Contents GREY MATTERS
A case for and against grey market DVD?s.

NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND
The collage films of Bruce Conner (COSMIC RAY, REPORT).

APOCALYPSE THEN
How cinema tried to make America to stop
worrying and love the bomb. A look at educational
films like DUCK AND COVER that offer
wrong-headed advice about surviving a nuclear attack.

DVD REVIEW MIDSECTION
Reviews of two dozen interesting recent releases
as well as some choice titles found in the good old grey market.

49TH PARALLEL
The early films of David Cronenberg.
(STEREO, CRIMES OF THE FUTURE)

BELL BOTTOM BIJOU
Altman's masterpiece CALIFORNIA SPLIT.

MIDNITE MOVIES
Turkish rip-offs of American movies.
(TURKISH STAR TREK, TURKISH STAR WARS, TURKISH SUPERMAN)

TAIL SLATE
Larry Buchanan, RIP.

Contents 40 pages tabloid sized

This issue, ESR devotes itself completely to rock and roll movies,
and does its best to cover most of the highlights in the past 50 years.

Alan Freed movies, from ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK to GO JOHNNY GO

THE BEATLES: FIRST AMERICAN VISIT

HARD DAYS NIGHT RIP OFFS: Dave Clark, Gerry Marsden and more
get in on the action and make their own matinee movies!

VELVET UNDERGROUND AND NICO: the long-lost Warhol classic

PRIVILEGE: Peter Watkins' snarky satire

The Rolling Stones go under the knife in ROCK AND ROLL CIRCUS
and GIMME SHELTER

The obscure rockumentary MEDICINE BALL CARAVAN

The King in ELVIS THAT'S THE WAY IT IS

PINK FLOYD IN POMPEII

The Band in FESTIVAL EXPRESS and THE LAST WALTZ

WATTSTAX, with Isaac Hayes and Tina Turner

See what happened to flower power with
RAINBOW BRIDGE and THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED

Punk happened with BLANK GENERATION, THE PUNK ROCK MOVIE and LADIES AND GENTLEMEN THE FABULOUS STAINS

Reggae movies get an overview from
THE HARDER THEY COME to STEPPING RAZOR RED X

Laurie Anderson in HOME OF THE BRAVE

Head bangers are nice guys after all in
DECLINE OF THE WESTERN CIVILIZATION II: THE METAL YEARS

Rock stars as superheroes: KISS MEETS THE PHANTOM and WILD ZERO

Bob Dylan, Brian Eno and Neil Young make their own movies!

The conspiracy behind KURT AND COURTNEY

The well kept secret of JANDEK ON CORWOOD

The use of British invasion music in RUSHMORE

...and finally a look at rock and roll in the films of Jim Jarmusch.