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John Woo, director of "Face/Off" and super-violent, ultra-stylish Hong Kong "blood operas," talks about the elegance of Nicolas Cage and John Travolta, his childhood dream of becoming a minister and why he loves his villains.
By Jennie Yabroff
June 27, 1997
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The director of "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover" talks about sensationalism, nudity, the death of cinema, his passion for lists, his new film, "The Pillow Book," and his big plans for the Internet.
By Christopher Hawthorne
June 6, 1997
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A defense correspondent, interviewing a best-selling author and a retired general about their new book on the Gulf War, steps into a minefield.
By John Donnelly
June 4, 1997
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Art critic Robert Hughes.
By Gary Kamiya
May 23, 1997
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Salon magazine: An interview with Mary Karr, author of The Liars' Club about memoirs, Texas, childhood, Kathryn Harrison, The Kiss, child abuse, writing, literature, autobiography. By Dwight Garner
By Dwight Garner
May 21, 1997
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An interview with Arlie Hochschild, author of The Time Bind.
By Kate Moses
May 20, 1997
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An interview with Stephanie Coontz, author of "The Way We Never Were" and "The Way We Really Are".
By Lori Leibovich
May 20, 1997
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An interview with former American Music Club front man Mark Eitzel
By Dave Eggers
May 8, 1997
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An Interview With Former American Music Club Front Man Mark Eitzel.
By Dave Eggers
May 8, 1997
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An interview with novelist Fernanda Eberstadt, author of When the Sons of Heaven Meet the Daughters of the Earth, Isaac and his Devils, and "Low Tide."
By Cynthia Joyce
May 5, 1997
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For inspiration, Peter Gabriel looks to the world the soul -- and bodily fluids.
By Mark Schapiro
May 3, 1997
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The Salon Interview: Robert Stone. The author who has been called "the apostle of the strung-out" talks about his new story collection, "Bear and His Daughter," and why he is drawn to men and women in extremis.
By Dwight Garner
April 14, 1997
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An interview with Seamus Deane, author of the novel "Reading in the Dark."
By Andrew Ross
April 11, 1997
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No technophobe, the Tibetan leader -- the Nicest Man in the World -- talks about robots and artificial intelligence, Spock and alien enlightenment.
By Jeff Greenwald
March 27, 1997
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The director of "Crash" talks about gender-bending, propaganda and the sexual iconography of the Edsel.
By Susie Bright
March 21, 1997
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"Kama Sutra" director Mira Nair talks about sex in 16th century India, and what it means to us today.
By Jennie Yabroff
March 7, 1997
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Literature's muscle man talks about how he wrestled his writing career to the ground and why he'd like to grind critics' faces into the mat.
By Joan Smith
March 3, 1997
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Everything you've been taught about love is sentimental hogwash, says psychotherapist Adam Phillips. Relationships can't be worked on, women aren't any more dependent than men -- and there's nothing wrong with infidelity.
By Dwight Garner
February 19, 1997
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26-year-old Alex Garland, author of the harrowing novel "The Beach," talks about the quest for mystery in a world that's too well known.
By Dwight Garner
February 11, 1997
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Margaret Atwood on famous Victorian murderesses, her claim to Connecticut, and the deep satisfaction of a clean, folded towel
By Laura Miller
January 20, 1997
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Does a black man have to be black? David Talbot interviews Eddy L. Harris.
By David Talbot
January 6, 1997
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The author of "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" on a few of his magnificent obsessions: colorblindness and botany, the Grateful Dead and Mozart, and the joy of eating fish every night for dinner.
By Dwight Garner
December 23, 1996
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An interview with "Shine" director Scott Hicks.
By Jennie Yabroff
December 16, 1996
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Josh Kornbluth surrenders to eccentric rocker Jonathon Richman.
By Josh Kornbluth
December 16, 1996
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Laura Miller interviews James Ellroy, Salon's 1996 Best Books of the Year Winner
By Laura Miller
December 9, 1996