Take One (Sep-Oct 1972)

TAKE ONE Papillon: An intraview Eric Rohmer: % by James Delson an interview The Long Goodbye : by Michael Goodwin by Fred Barron Boneaas Friends by Joe Medjuck 8 Badlands by James Monaco The Three Musketeers by Geoffrey Minish Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street . by John H. D Redemption and eee ‘Performance’ by Bill Nichols 12 Letter from Tehran by Peter Lebensold Endless Movie by Michael Goodwin Letter from New York by Bob Cowan A Filmmaker’s Column by Lenny Lipton Letter from Holland by Peter Cowie Coffee, Brandy & Cigars by Herman G. Weinberg Books by Joe Medjuck & Ron Blumer Final Cut by Myfanwy Phillips “ve always done everything | wanted”: Mae West interviewed by Scott Eyman ; 1 9 The Inside Story Feed-Back Festivals & Competitions The News Page Booker’s Guide 16mm News What Challenge? What Change? The camera as a surgical instrument by Marie Kurchak 22 From ‘The Big Sleep’ to ‘The Long Goodbye’ and More or Less How We Got There by Leigh Brackett 26 Cover: Gerry Lorange & Michael Fog la Cover Photograph: Cinemabilia EDITOR/PUBLISHER: Peter Lebensold. ASSOCIATE EDITOR/PUBLISHER: Joe Med juck. MANAGING EDITOR: Michael Goodwin. ASSISTANT EDITOR: Donna Dudinsky. ART DIRECTION: Orange Fog. BOOK EDITOR: Glen Hunter. CONTRIBUTING EDITORS: Kay Armatage, Ronald Blumer, James Delson. CONSULTING EDITOR: Naomi Wise. CORRESPONDENTS: Los Angeles John H. Dorr; Montreal Bruce Berman, André Paquet, Jean-Pierre Tadros; New York Arthur Axelman, Bob Cowan, Susan Rice; Paris Geoffrey Minish; San Francisco Hal Aigner. PROMOTION MANAGER: Alan E. Bennett. CIRCULATION MANAGER: Barbara Randle. BUSINESS MANAGER: Tom Lewis. TAKE ONE is published bi-monthly by Unicorn Publishing Corp., Box 1778, Station B, Montreal, Quebec H3B 3L3 (514-843-7733) and Box 95, Station E, Toronto, Ontario (416-862-1674). Subscription rates: North America, 12 issues for $5.00; Overseas, 12 issues for $7.50. Airmail: Add 30 cents per issue (North America) and 50 cents per issue (Overseas). Subscriptions are sent free to individuals at prison addresses. Notice of change of address should include your old address as printed on a recent issue; allow five weeks for processing. Editorial information: All manuscripts, drawings and photographs submitted must be accompanied by a self-addressed stamped envelope (or International Reply Coupon). While the editors will take all reasonable care, they will not be held responsible for the loss of any such submissions. Indexing: This publication is indexed in : the Canadian Periodical Index, the International Index to Film Periodicals, and the Multi-Media Reviews Index. Microfilm editions of this magazine are available from University Microfilms, 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106. Second class mail registration number 1899. Printed at Montreal, Canada. Dewey Decimal number: 791.43. International Standard Serial Number: CN ISSN 0039-9132. Copyright © 1974 by Unicorn Publishing Corp. All rights reserved. No part of this magazine may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photo-copying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the Publisher. Opinions expressed herein are those of the author and not necessarily those of the editors of Take One. Published with the financial assistance of The Canada Council, and the Ontario Arts Council. Printed in Canada. Issue of Sept.-Oct. 1972. Published Jan. 22, 1974. 29 31 31 32 32 33 35 36 36 37 38 40 41 42 Ww Ww AANA A