Volume 22-5 December/January 1998

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FEATURES

Cover Story/Profile
John Sayles
The groundbreaking director discusses his career and techniques with Eliot Asinof, plus a special sidebar with longtime Sayles associate Maggie Renzi discussing Sayles' latest film, Men With Guns.

JOB SHARING ADs: A "FAMILY-FRIENDLY" SOLUTION
Catherine Valeriote discovers two AD's who job-share on Babylon 5 in order to spend more time with their families.

THE DGA DIRECTING AWARD & SUNDANCE
Neal S. Yonover details the history of the DGA's Directing Award at Sundance.

SPIKE LEE
The cutting-edge director talks about his latest film, a documentary about a 1963 pipe bomb explosion in Birmingham that killed 4 Little Girls.

INDEPENDENT PIONEER STANLEY KRAMER
A look at the independent director/producer responsible for such films as The Defiant Ones, Judgement at Nuremberg and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.

DECLARING INDEPENDENCE AT THE DIRECTORS RETREAT
Director Noel Black reports on what was said about independent films by Robert Altman, Allison Anders, Michael Apted, Bill Couturie, Steve James, Mary Lambert, James Mangold, George Romero and Gus Van Sant at the first DGA retreat.

OUTSIDE THE MAINSTREAM
A brief overview of DGA directors living and working outside New York and Los Angeles.

THE DGA AND INDIE FILMMAKERS
Patricia Troy discovers everything you wanted, but were afraid you couldn't afford at the October Independent Film Project/West panel discussion.  Plus an explanation of the DGA's Low Budget Agreement and comments from director Gary Walkow and producer Frank Gruber.

ON FINANCING LOW-BUDGET MOVIES
Paul Bartel, director of Eating Raoul and Scenes From the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills, comments on the state of film financing.

MONTY DIAMOND
David Geffner talks with the director of the new idie Peroxide Passion.

NICK GOMEZ
The Laws of Gravity and New Jersey Drive director discusses his films with Kevin Lewis.

MONTE HELLMAN
Kevin Lewis talks with one of the pioneering independent directors from the 60's and 70's.

MARY LAMBERT
The director of Siesta, Pet Semetary I & II and the up-coming Clubland talks about her career with Kevin Lewis.

NANCY SAVOCA
Arlene Schindler talks with the director of True Love, Dogfight and the new film 24-Hour Woman.

AFI FILM FESTIVAL
Coverage of the DGA's filmmakers's brunch for participants of the AFI Film Festival plus an interview with the winner of the festival's Studio Award, director Stan Schofield.

NEWS

THUNDERHEART ARBITRATION DECISION
DGA General Counsel Elliott Williams reveals that an arbitration decision on the feature Thunderheart could offer new protection for director's creative rights.

ROBERT WISE HONORED
Adele Field covers the Special Projects tribute to director Robert Wise.

TRIBUTE TO ANDRE DE TOTH
Director Andre De Toth is honored by DGA's Special Projects.   Neal S. Yonover reports.

DGA SALUTES AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN DIRECTORS
Reginald Brown reports on the African-American Steering Committee's salute.

AN EVENING WITH MOCTESUMA ESPARZA
Coverage of the Latino Committee event by Ricardo Mendez Matta.

A NEW LOOK TO THE UNION LABEL
Anita Madeira discovers the importance of unions while she directs a series of commercials for the AFL-CIO.

HOLLYWOOD REMEMBERS THE BLACKLIST
Andrew Levy reports on the event and the DGA's reinstatement of membership to founding director Herbert Biberman.

SAM FULLER TRIBUTE
Coverage of the November 22 DGA memorial for director Sam Fuller by Craig Modderno.

DEPARTMENTS

PRESIDENT'S REPORT

DGA FORUM

SHORT ENDS
Robert Butler's Directing Class, L.A. Independent Film Festival, DGA Awards calendar and more.

FROM THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR
Director Wes Craven talks about Scream 2 and why horror films are perfect as independent films.

THE DIRECTING TEAM
Director Charles Haid and his directing team discuss the making of TNT's Buffalo Soldiers.

EARLY DAYS OF SPECIAL PROJECTS
David Shepard, the first DGA Special Projects Officer, tells about the history of the department which is now entering its 21st year.

GOODBYE
Richard Schickel on Sam Fuller.

MODERN TIMES
Editor Russ Kingston reveals that Europeans never see films on television the way they were originally paced because of the PAL conversion process.

PRINTED MATTER
An excerpt on radio directors from Leonard Maltin's book The Great American Broadcast.

HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Reviews of laserdiscs and DVDs including Evita, The Wild Bunch, Sophie's Choice, Logan's Run, Eastern Condors and Night of the Living Dead.

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