The centre piece of this year's volume of film writings is the diaries of Francis Ford Coppola. The past year (1993) in film is reflected in the diaries of Sally Potter and Richard Stanley, and the other items include John Boorman in conversation with Sydney Pollack, Michael Tolkin on the plight of the screenwriter in Hollywood, Hal Wilner on the music in "Short Cuts", Lawrence Kasdan discussing a career which stretches from "Raiders of the Lost Ark" to his new "Wyatt Earp" movie, Quentin Tarantino talking about "Reservoir Dogs" and "True Romance", Gus van Sant's novel-in-progress "How to Make a Good Movie" and a short script by Hal Hartley.
