Cantrills Filmnotes was a magazine about experimental films published in Melbourne, Australia, between 1971 and 2000.

Cantrills Filmnotes
EditorArthur and Corinne Cantrill
CategoriesFilm magazine
FrequencyBi-monthly (1971-1972)
Quarterly (1973-1974)
Biannual (1975-2000)
FounderArthur and Corinne Cantrill
First issueMarch 1971
Final issue
Number
December 1999-January 2000
93-100
CountryAustralia
Based inMelbourne
LanguageEnglish
ISSN0158-4154
OCLC1255594837

History and profile

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Cantrills Filmnotes was founded and published by Arthur and Corinne Cantrill.[1] The first issue of the magazine appeared on 19 March 1971.[2] Its headquarters was in Melbourne.[3] Arthur and Corinne Cantrill were editors of Cantrills Filmnotes.[4]

The frequency of Cantrills Filmnotes varied: for the first two years it was published on a bi-monthly basis; from 1973 to 1974 it was published four times a year and from 1975 to 2000 it was published biannually.[5] Its first issue appeared in the A4 format, but the remaining issues were printed in the 270x210mm format.[4] The magazine was financed by the Australian Film Commission from October 1984 (issue #45/46) to December 1998 (issue #91/92).[1][6]

Cantrills Filmnotes published the Manifesto of the Italian Futurists and Arthur and Corinne Cantrill's own manifesto on cinema in its inaugural issue.[2] For the magazine the views of both Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud were not valid any more.[2] The magazine mostly featured the reviews of experimental films or avant-garde films, video art and digital media.[1][7] All the topics covered in the magazine were discussed from the artists' perspectives.[4]

Cantrills Filmnotes ceased publication with the issue December 1999-January 2000 (#93-100) due to financial problems.[1][5][6]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Cantrills Filmnotes". Arthur and Corinne Cantrill. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Freda Freiberg (October 2010). "Time's Relentless Melt: Corinne Cantrill's In This Life's Body". Senses of Cinema. No. 56. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Cantrills Filmnotes". Melbourne Independent Filmmakers. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  4. ^ a b c Dirk de Bruyn (2014). "Out of the frying pan, into the fire: Cantrills Filmnotes as prestige machine". In Greg de Cuir Jr. (ed.). On Fragmentation. Belgrade: Alternative Film & Video Research Forum. pp. 20–22.
  5. ^ a b "Cantrill's filmnotes". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  6. ^ a b Arthur und Corinne Cantrill (1 February 2000). "The Final Issue of Cantrills Filmnotes". Shortfilm.de. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  7. ^ Albert Moran; Errol Vieth (2009). The A to Z of Australian and New Zealand Cinema. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. p. 347. ISBN 978-0-8108-6347-7.