewed, Andrew Sarris on Margaret Sullavan, George Sidney

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JOURNALS
Moving, by Jonathan Rosenbaum
Paris, by Gilbert Adair

THE CHARACTER ACTOR
By Harold Meyerson
His rise and pratfall

BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI
Interviewed by Deborah Young

MICHAEL RITCHIE
By Diane Jacobs
Satire with a semi-tough smile

RAY HARRYHAUSEN: DYNAMASTER
Interviewed by Elliott Stein

MIDSECTION
The industry: Stuart Byron examines a sticky Wicker
Retrospective: Andrew Sarris on Margaret Sullavan
Independents: Amos Vogel spends autumn in New York

NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL REVIEWS
The Festival, Probably; by James McCourt
Salòmagundi; by Elliott Stein

BEYOND THE NEW WAVE
Jeanne Dielman: Kitchen without Kitsch, by Patricia Patterson and Manny Farber
A la recherché de Luc Moullet, by Jonathan Rosenbaum

GEORGE SIDNEY
By George Morris

BOOKS
Clay Steinman on Dalton Trumbo

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