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March-April 1977

The work of the film editor, Robert Aldrich interviewed Roots, remembering Henri Langlois, Alain Resnais’s Providence, Jean-Luc Godard’s Made in U.S.A.

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JOURNALS
Chicago, by Roger Ebert
Teheran, by Wendy Keys & Brooks Riley

PRIME CUT
By Win Sharples, Jr. and Elias Savada, with Ruth Lissak and Jay Wertz
The work of the film editor
Editors choose their best moments
Editors choose the best editors and directors
Robert Wise: from Kane to The Hindenburg
Film editors forum

MIDSECTION
Independents: Amos Vogel gives hints to the wise
Television: Stuart Byron on Roots
In Memoriam: Eight tributes to Henri Langlois
The Industry: Stuart Byron on the Boffo Flicks of ’76
Guest Column: James McCourt on Providence

HOLLYWOOD HARAKIRI
By William Paul
Notes on the decline of an industry and an art

NOVELS INTO FILMS
Brendan Gill on Islands in the Stream

ROBERT ALDRICH
Interviewed by Stuart Byron

MADE IN U.S.A.
By John Hughes

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