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Summer 1963

Interview with James Blue, interview with Frank Perry, the business of making art films, film as art, San Sebastian Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival, student film workshop, cinema in the NYPL, Fellini’s  

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INTERVIEWS WITH TWO AMERICAN DIRECTORS

James Blue (The Olive Trees of Justice)
By Mary Batten

Frank Perry (David and Lisa)
By William Bayer

THE BUSINESS OF MAKING ART FILMS
By George Schiffer

42ND STREET
By Clara Hoover and Bill Troy

ON APPROACHING THE FILM AS ART
By Alan Casty

FILM FESTIVALS

San Sebastian
By Edith Laurie

Cannes
By Nelly Kaplan

Ottawa
By Edith Laurie

Midwest
By Gordon Hitchens

Ann Arbor
By George Maupelli

NEW YORK FILM IN AND OUT
By Herman and Gretchen Weinberg

STUDENT FILM WORKSHOP
By Sol Worth

PLACE OF CINEMA IN N.Y. PUBLIC LIBRARY
By George Freedly

FILM REVIEWS

8 ½”
By Mary Batten

My Name is Ivan
By Peter Goode

ISSUES OVERLOOKED
By Guest Contributor, Morris L. Ernst