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July-August 1977

Martin Scorsese interviewed, Robert Altman’s 3 Women, Howard Hawks, Star Wars, Tom Laughlin interviewed, Joan Crawford remembered, Roberto Rossellini remembered, guest column by Roger Ebert

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JOURNALS
New York, by Jerry Oster
Moving, by Jonathan Rosenbaum
Rotterdam, by Richard Roud

HOWARD HAWKS
By Raymond Durgnat
Hawks isn’t good enough

THE STAR WARS WAR
Arthur Lubow: Yay!
Terry Curtis Fox: Boo!

BILLY JACK VS. HOLLYWOOD
Tom Laughlin interviewed by Beverly Walker

MIDSECTION
Independents: Amos Vogel on the minimal maximum
In Memoriam: Joan Crawford, by Stephen Harvey
In Memoriam: Roberto Rossellini, by John Hughes
Guest Column: Roger Ebert on movies’ magic moments
The Industry: Tag Gallagher makes book
Television: Michael Kerbel on the unkindest cuts

NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Martin Scorsese interviewed by Jonathan Kaplan

DISTRIBUTION & EXHIBITION
How to distribute a film, by Lee Beaupre
How to exhibit a movie

3 WOMEN
By Roger Greenspun

BOOKS
Roger Copeland on Major Film Theories
William K. Everson on Caligari’s Cabinet
Samson Raphaelson on How to Read a Film