Pif Magazine ~ No. 25

ISSN: 1094-2726

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This Issue ~ Film

Immovable Object My Eye
by Curt Cloninger
Part II of "My 5 Favorite Punk Things," Cloninger reveals the inner Punk workings of Cool Hand Luke, Bartleby the Scrivener and Vanishing Point.

In the Moment of These Living Texts
by Richard K. Weems
Are Keats and Pulp Fiction connected? You might be surprised by what Richard Weems has discovered.

A "Nuclear" Era ... But I Have No Fear
by Steven Meloan
Is your fate controlled by the double-helix of your DNA? Some scientists think so.

Bold Wurg
by Scott Wold and Michael Burgin
The latest installment of Bold Wurg, an exciting new comic strip by the dynamic-duo of Scott Wold and Michael Burgin.

No. 25 - June 1999

Film Still The Singing Fool © ArtToday.com

Interview with Brent Spencer
by Wendy Dorsel Fisher
The author of The Lost Son and Are We Not Men? talks about B-Movies, guilty pleasures, and the frustrations of writing for the screen.

White Lies: Race and the Myths of Whiteness
by Maurice Berger
reviewed by Rachel Barenblat

"Berger paints a pathetic portrait of himself as a young white liberal sometimes-racist who finally discovers, in being gay, what oppression is all about."

What To Read
by Camille Renshaw

So many books come out each year, and it's difficult for readers to know what to expect at bookstores next, much less what's any good. Our Senior Editor's picks from the list of upcoming summer releases.

The Ultimate Tool for Writers ~ Writer's Digest Magazine

Writing tips, tools,
and markets from
the experts at
Writer's Digest.

"The Terminal"
by Daniel Weinshenker

Discover the next generation
of literary greats in
Story magazine.

"Superman on Vacation"
by Brian Robertson

"Basquiat"
by April Cooper

"Reality Luke"
by A. William Hahn

"Stanley Kubrick Died Today"
by Thomas Stein

"The Double Takes"
by Patricia Fritsche

"Belle du Jour"
by Daniel C. Wilcox

"Reservations"
by Zane Ivy

Film Reviews
by Nick Burton

Vertov's radical documentary style may make him The Man With The Movie Camera, but we'll take Truffaut Day for Night when it comes to films about the film life. While Fellini's 8 1/2 may be a surreal circus, we're still trying to figure out how Irma Vep wriggled into that latex cat-suit.

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