Take One (Oct 1976)

VOLUME 5 NUMBER 4 TAKE ON OCTOBER 19% RERONT, News, Gossip and Other Foolishness, including letters from our readers. GS i have no wings and I must fly Steve Swires talks Science Fiction films with “the most honored science fiction writer in the world,” Harlan Ellison. Clothes-Wise: Edith Head i ? Edith Head, couturier to the stars, whose credits run from She Done Him Wrong to Bluebird, is interviewed by Virginia Wright Wexman and Patricia Erens. The game plan Author Will Aitken takes a hard look at the so-called ‘human element’ approach to filming the Olympics. La grande dame blonde aux petits gants blancs Adolph who? Will Aitken’s press review of Leni Riefenstahl’s visit to Montreal. Jean-Pierre LEAUD = Coming of Age James Monaco and Jean-Pierre Léaud talk about the latter’s fifteen years in film and his role as the major onscreen representative of the generation of the 60s. Getting back to basics No working American director has more control over his films than Cornel Wilde. Stuart Kaminsky examines the oeuvre of this neglected auteur. LrILIESGo William Marantz sounds off. PME REGUEARS Columns by regulars Jay Cocks, Robert Fiedel, Chuck Jones, Waldo Lydecker, Michael Mayer, Bob Parent, Herman Weinberg, and Gene Youngblood, plus a London Letter by Jan Dawson, and a Letter from the East by Arthur Hullett. RilMiREVIEWS Reviews of The Man Who Fell to Earth, Bugs Bunny Superstar, India Song, French Provincial, Face to Face, and L’Argent de Poche; by Will Aitken, Lester Bangs, Michael Tarantino, Joe Blades, and Diane Jacobs. BOORHS Book News and reviews plus our regular checklist of just-published film books by George L. George. A complete list of sources for 16mm versions of films mentioned in this issue, plus conferences to attend, Si film festivals to enter, and our classifieds. RUNDITSZRPAGE A handy-dandy guide to some of this season’s major films in the form of nuggets gleaned from the writings of some of America’s major movie critics. EDITOR/PUBLISHER: Peter Lebensold. EDITORIAL DIRECTOR: Joe Medjuck. PUBLISHING DIRECTOR: Alan E. Bennett. MANAGING EDITOR: Phyllis Platt. ART DIRECTOR: Kirk Kelly. BOOK EDITOR: Doug Fetherling. ASSOCIATE EDITORS: Michael Goodwin, James Monaco. CORRESPONDENTS: London Jan Dawson; Montreal Will Aitken; New York Bob Cowan: Paris Geoffrey Minish; Rome Gideon Bachmann; Stockholm Lars-Olof Lothwall. ASSISTANTS TO THE PUBLISHER: Pamela Chichinskas, Lynette Stevens. TAKE ONE Is published every eight weeks by Unicorn Publishing Corp., Box 1778, Station B, Quebec H3B 313 (514-843-7733) and Box 95, Station E, Toronto, Ontario M6H 4E1. National retail distributors: For the USA: Eastern News Distributors Inc., 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10011 (212-255-5620). For the UK: South Bank Film Books, National Film Theatre, South Bank, Waterloo, London SE1. For Australia: Anchor Books Pty Ltd., 590 George Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000 Australia. For Canada and elsewhere: Unicorn Publishing Corp., Box 1778, Station B, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3B 3L3 (514-843-7733). Subscription rates: North America, 12 issues for $8.00; Overseas, 12 issues for $10.40. Airmail: Add 40 cents per issue (North America) and 70 cents per issue (Overseas). Subscriptions 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: TAKE ONE 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 Rd., Ann Arbor, Mich. 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 © 1976 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. Member of the CPPA. Postmasters: Send form 3579 to Take One Magazine, Box 1778, Station B, Montreal, Canada H3B 3L3. Second class postage paid at New York, New York and additional offices. Printed in Canada. Volume 5, Number 4; published September 17, 1976.