VANITY FAIR

September

Vol. 46.No. 7

1983

CONTENTS

AROUND THE FAIRJudith Martin, John Simon, Moira Hodgson,GaryGiddins and Ubiquitous sound off 14

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR 43

HIGH NOON IN LATIN AMERICA Can Uncle Sam learn history? Carlos Fuentes 44

VANITY FAIR NOMINATESOur candidates for fame or infamy 52

“LET THE GRANDEUR BE YOURS”From clique to claque: 100 years at the MetPeter Conrad 58

AT THE TOP: BEN KINGSLEYElegant geniusPatrick Kinmonth 68

JUST POINT IT AND FIRE ITZuckerman at forty: portrait of the artist as a not-so-young dogPhilip Roth 70

THE GOLDEN, FLOATING WORLD OF SOTATSUTranscendental gorgeousnessClement Greenberg 80

NOVEL INTO FILMFassbinder succeeds where Erich von Stroheim was thwarted...Susan Sontag 86

IN THE WORKS: UN AMOUR DE PROUST ... and Volker Schlondorff attempts a Swann dive90

MRS. FISH’S APESocial climbing as monkey businessMichael M. Thomas 92

TALES OF THE ATOMIC AGE 96

THE NUCLEAR JITTERSThe Rosenberg affair was the beginning of the endPaul Berman 98

SUCH WERE THE TIMESI was never so alone in my lifeArthur Miller 102

AT THE TOP: JULLA CHILD Areal American dishMoira Hodgson 104

AT THE TOP: ROBERT FITZGERALDTheAeneidanew106

WHEN ART WAS REVOLUTIONHOW the surrealists won the battle but lost the warLuis Bunuel 108

A DASH OF BITTERSJean Stafford’smotjuicedDick Cavett 126

A MORAL EPIDEMICThe sound and fury over AIDSGlenn Collins 130

GOING OUT IN. .. London when it drizzles... New York when it’s done to a Crisp 134

THUMBS UP/THUMBS DOWNSmall craft warnings140

FLASHBACKAnother opening, another showin1922152

SNOW Avery shortstory Ann Beattie 154

LOOKING AT BOOKSPlaying with your mental blocksWalter Clemons 164

Photographers and Illustrators

James Hamilton, Hiro, Bill King, Ed Koren, Annie Leibovitz, Irving Penn, Robert Risko, Bonnie Schiffman, Snowdon, Michael C. Witte.. Credits, page 149