EDITORIAL

                            By Papa Legba

@3
Well, it's finally here.  The first issue of @4MovieZone@3 has been 
completed, put to bed, laid to rest.  After several months, aided and 
abetted by gallons of Pepsi Max and hundreds of Mars Bars (and a fine 
team of contributors), we finally got this project off the ground.

The question is: has it been worth it?  I think so.  With 
@5Cinevision Entertainment@3 having only been responsible for 
producing "throwaware" titles (i.e. good fun but completely 
disposable) in the past, we have now come up with something worth
hanging on to. As far as I'm aware, this is the first disk magazine
dedicated totally to the world of cinema on the Amiga (or any other
computer for that matter).  Though, of course, let me know if you know
different.

This first issue comes on one disk and contains over 50 articles.  
Hopefully, as more people become aware of @4MZ@3 and contribute 
something, we will rapidly expand, possibly to 2 disks in the
not-too-distant future.

So what cinematic delights await your perusal in this issue?  Well, 
we've got some red-hot reviews, ranging from the latest movies 
such as City Slickers II, Speed and The Mask, to assessments of four 
different cinemas from around Britain.

We also have more unusual items, such as an article detailing how to 
see a movie for precisely nought pence, an amusing look at the British
Film Industry, a letter from the dreaded British Board of Film 
Classification and a classifieds section, in which you can advertise 
anything movie-related absolutely FREE.

Also included are three different quizzes, all written to tax your 
knowledge of the movies.  One is particularly of interest if you are a
fan of James Cameron's classic Aliens.  We guarantee you won't get 
them all right! (Probably.)

So what's happening in the movies then?  For a start, Quentin 
Tarantino has made a welcome return after his amazing Reservoir Dogs 
debut.  His second film, Pulp Fiction, is released in Britain on 
October 21st, and advance word is excellent.  You may remeber it took 
the Palme D'Or (Golden Palm) at Cannes earlier this year.  It's an 
anthology of 3 different crime stories, and is inspired by the "pulp" 
novels of the 30's and 40's.  It's also the comeback film for John 
Travolta, who apparently gives his best performance to date here.  So 
@3we'll forgive him for the dreadful Look Who's Talking films.  
Almost. Also starring is Bruce Willis, who, like Travolta, badly needs
a hit after garbage like Striking Distance and Color Of Night.  Back
too are Dogs cohorts Harvey Keitel and Tim Roth, along with Uma 
Thurman, Amanda Plummer, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Walken,
Rosanna Arquette, Eric Stoltz and even Tarantino himself.  Phew. 
Considering Pulp Fiction only had and 8 million dollar budget, all of
the actors worked for next to nothing.  Not that they minded, since
half of Hollywood are falling over themselves to work with Tarantino.

Pulp Fiction will be reviewed in the next issue of @4MovieZone@3, 
which may be a Tarantino special to coincide with the release of
Fiction, Natural Born Killers (story by Tarantino) and Killing Zoe
(executive produced by Tarantino).  We'll also take a retrospective
look at Reservoir Dogs and True Romance, as well as soundtrack reviews
of all Tarantino films mentioned.  To cap it all, we'd like to do an 
interview with the great man himself, but since we are a little 
itty-bitty publication we have no contacts of any kind.  Anyone got 
Quentin's home number?

By the way, if anyone in journalism is reading this and would like to 
offer me a job as a film critic, I'm available for work at any time 
(i.e. I'm unemployed).  Contact me at the address given elsewhere.

Finally, we hope you like @4MovieZone@3.  A lot of effort from a lot 
of people went into it, and we're really happy with results.  We trust
you are too.

Enjoy the magazine.@1

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