Published: 1959; 96 pages

Editor-in-Chief and Publisher: Jonas Mekas. Editors: George N. Fenin, Edouard Laurot, Adolfas Mekas, Gilbert Seldes, Eugene Archer, Louis Brigante, Arlene Croce, Andrew Sarris. Layout: George Maciunas. Correspondents: Guido Aristarco, Italy; Francis Bolen, Belgium; J. Broz, Czechoslovakia; Jose Clemente, Spain; Eugenio Hintz, Uruguay; E. Patalas, W. Germany; Tony Richardson, England.

Copyright, 1959 by FILM CULTURE. Printed in the U.S.A. Publisher’s Printing Representative: Harry Gantt. Distributor for retail sale: B. de Boer, 102 Beverly Road, Bloomfield, N.J. The opinions expressed by the contributors do not necessarily represent those of the editors.

Cover Picture: Orson Welles in Touch of Evil

Contents

1. Editorial Note, Jonas Mekas

2. First Outline for a Film on Peace, Cesare Zavattini

3. Vive La Guerre!, Edouard de Laurot

4. Flaherty and Tabu, Richard Griffith

5. A few Reminiscences, David Flaherty

6. Turia, An Original Story, Murnau, Flaherty

7. Tabu, A Story of the South Seas, Murnau, Flaherty

8. Neorealist Cinematography, Nestor Almendros

9. The Early Work of Bresson, Richard Roud

10. Willard Maas, Parker Tyler

11. The European Western, G.N. Fenin and W.K. Everson

12. A Letter From Mexico, Adolfas Mekas

13. Touch of Evil, H.G.W. (Herman G. Weinberg)

14. Ivan The Terrible, Part Two, H.G.W. (Herman G. Weinberg)

15. Coffee, Brandy and Cigars, XXXII, H.G. Weinberg

16. Books

Index of Images

from Pull My Daisy, by Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie

from Pull My Daisy

from Pull My Daisy (left to right: Peter Orlowski, Gregory Corso, Allen Ginsberg)

John Cassavetes (second from the right) with his crew, during the shooting of Shadows (photo: Marvin Lichtner

Luchino Visconti (in the center) and R. Aldo (by the camera) during the shooting of La Terra Trema

Robert Bresson

Edouard de Laurot (profile, on the right) during the shooting of Rome O’clock

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