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September-October 1977

Wim Wenders interviewed, Robert Bresson interviewed by Paul Schrader, B movie auteurs, Lamont Johnson interviewed, New York Film Festival preview, censoring movies on cable broadcasts, Werner Herzog, Andrew Sarris on Al Jolson, Hollis Frampton interviewed

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JOURNALS
Cannes, by Mary Corliss
Berlin, by Richard Roud

THE B MOVIE IS ALIVE AND, WELL…
Four Auteurs in Search of an Audience: Paul Bartel, Jonathan Kaplan, George Armitage, Jonathan Demme; by Dave Kehr
Prince of the B’s: Lamont Johnson interviewed by Eric Orner

ROBERT BRESSON
Two views of The Devil, Probably, by Richard Roud and Jan Dawson
Robert Bresson, Possibly—interviewed by Paul Schrader

MIDSECTION
New York Film Festival preview
Stan VanDerBeek on the New Animation
Television: Michael Kerbel on D*rty W*rds
Independents: Amos Vogel on Werner Herzog

AL JOLSON
By Andrew Sarris
The hot and cold jazz singer

WIM WENDERS
Interviewed by Carlos Clarens

THE EXORCISM OF THE HERETIC
By Todd McCarthy
Destroying the film in order to save it

HOLLIS FRAMPTON
Interviewed by Mitch Tuchman

BOOKS
George Griffin on Experimental Animation

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