Terry Gross

Photojournalists Horst Faas and Tim Page They've compiled and edited a book of photographs by photojournalists who lost their lives covering war in Indochina and Vietnam from the 50's to the mid 70's. The book is titled "Requiem" (Random House). It features 135 different photographers including Robert Capa, Larry Burrows, and Sean Flynn. Horst Faas was an Associated Press photographer in Vietnam and Tim Page worked in Laos and Vietnam for United Press International and "Paris-Match." They were both wounded in Vietnam.

Historian Dayton Duncan. He's the author of the book "Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery -- an Illustrated History" (Knopf). He also co-produced the PBS series of the same name with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, and is the author of "Out West" (Penguin), in which he re-travels the Merriweather Lewis and William Clark journey.

Film historian David J. Skal. He's an expert on the horror film genre. His books include "Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of Dracula from Novel to Stage to Screen" and "Dark Carnival: The Secret World of Tod Browning: Hollywood Master of the Macabre" (written in collaboration with Elias Savada) (Anchor Books).

Professor and writer Raymond McNally has studied the many portrayals of vampires in folklore and film. He has traced the origins of the Dracula story in Transylvania. He wrote the book "In Search of Dracula." McNally teaches at Boston College. (Next Month, November 8-9, McNally hosts the 150th celebration of Bram Stoker's birth at Boston College. For information call 617-552-3804 or e-mail him at mcnally@bc.edu) (REBROADCAST from 10/29/85)

Veteran film actor Christopher Lee. A British actor whose "tall, dark and gruesome" persona (from the title of Lee's autobiography) has been featured in scores of sinister roles, beginning in the early 1950s. Lee's gallery of villainous portraits includes his famed Dracula impersonations, a handful of outings as Fu Manchu and a memorable turn as Rasputin--the Mad Monk (1966). He has been based in the US since the mid-70s and became a familiar TV presence in the 80s. (Originally aired 7/3/90)

Writer and Director Paul Thomas Anderson. His latest project is "Boogie Nights," a film about the pornography film industry in the late 70's and early 80's in the San Fernando Valley. Anderson's first film was the independent "Hard Eight" with Gwenyth Paltrow and Samuel L. Jackson.

All Things Considered senior producer Sean Collins will preview the upcoming yearlong NPR series on death and dying. The series will begin airing on Monday November 3rd. The series of reports is called "The End of Life: Exploring Death in America."

Actor Kevin Kline. He can currently be seen in the movies "In and Out" and "The Ice Storm." This winter, he'll also be playing the title role in the Anton Chekhov's play, "Ivanov." Kline's past movies include "Dave," "The Big Chill," and "I Love You to Death." He received an Academy Award for "A Fish Called Wanda."

Playwright and Screenwriter David Mamet. His latest film is "The Edge," and he's recently published two books: "The Old Religion," (Simon & Schuster) is a novel about a southern Jewish man falsely accused of murder. "True and False: Heresy and Common sense for the Actor" (Pantheon) is a guide to acting that negates the common and popular dramatic techniques. Mamet won the Pulitzer Prize in 1984 for "Glengarry Glen Ross."