Cinema: Can it be Revived Autumn 1997 (AI 5.3) AI Home | Magazine Choice | Topics | Store | Contact us To order this magazine issue or subscribe Front Cover: The film "Koroglu," directed by Husein Seyidzade (1960) with the leading role of Koroglu played by Afrasiyab Mammadov. Back cover: Films include top left clockwise: "Telephone Girl" (Telefonchu Giz) Hasan Seyidbeyli - 1962. "Gold Precipice" (Gizyl Uchurum) Fikrat Aliyev - 1980. "Bakuis" (Bakililar) V. Turin - 1938. "The Wild Kura River" (Dali Kur) Husein Seyidzade - 1968.: 6 Reader's Forum 10 Editorial-Cinema: Can it be Revived? - Guest Editor, Rustam Ibrahimbeyov 12 Baku Diary: The Hands of Azerbaijan - Susan Cornnell 15 Diplomatic Series: Interview With Azerbaijan's President, Heydar Aliyev - Betty Blair 19 Issues: A Presidential Perspective 21 Cinema & Censorship: Conversation with Screenwriter Rustam Ibrahimbeyov - Betty Blair 24 The Quest of Cinema: From Myth to Reality: The Filmmaker's Conscience - Asim Jalilov 30 The Pre-Soviet Era: Celebrating 100 Years in Film, Not 80 - Aydin Kazimzade 36 One Eye on the Oscars: Hungering for Glory and Success - Azad Sharifov 40 Psychological Aspects of War: When a Doll Says More Than Artillery - Alisaftar Mursaloghlu 46 Photo Essay: "O Olmasin, Bu Olsun" (If Not This One, That One) 50 Cinema: Future in Suspense: Solving Today's Problems for Tomorrow - Ogtay Mirgasimov 52 Cinematographers' Landscapes: Crater Moonscapes, Medieval Fortresses and the Deep Blue Sea - Togrul Juvarly 54 Photo Essay: "Arshin Mal Alan" (The Cloth Peddler) 57 Cinema: Oil & Revolution - Rahman Badalov 65 Quotable Quotes 66 Influencing the Destiny of Azerbaijan - S. Rob Sobhani 69 Azerbaijanis on the Iranian stage and Screen - Khalil M. Dilmaghani (Azeri in Arabic Script) 70 A Decree That Changed the World: Death Certificate of the USSR in 1991 - Paul Goble 72 New Faces, New Places 74 State Visits, State Gifts: Memorializing the Clintons in Carpets - Anne Kressler (Azeri in Latin Script-page 76) 78 YAPS (Youth Azeri Parcel Service) - Roberto Laurenti 79 Business & Opportunities 85 SOCAR Section: Chevron Contract (85) Mobil Contract (86) Exxon Contract (87) 89 Kapaz: SOCAR's Official Statement - Natig Aliyev 90 AIOC: Catalyst for Change - Terry Adams 94 NAOC: Current Developments - Mike Barnes From Azerbaijan International (5.3) Autumn 1997. © Azerbaijan International 1997. All rights reserved. AI Home | Magazine Choice | Topics | Store | Contact us