Take One (Jul 1978)

et OUR David Carradine in a relaxed mood, on the set of Death Race 2000. PUBLISHER AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Peter Lebensold PUBLISHING DIRECTOR Alan E. Bennett EDITOR Phyllis Platt ART DIRECTOR Michéle Deviin ASSISTANT TO THE ART DIRECTOR Holly Dressel ASSOCIATE EDITORS Michael Goodwin, James Monaco, Joe Medjuck BOOK EDITOR Laurie Deans ASSISTANT EDITOR Will Aitken CORRESPONDENTS LONDON: Jan Dawson, Peter Cargin NEW YORK: Bob Cowan PARIS: David Overbey ROME: Gideon Bachmann SINGAPORE: Arthur Hullett ACCOUNTS SUPERVISOR Lynette Stevens ASSISTANTS TO THE PUBLISHER Clifford Stevens and Linda Maislin TAKE ONE is published monthly by Unicorn Publishing Corp... Box 1778, Station B, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3B 3L3 (514-843-7733) and Box 95, Station E, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6H 4E1 Subscription rates: North America, 12 issues for $6.00; Overseas, 12 issues for $10.40. Airmail: Add 75 cents per issue (North America) and $1 per issue (Overseas). Subscription sent free to individuals at prison addresses. Notice of change of. address should include your old address as printed on a recent issue—please allow five weeks for processing. Editorial Information—please retain a photocopy of your ms. All manuscripts, drawings and photos submitted must be accompanied by a self-addressed stamped envelope (or International Reply Coupon). While editors will take all reasonable care, they will not be held responsible for the loss of any such submission. Indexing: TAKE ONE is indexed in the Canadian Periodical Index, the International Index to Film Periodicals, the Film Literature Index, and the Multi-Media Reviews Index. Microfilm editions of this magazine are available from University Microfilms, 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 48106. U.S. Postal Identification Number 317750. Canadian second class mail registration Number 1899. Printed at Montréal, Canada. Dewey Decimal Number: 791.43. International Standard Serial Number CN ISSN 0039-9132. Copyright (c) 1978 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 photocopying, 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 Canadian Publishers’ Association. Postmaster: Send Form 3579 to Take One Magazine, Box 1778, Station B, Montréal, Canada H3B 3L3. Postage paid at Montréal. Second Class postage paid at New York, New York and additional mailing offices. Printed in Canada. Volume 6, number 8, published June 24, 1978 Volume 6 Number 8 July 1978 UPFRONT 4. News, gossip, and sis-boom-bah, including letters from our readers. FILM REVIEWS 6 Reviews of: Pretty Baby, by Cecile Starr (p. 6); Straight Time, by W.S. Di Piero (p. 7); A Gezsha, by George Morris (p. 8); Pourquoi Pas!, by David Overbey (p. 10); Opening Night, by Cecile Starr (p. 11); Madame Rosa, by Harriet Polt (p. 12); Le Désert des Tartares, by Pierre Greenfield (p. 13). ANOTHER EVENING WITH DAVID CARRADINE Paul Bartel, who directed Carradine in Death Race 2000, gives us a privileged look into the psyche of this complex actor. THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF REITMAN L9 20 i From Toronto hustler to big-time Hollywood producer (The National Lampoon's Animal House): Joe Medjuck does the interviewing. SOMEWHERE UNDER THE RAINBOW 25 A poem by Robert Willson PUNDITS GETTING ON 24 WITH IT: AN INTERVIEW WITH LAURENCE OLIVIER “‘Lord Olivier is such a great actor he makes the rest of the cast look like chopped liver.”’ Leroy Keleher in conversation with Sir Laurence. WHAT'S Tease ORK dimstelejcnss OF THE DECADE Twenty of the world’s film critics pick the top films of the 70s. By James Monaco. ABEL GANCE: ~~ 30 PROMETHEUS BOUND William M. Drew traces the reasons for the sorry negléct of this great film pioneer. THE -REGUPAR Ss -. 33 Columns from regulars Todd Hackett (p. 33); Bob Cowan (p. 34), Stuart Samuels (p. 35), Kay Armatage (p. 36), Waldo Lydecker (p. 39), Herman Weinberg (p. 40), Bob Parent (p. 41), and Amalie Rothschild (p. 42), plus Home Movies. BOOKS 46 Book reviews by Gerald Peary, Barrie Hayne, Joel Thingvall, and David Schow, plus G.L. George’s Checklist. INFO D2 A complete list of sources for 16mm versions of films mentioned in this issue, plus conferences to attend, film festivals to enter, and our classifieds. 26 O4 A guide to some of this season’s major films culled from the writings of America’s major movie critics, compiled by Susan Schenker.