Menahem Golan turns 80 today. To celebrate the birthday of this filmmaking giant, the Tel-Aviv Cinematheque Magazine in Israel put out a special tribute issue. I was happy to contribute a piece about the history of Canon Films, the American production company of Golan’s and his cousin’s, Yoram Globus.

Scans can be found below. Click on the icons for larger, readable versions (ordered right-to-left).

The article is in Hebrew, for English check out two related ones I wrote for Films In Review: An Interview with Golan and a piece titled, How to Stuff a Lemon Popsicle, about the series of international sexploitation comedy hits he co-produced in the 70s-80s.

I recently wrote an extensive article discussing the history of Cannon films and their legacy for the magazine of the Tel-Aviv Cinematheque. It is a special in tribute to Menahem Golan on his 80th birthday.

If you are in Israel and happen to pass by the Cinematheque, pick up a copy. I hope to post page scans when they are available to me.

An interview I conducted with Menahem Golan was posted at Films In Review today. A conversation about independent cinema, Cannon, Roger Corman, Chuck Norris, John Cassavetes, Godard and more…

INTERVIEW: MENAHEM GOLAN
Menahem Golan is approaching his 80th year and showing no sign of stopping. His latest film came out in July, he is trying to get a large international production off the ground, and has various other projects floating around. Jerry Lewis coined the term, “The Total Filmmaker”; Golan fits the bill.