Cantrills Filmnotes

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Cantrills Filmnotes
Editor Arthur 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 in Melbourne
Language English
ISSN 0158-4154
OCLC 1255594837

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

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History and profile

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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