CANTRILLS FILMNOTES -- CONTENTS FROM ISSUE #1 TO #93-100
(Film titles, performances etc. in bold type)
ISSUE 1, MARCH, 1971
Cinema Manifesto -- Arthur Cantrill 3
Expanded Cinema Exhibition -- Arthur & Corinne Cantrill 4
Cinemapoetry at The Maze: Esquimaux Ecchymoses -- Garrie Hutchinson 6
New American Cinema in the National Library of Australia Film Collection:
Robert Nelson's The Great Blondino -- Arthur Cantrill 7
Letter from Robert Nelson 8
Futurist Cinema Manifesto: La Cinematografia Futurista -- F.T. Marinetti et al 9
Front cover: stills from Anémic Cinéma and Thais
Back cover: Expanded Cinema Exhibition. Photos: Fred Harden
ISSUE 2, APRIL, 1971
The Hand Made Film: a survey of work by Len Lye, Albie Thoms, Aggy Read, Harry Smith, Stan Brakhage, Terry Turney, Andrew Pike, Fred Harden, A. & C. Cantrill 4
Strip from FE by Andrew Pike and Terry Turney. Photomontage: Fred Harden 11
Garrie Hutchinson in Blast film event . Photo: Fred Harden 12
Artaud and Cinema -- Arthur Cantrill 13
New American Cinema in the National Library of Australia Film Collection:
Will Hindle's Billabong -- Arthur Cantrill 17
Harry Hooton, notes on the man and the film -- Arthur and Corinne Cantrill 19
Frames from Harry Hooton 21
Front and back covers: Calligraphy Contest for the New Year, film performance by Arthur Cantrill from Expanded Cinema Exhibition. Photos: Fred Harden
ISSUE 3, MAY, 1971
Strips from Mothlight (Stan Brakhage) 2
Synaesthetic Cinema -- Arthur Cantrill 4
New American Cinema in the National Library of Australia Film Collection: Stan Brakhage -- Arthur Cantrill 5
Cinemapoetry at the Maze: the evolution of a mixed media event -- A. and C. Cantrill 9
Garrie Hutchinson declaims Blast Manifesto. Photo: Fred Harden 11
Videocinemapoetry at The Maze. Photo: Fred Harden 12
Womb to Let -- poem by Harry Hooton 13
The Alternative Cinema: Beginnings by Rod Bishop, Gordon Glenn, Scott Murray and Andrew Pezce -- Arthur and Corinne Cantrill 15
Black Fungus -- Michael Lee 17
Videoportraits of Harry Hooton and Hugh McSpedden, by Fred Harden 19
Front and back covers: Cinemapoetry event. Photos: Fred Harden
ISSUE 4, JULY, 1971
The Video Revolution -- Arthur Cantrill, with Jim Wilson 4
Alternative Cinema: Interview with Hugh McSpedden 11
Alternative Film Scenes -- Arthur and Corinne Cantrill 17
Perfection in Projection -- Arthur Cantrill 18
New American Cinema in the National Library of Australia Film Collection: Watts Towers by Gerald Varney; The Room by Mordi Gerstein -- Arthur Cantrill 19
Front and inside front covers: videoportraits of Arthur Cantrill, Fred Harden, Hugh McSpedden and Michael Lee, by Fred Harden
Light Show transparencies by Hugh McSpedden. Photos: Fred Harden 14 and back cover
ISSUE 5, AUGUST, 1971
The Alternative Cinema: The First Australian Filmmakers' Festival - A. and C. Cantrill 4
A Random Walk to Classical Ruin by Aggy Read; Intersection by Phillip Noyce 5
Making Hay by Robyn Wiltshire; Paola by J. Scott Murray 6
Light Show transparency by Hugh McSpedden. Photo: Fred Harden 8
My University by Andrew Pike 9
Our Grandfathers -- Arthur and Corinne Cantrill 9
Moholy-Nagy and Film -- Arthur Cantrill 11
43 Years Later...Un Chien andalou -- Arthur Cantrill 17
Paul Sharits' Statement on the Essentials of Film 19
Alternative Film Scenes -- Arthur and Corinne Cantrill 20
Prologue -- Un Chien andalou -- Salvador Dali 20
Front and back covers: frames from A Random Walk to Classical Ruin
ISSUE 6, OCTOBER, 1971
Report on the First Australian Filmmakers' Festival -- Arthur and Corinne Cantrill 4
Paul Winkler writes about his films 5
Interview with Dusan Marek 7
Unnumbered page from For the Lady on the Rocks -- James Clayden 14
Interview with James Clayden 15
Film Education: Interview with Brian Robinson of Swinburne College of Technology 17
Secondary School Film Scene -- Arthur and Corinne Cantrill 22
Front cover: Paul Winkler in Requiem No. 1.
Inside front cover: stills from Bodybuilding by Ernst Schmidt
Inside back cover and back cover: scenes at film workshops arranged by Arthur and Corinne Cantrill at Coburg Teachers' College and Melbourne High School
ISSUE 7, FEBRUARY, 1972
Alternative Cinema -- Arthur and Corinne Cantrill 3
Red Red? Red -- an interview with John Phillips 4
Scratch Removal Treatment -- Arthur Cantrill 10
Registration of Films -- Arthur and Corinne Cantrill 11
Do-It-Yourself Hand-made Film Kit -- Arthur and Corinne Cantrill 13
Notes on Island Fuse -- Arthur and Corinne Cantrill 14
Front and inside front covers: stills from Red Red? Red
Back cover: stills from Island Fuse
ISSUE 8, JUNE, 1972
Alternative Cinema: Bad Losers at the Benson & Hedges Awards -- A. and C. Cantrill 3
Film Registration -- Arthur and Corinne Cantrill 4
New Italian Cinema, a conversation with Pier Farri 5
The Personal Film -- Three New Films by Australian Filmers:
Grafton Street by Chris Tillam 8
Flux by Peter Tammer 9
Far Be It Me From It by Aggy Read 14
Front cover: outside Hawthorn Magistrate's Court. Photos/design: Nigel Buesst
Back cover: from Flux
ISSUE 9, AUGUST, 1972
Alternative Cinema in Screen Education -- Arthur and Corinne Cantrill 3
Arranging a 14 Day Filmmaking Workshop -- A. and C. Cantrill 4
Violence in the Cinema! - Action on Filmaterial Manifesto -- A. and C. Cantrill 10
Lynsey Martin: Mindlines and Parts 1-5 11
'Independent Filmmaking' by Lenny Lipton, Book Review -- Arthur Cantrill 16
The Raid -- Garry Patterson 18
Sydney Filmmakers' Co-op Catalogue/Alternative Film Scenes 19
Electronic Printing, a report on a lab service -- Arthur Cantrill 20
Front cover: Action-on-film experiments -- Heat Distortion by Christine Baines
ISSUE 10, SEPTEMBER, 1972
An Open Letter to The Senate Standing Committee on Education, Science and the Arts: Television: Escapism or Inspiration? -- Arthur and Corinne Cantrill 3
An Interview with Mike Kuchar 4
An Interview with Michael Lee on his film National Geographic Magazine 6
Alternative Cinema: On Processing Your Own Film -- Interview with Andy Trenouth 14
Manifesto on Super 8 Filmmaking -- Fred Harden 18
Entr'acte Cinématographique with music by Erik Satie -- Arthur Cantrill 19
Front and back covers: stills from Michael Lee's National Geographic Magazine
ISSUE 11, OCTOBER, 1972
A Supreme Art in a Dark Age -- Gregory Markopoulos 3
Group 20 -- Chris Tillam's report on a filmmaking workshop 7
Neurosis and Scars, new films by Paul Winkler 9
Alternative Cinema: The Senate Standing Committee replies to our open letter 15
Process-it-yourself -- more from Andy Trenouth on home processing 16
Peter Kingston talks about Jam on His Face and In Search of Leichhardt 17
Filmmakers' Cinema Busts 21
Front and back covesr: stills from In Search of Leichhardt
ISSUE 12, DECEMBER, 1972
Yr Own Movies -- Manifesto by Andy Trenouth Front cover
Violence and Destruction of the Anaemic Cinema -- Manifesto by Lynsey Martin 1
Vilamalia -- Ken Quinnell 3
Element of the Void -- Gregory Markopoulos 5
Think of a Movie, Think of Your Eye -- Poem by Garrie Hutchinson 6
Renegades -- Phillip Noyce talks about the evolution of his film 7
George Szewcow's 'Furious Sneezing Act' 10
People Mix -- notes on a work in progress by Arthur and Corinne Cantrill 14
Alternative Cinema and the Film Co-ops - Are the Two Compatible? -- Corinne Cantrill 16
-- and Fred Harden 18
Film Energy Circuit -- Manifesto by Peter Yuill 22
Back cover: still from People Mix
ISSUE 13, APRIL, 1973
Report from USA: Independent film and video scenes -- Arthur and Corinne Cantrill 4
The Vasulkas: Interview with video artists Woody and Steina Vasulka 10
Garry Shead: Sydney painter/filmmaker talks about his work 18
Nam June Paik: Interview with pioneer video artist 25
And I Shall Pull Things From the Stars! -- Gregory Markopoulos 30
The Nimbin Aquarius Arts Festival 31
Filmmakers Reject ABC Offer 33
Scripts From Dreams: Interview with Jim Wilson on his film K-Tape 1 34
Front cover: sculpture by New York painter/filmmaker Red Grooms
Back cover: stills from K-Tape 1
ISSUE 14/15, AUGUST, 1973
In This Issue: Notes on the Contents -- Arthur and Corinne Cantrill 6
Film and Television Board Cuts off Grant to 'Cantrills Filmnotes' -- A. and C. Cantrill 7
Kill the Word -- visual poem by Jas. H. Duke 10
Beyond Fuller -- Bruce Hodsdon writes on the film he made with Barrett Hodsdon 11
Interview with Don Levy 18
Skin of Your Eye -- documentation on a new film by Arthur and Corinne Cantrill 22
Middle Class Heroes -- poem by Garrie Hutchinson 39
In Other Words It Is His Tongue! -- Gregory Markopoulos 40
The Film Competition and Knokke: news of Exprmntl 5 -- Arthur and Corinne Cantrill 44
Appealing Fruit -- interview with Robert Wyatt on his film Pawpaw 46
Kiva, 1971; video work by Peter Campus. Photo: Arthur Cantrill 52
Video USA -- statement by Jim Wiseman, Dan Sandin and Phillip Lee Morton 53
Book Review: 'Movie Journal' by Jonas Mekas -- Corinne Cantrill 57
The Film/Video Interface -- interview with Jud Yalkut 58
Front and back covers: stills from Skin of Your Eye
ISSUE 16, DECEMBER, 1973
Art is Not Knowledge -- Gregory Markopoulos 4
Video Light: Interview with Ron Hays 6
Notes and Notations -- Lynsey Martin writes on his films Whitewash & Inter-view 13
Kodak Perfect -- Louis Hock 23
Waking -- Rob Danielson writes on his film 26
Book Reviews: 'The Spaghetti City Video Manual', 'The Electric Journalist',
'Cinematography' 28
Letter from Jas. H. Duke 30
The Fifth Knokke Experimental Film Competition 31
The Land is Not Empty -- Joseph El Khourey 32
Front cover: frame from Interview (Lynsey Martin)
Back cover: frame from Ascension of the Rainbow Serpent by Joseph El Khourey
ISSUE 17/18, JUNE, 1974
Bo McCarver writes about his video installations and mixed media works 6
A Letter from Jim Wilson 10
The Eyes -- visual poem by Jas. H. Duke 12
Notes and Notations on Parts 1-6 by Lynsey Martin 14
Animation of Computer Generated Graphics:
1. John Whitney 23
2. Doug Richardson 29
3. Carter Bays 32
Computer Flip Book by Carter Bays 33
Video Wallpaper, an interview with Bill and Louise Etra on their video work 41
The Intuition Space -- Gregory Markopoulos 48
Book Reviews: six books on the great Soviet filmmakers 52
Red Grooms: the Ruckus World of this New York artist -- Interview 60
Front cover: Green Era, a videosculpture by Bo McCarver
Back cover: from Hippodrome Hardware by Red Grooms
ISSUE 19, OCTOBER, 1974
Clarity Upon Clarity Through Reflection -- Gregory Markopoulos 4
Harry Smith Interview 6
American Diary: the editors' notes on film, video, theatre in the US 14
Paul Winkler: Dark and Chants, an interview on his new films 15
Filmmatter: Camera Obscure -- Rob Danielson on pinhole cinematography 23
Book Reviews: 'Visionary Film', 'The Complete Films of Eisenstein', 'The Complete Greed of Erich von Stroheim' 29
Terayama Shuji -- Andrew Pike writes on the film/theatre artist 32
Pro. West Video: The videowork of John Alberty and Joe Hobbs 38
Front and back covers: pinhole images by Rob Danielson
ISSUE 20, DECEMBER, 1974
Editors' Notes on Contents of Issue 6
Global Groove, an interview with Nam June Paik on his TV Opera 7
Byron Black, Celestial Joker, talks about his film The Holy Assassin 12
Notes from The Chronovision Journal -- Louis Hock 20
Letters from Paul Winkler (on Knokke), Garry Shead and Peter Yuill 25
Pacific Cinémathèque Pacifique, an interview with Tony Reif 26
Book Review: 'Kuleshov on Film' 33
At Eltham, a Metaphor on Death -- Corinne Cantrill writes about her new film 34
Front and back covers: from Global Groove
ISSUE 21/22, APRIL, 1975
Editors' Notes on the Contents of the Issue 6
Letters from Bernie O'Regan, Byron Black, Bill Wees and Jas. H. Duke 7
A Manifesto of Structuralism -- Michael Kirby 12
Statement by Jean Cocteau on cost of filmmaking 13
On Personal Filmmaking -- Michael Mideke 14
Mirror Replacements -- Donald Lipski 23
The Last Moviemaker -- visual poem by Jas. H. Duke 27
Towards a Complete Order -- Gregory Markopoulos 28
Europe on Half Inch a Day -- videotape by Shigeko Kubota 30
Stan Brakhage: The Text of Light -- transcription of discussion at the première 33
At Video Inn: interview with members of The Satellite Video Exchange Society 54
#7381 Print Stock used as a Camera Stock -- Rob Danielson 59
Book Reviews: 'Ozu', 'Discovering the Movies' and 'Eadweard Muybridge' 60
Skin of Your Eye (Seen) -- evolution of multi-screen work by A. & C. Cantrill, 1970-75 63
Front cover: frames from Twig, by Michael Mideke
Back cover: from Skin of Your Eye (Seen)
ISSUE 23/24, JULY, 1976
Editors' Notes on Contents of Issue and National Library Acquisitions 6
Letters from Michael Mideke, Lynsey Martin and Rob Danielson 7
Propositions and Thoughts in Pictures (Non Sound Cinema) -- James Clayden 10
Jeff Keen and the Theatre of Dr. Gaz -- Jeff Keen 12
Letters from Lynsey Martin and Jeff Keen 13
Cutting With a Keen Edge -- Jas. H. Duke 14
Earthworks in Harmony -- Paul Wong 26
Energy Field Films -- Lee Mann writes on her Kirlian Photography 34
Running and Zoomfilm -- two films by Dirk de Bruyn 38
New Books: incl. 'Cubist Cinema', 'Viking Eggeling', 'The Rise and Fall of British Documentary', 'Jean Renoir', 'The Super 8 Book' 42
Processed Process -- script of the film by Jonas Balsaitis 44
Ant Farm in Australia -- Bob Perry and Andrew Pike 56
Lenny Lipton: Interview with the filmmaker and writer 63
Film and Video in Auckland, NZ. The First Pan Pacific Biennale and interviews with
Liz England and Philip Dadson 68
Hand (1976 No. 2) by Keigo Yamamoto 78
Front cover: from Itching Comparables, From Antarctica to Ayers Rock by James Clayden
Back cover: from Images, videotape by John Henry
ISSUE 25/26, MAY, 1977
To Begin With an Assertion -- Martha Haslanger 6
Editor's Comment -- (1) The National Film Study Collection; (2) A National Archive 7
Zen in the Art of Cinema -- James Broughton (Extract from 'Seeing the Light') 10
Michael Lee talks about The Mystical Rose and Contemplation of the Rose 16
Dragan Ilic at Pinacotheca -- Arthur Cantrill 34
Cinema Today, and a letter from Robert Wyatt 36
Three-Colour Separation -- Arthur and Corinne Cantrill 38
Notes Towards an Alchemy of Communications -- Joseph El Khourey 44
The Making of Americans -- Roberta Friedman and Grahame Weinbren 52
The Wet Umbrella -- poem by Alexis Krasilovsky 54
New Books, incl. 'Video Art', 'Experimental Animation', 'The Essential Cinema' 55
Lightshaft -- an interview with Vincent Grenier 58
Letters from Michael Mideke, Phil Dadson and Lenny Lipton 64
A Stereoscopic Filmmaking System -- Lenny Lipton 66
Simple Observations of a Solar Eclipse -- Arthur and Corinne Cantrill 68
Front cover: from The Mystical Rose by Michael Lee
Back Cover: Dragan Ilic at Pinacotheca
ISSUE 27/28, MARCH, 1978
Serious Filmmaking in Australia...1978 Prospect -- Arthur and Corinne Cantrill 6
National Film Study Collection -- Arthur and Corinne Cantrill 7
Uluru -- interview with Michael Glasheen on his film/videotape 8
Message From Outer Space -- Gary Laskin 23
Cinema Moods and Colour (With and Without Charm) -- James Clayden 26
Back to Back (Narrative) -- James Clayden 28
The Work of John Dunkley-Smith -- by the filmmaker 30
Edges of Meaning -- film/theatre piece by Arthur and Corinne Cantrill 48
Letters and other surprises from Byron Black 53
New Books and magazines, incl.'Abstract Film and Beyond' 56
Time Flies Like an Arrow -- Dirk de Bruyn 58
The Shadow Catcher - Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indian, interview with Dennis Wheeler 59
Letter from Phil Dadson 64
Cross-Sections -- Bill Anderson 65
Front cover: from Uluru by Michael Glasheen
Back cover: from Cross-Sections by Bill Anderson
ISSUE 29/30, FEBRUARY, 1979
Nightshift: Interview with two members of the group, Lindzee Smith and Betsy Sussler 6
Trains Watched, film by Betsy Sussler 22
An Ethnographic Film Conference, report by Andrew Pike 24
Fields of Vision, film/theatre performance by Arthur and Corinne Cantrill 27
Gray Nicol: videotapes Oh Shlemiehl and Mental Block 30
Leading Ladies, film by Lynsey Martin 32
Contracted Cinema by Tch, Tch, Tch-- Philip Brophy 34
Len Lye and Tusalava -- interview and extract from Lye's book 'No Trouble' 38
New Books: 'Australian Film Posters' and 'Polemics for a New Cinema' 42
Projecting Multi-Screen Films: a technical guide -- Arthur Cantrill 44
My Book Destiny Wood -- Jas. H. Duke 48
The Movie Brainworm -- visual poem by Jas. H. Duke 49
Tim Burns interview -- CARnage and To End God's Judgement 50
Front cover: from CARnage by Tim Burns
Back cover: from Mental Block by Gray Nicol
ISSUE 31/32, NOVEMBER, 1979
Australia: Cultural Vacant Lot? -- Editors' Comment 6
Co-instants -- video work by Peter Dallow 8
Marina Abramovic and Ulay at the Sydney Biennale -- Peter Dallow 9
Hatomajima -- Solrun Hoaas writes on her film project 10
Getting Plastered -- video work by Nicholas Spill 16
New Books: incl. 'Frames', 'The Avant-garde Film', 'Lipton on Filmmaking' 18
New Guinea Notes -- Andrew Pike 20
Len Lye's Figures of Motion -- Roger Horrocks 24
Richard and Pat Larter -- their work in film and video 36
Nakai Tsuneo -- Solrun Hoaas 40
Sand Memories at Durras at Broome Street -- Arthur Wicks 47
The Rosella Sisters and the Rainbow Eel -- environmental performance at WattamollaBeach by Gabrielle Dalton and George Gittoes 48
Intermedia, A Composer's View -- Martin Wesley-Smith 53
From Scratch -- the New Zealand music group at the Sydney Biennale 57
Margaret Benyon's Holography -- an interview 58
Front cover: from Co-instants.
Back cover: from The Rosella Sisters and the Rainbow Eel. Photo: Hisao Nakamura
ISSUE 33/34, AUGUST, 1980
'Spell Hooray Your Own Way' -- visual poem by Jas. H. Duke 4
Film: Victim of Speculative Greed -- Editors' Comment 6
To This End -- filmwork in progress by James Clayden 8
Len Lye, 1901-1980, a tribute -- Arthur Cantrill 24
'First of all Film is Visual For Me' -- visual poem by Jas. H. Duke 25
Effacement -- film by Solrun Hoaas 26
Southern California -- a cine-mural by Louis Hock 30
Grain of the Voice -- a film/theatre work by Arthur and Corinne Cantrill 35
Loopfilm by Dirk de Bruyn 44
New Books: incl. 'Sound and the Cinema', 'Cinema, a Critical Dictionary' 46
Suburban Windows -- film by Robert Wyatt 47
Festival Diary by Phil Dadson at the Third South Pacific Festival of the Arts, PNG 53
Melbourne Film Festival -- report by Corinne Cantrill 56
Early Australian Films - A Lost Cinema -- Andrew Pike 57
Postcard Preservation Society -- Tane writes from Dubbo 60
Against the Grain -- interview with Tim Burns on his film 62
Front cover: from Grain of the Voice
Back cover: exploding TV set from Against the Grain
ISSUE 35/36, APRIL, 1981
Editors' Comment -- Towards a New Australian Cinema, Through a Minefield of Betrayals 6
Perth Film Conference -- Report by Arthur and Corinne Cantrill 8
Scenario of an Ignoramus -- four slide and film works by Chris Knowles 10
Exits-- Paul Davies writes about the film he made with Pat Laughren & Carolyn Howard 16
Clifton Hill Community Music Centre 27
Der Yiddisher Cowboy -- Warren Burt 27
Pursuit of the Non-Narrative -- Letter from Jim Wilson 30
Letter from Will Hindle 35
Suddenly I Moved and A Non Space by Tch, Tch, Tch -- Philip Brophy 36
Postcard Preservation Society's recent mail art show in Dubbo -- Tane 40
New Books -- including a review by Jas. H. Duke: 'Australian Film 1900-1977' 42
Book Review by Solrun Hoaas: 'To the Distant Observer' 45
Video in a Public Space: Melbourne City Square video screen -- A. & C. Cantrill 2-4, 48
On Performing a Conference Paper -- Laleen Jayamanne 51
On the Relation of Sound and Image in Moods -- Warren Burt 56
'Toulouse', an absurdist film script by Roger Pulvers 66
Two-Colour Separation -- Arthur and Corinne Cantrill 4
Front cover: from Exits
Back cover: from Two-Colour Separation Studies
ISSUE 37/38, APRIL, 1982
Editors' Comment -- Berlin Film Festival and Problems of Film Festivals 4
EX per I ments in film a king -- Dirk de Bruyn 6
Editors' Comment -- College Under Threat; History and Film Conference, Canberra 10
Arthur Wicks -- Videotapes 1981 12
The Work of Pat and Richard Larter 15
Anxious Strategies for Contemporary Art in Troubled Times -- Ian Cox 18
New Magazines and other publications 22
Oshima -- Manifesto by Tim Piggott and Will Soeterboek 24
The 1901 Cinematography of Walter Baldwin Spencer -- Arthur and Corinne Cantrill 26
The Baldwin Spencer Film Material: Conflict of Interests -- Arthur and Corinne Cantrill 42
The Archaeology of Culture -- Adrian Martin and Philip Brophy 44
New Books: incl. 'Digital Harmony', 'The Dream That Kicks', 'The Magician and the Cinema' 53
The Films of Varcha Sidwell 57
Front and back covers: from Experiments by Dirk de Bruyn
ISSUE 39/40, NOVEMBER, 1982
Editors' Comment-- Film as Art Travelling Exhibition 6
James Clayden's Corpse -- Kris Hemensley 8
Extract from the Closing Narration of Corpse 13
Christine Koenigs, an interview with the Dutch filmmaker 14
Even Orchestra interviewed by Will Soeterboek of Zerox Dreamflesh 22
Floterian - Hand Printings from a Film History -- Arthur and Corinne Cantrill 32
New Books: incl. 'Before Mickey', 'Foundations of the Stereoscopic Cinema' 35
Toward the Central Journals -- Eva Schramm and Gary Willis 36
Springbok, by Ronald Brownson 39
Study of an Island -- interview with Cynthia Beatt 44
Foolish Things by Peter Wells 50
Monika Funke Stern, an interview with the German filmmaker 53
Trans-Tasman Connections: letters between Peter Wells and Corinne Cantrill 58
Len Lye in Australia: 'Wave' (A memoir on motion and light at Coogee) 63
Michael Lee writes on his Meditation upon Impermanence 64
Fragments From an Abandoned Interview -- Chris Knowles 68
Front and back covers: from Corpse
ISSUE 41/42, JUNE, 1983
Targets, a videotape by Martin Munz and Steve Wigg 2
Passage, a 2-screen film by Arthur and Corinne Cantrill 4
Black Cat (movie-script-scrapbook) by Dreamflesh 6
Anzart-in-Hobart -- Arthur Cantrill 12
Letter to Jane -- Adrian Martin 13
Italian Boys, a film by Jane Stevenson 14
Letter from Dirk de Bruyn 19
Shadows, the video work of Idemitsu Mako -- Lesley Stern 22
Letters from Roger Horrocks and Kris Hemensley 27
Alison Maclean's Taunt -- Roger Horrocks 28
New Books and journals: incl. 'Stereo Headphones', 'The Baudelairean Cinema' 30
Edward Luyken -- an interview with the Dutch painter/filmmaker 31
Video as Video -- Mike Sukolski 42
Student Film Program, Berlin -- Vikki Riley 44
Video and Philosophy -- Kim Beissel 47
The Truth Approaches -- a videotape by Ralph Traviato 50
Melbourne Video Overview -- Kim Beissel 52
The Night has a Thousand Eyes -- Adrian Martin 53
Opus 3, a mixed media work by Garry Smith and Tim Ralph 69
Front and back covers: from Passage
ISSUE 43/44, FEBRUARY, 1984
Round the Loop and About Jane, two films by Vikki Riley 3
Yann Beauvais -- an interview with the French filmmaker 6
On My Work -- Akihiko Morishita 17
Ulises Carrión -- an interview with the Mexican film and video maker 20
Editors' comment on European and Japanese avant-garde film exhibition 30
Video: The Ghost in the Machine -- Adrian Martin 32
About Them, a videotape by Adrian Martin 36
TV Dinner, a videotape by Melanie Brelis 37
Brion Gysin -- an interview on his filmmaking collaboration with Antony Balch 38
Passage - Time Out of Mind, by Vivienne Smith and Neil Pardington 43
Avalokiteshvara, by Marina Abramovic and Ulay 46
Helmut Herbst -- an interview with the German filmmaker 49
Between the Serenity of the Horizon and the Turbulence Below -- Interview withStelarc by Arturo Silva 58
New Books and Journals: incl. 'Brakhage Scrapbook', 'The Dark of the Screen' 61
Turn Around -- Michael Lee writes on his film 65
Front and back covers: from Turn Around
ISSUE 45/46, OCTOBER, 1984
Waterfall, the 3-colour separation film by Arthur and Corinne Cantrill 2
Erratica, the film by Jonas Balsaitis -- Jonas Balsaitis and Arthur Cantrill 6
An Image About to be Lost -- Adrian Martin (Graphic design: Mark Titmarsh) 10
Comings and Goings: Squinting at Berlin -- Sue Goldman 18
The Ecstasy of Work and other videotapes by Byron Black 20
In This Life's Body -- Kris Hemensley writes on Corinne Cantrill's film 26
Lecture/Performance by Takahiko Iimura 31
L.LI.OBO, video-performance by Ide Hintze 34
Doctor Dark, film by Chris Knowles 36
The Humanimals Film, by Charlotte Wrightson and Richard Von Sturmer 42
New Books and Journals: incl. 'Figures of Motion', 'Circles of Confusion' 45
The Films of Téo Hernandez -- based on an interview 46
Trois gouttes de Mezcal dans une coupe de champagne -- Téo Hernandez 49
Fury is a Feeling Too -- Cynthia Beatt writes about her film 52
Notes on In This Life's Body -- Corinne Cantrill 54
Front and back covers: from Erratica
ISSUE 47/48, AUGUST, 1985
Melbourne Films at Osnabrück Experimental Film Workshop 2
Editors' Comment 6
A Song of Ceylon, by Laleen Jayamanne 7
Shibusha -- Joanna Paul 10
Wundkanal -- interview with Thomas Harlan on his film 12
New Books and Journals: incl.'The Light on Her Face', 'Film Makers Speak' 22
Holzwege: Wood Roads/Wrong Ways -- interview with Georgia Wallace-Crabbe 23
Talking with Michel Nedjar -- an interview with the Paris filmmaker 26
Towards a Visual Music -- William Moritz 35
Experimental Film Exhibition and Film Museums in Japan and Europe -- A. Cantrill 43
Pratiques, recherches et études artistiques, an Avignon project -- A. and C. Cantrill 47
Towards Opening a New Field of Inter-Activation -- Akihiko Morishita 50
5th International Experimental Film Workshop, Osnabrück -- A. & C. Cantrill 54
The Filming and the Film -- Rose Lowder 56
Pier, the film by Vivienne Smith and Neil Pardington 62
Marc Adrian -- interview on his work and other Austrian experimental film 64
Greg Burke -- Two Works 70
Front and back covers: from A Song of Ceylon
ISSUE 49/50, APRIL, 1986 (First issue with colour)
Editors' Comment -- Our Fiftieth Issue 4
Poetry -- poem by Harry Hooton 5
Don't Harp on It -- David Chesworth 6
In Memoriam Small Movies: A Homage to Bill Mousoulis -- Adrian Martin 15
"Drawing With a Chef's Hat On" -- Marcus Bergner 18
The Reading Machine by Francesco Lovece 30
Fun Radio -- interview with Nigel Buesst on his film 32
One View -- Maggie Fooke writes on the film she made with Chris Knowles 36
The Occupant -- interview with Peter Lyssiotis and Ettore Siracusa on their film 38
Outline Indwelling and A Reich Jung Freud, both by Alexander Campbell 50
Twenty-six Letters -- Andrew Preston writes on his film Bill Kelly and his Book 52
The Work of Fujiko Nakaya -- Interview with the founder of Video Gallery SCAN 54
New Books and Magazines, incl. 'The Legend of Maya Deren', and a review by Adrian Martin of 'Dreams of Darkness' 58
Direct on Film Series. Complete. 84-86 -- Dirk de Bruyn 62
Hollywood Ten, Melbourne One -- Daryl Dellora writes on his film 64
Four Films by Jean-Michel Bouhours -- Interview 67
Front and back covers: from Harry Hooton (Arthur & Corinne Cantrill, 1970.)
ISSUE 51/52, DECEMBER, 1986
Editors' Comment -- Persistence of Vision 4
The Ghost Paintings by James Clayden 6
Interview with David E. Perry 8
An Egocentric Actor Prepares -- John Flaus 27
Like a Rainbow: The Films of Nick Ostrovskis -- Bill Mousoulis 29
An Interview with Richard Lerman, American film/sound artist 33
New Books, incl. 'Abstraction in Avant-garde Films', 'Super 8 in the Video Age' 40
The Search for Otto -- Charlotte Wrightson and Richard Von Sturmer 42
The Matte Box Image Shifter -- Paul Winkler writes on his new matte device 44
Diwai Bilong Ninigos -- Mark Worth writes on his film in progress 46
Making Elephant Theatre -- Sabrina Schmid 50
Second Thoughts on Video Magazines -- Vikki Riley 59
The Incubus - Collaborative Filmmaking -- Michael Buckley 61
When I Meet God I'm Gonna Smash Its Face In -- Marie Hoy on her film/video work 62
Front and back covers: from Album by David E. Perry
ISSUE 53/54, SEPTEMBER 1987
EDITORS' COMMENT 4
VIDEO EXPERIMENTS by Martin Percy 5
CATHERINE LOWING interviewed by Michael Hutak 9
FAITH, Bill Mousoulis writes on his film 12
FILM, PAINTING AND PERFORMING - The Collision, collage by Maj Green & Ewan Cameron 16
SOME THOUGHTS ON NATURE & STRING TRIO NO. 2, by Warren Burt 22
INTERVIEW WITH KENNETH GABURO, by Arthur and Corinne Cantrill 30
AGO, Part 1 of PENTAGON/Y, Concerning Guns and Cockfighting, by Kenneth Gaburo 34
NEW BOOKS, reviews by Arthur and Corinne Cantrill 39
INTERVIEW WITH ULRICH HERRMANN, by Arthur and Corinne Cantrill 42
HISTORY TAKES PLACE, Sonia Leber writes on her film 48
TE POSSINO AMMAZZA, a collage by Frank Lovece on his film 54
POST-EVOLUTIONARY DESIRES: Attaining Planetary Escape Velocity, by Stelarc 67
ROCK HEART FIRE , the film by Michael Lee Front cover, 2, 72
Front and back covers and opposite: frames from Rock Heart Fire (1986) by Michael Lee
ISSUE 56/56, MAY1988
EDITORS' COMMENT: Film, the medium about to be lost 4
A LETTER from Michael Mideke 6
REHEARSING, a normal sequence of a combat of sorts between 2 men & 8 photographs,
by Laleen S.B. Jayamanne 8
EVEN ORCHESTRA FILM THEATRE: DOG SONGS, by Arthur Cantrill 16
HOMECOMINGS: Some Diary Notes, by Dirk de Bruyn 18
THE FILMS OF DANIELL FLOOD, NICKOLAS FLOOD & CLAIRE PARADINE, by Daniell Flood and Claire Paradine 30
NEW BOOKS and Journals, reviews by Arthur Cantrill 38
FRAGMENTS OF A WORKING DIARY, by Anne-Marie Crawford 41
TRUST A BOAT, a film/performance by Phillip Barker 46
AUTOPORTRAIT, by Simon Cooper 5 2
Notes on A NARRATIVE THAT PROVIDES THE MEASURE OF DESIRE, by Merylyn Tweedie and Rhondda Bosworth 58
INTERVIEW WITH GEORGE KUCHAR, by Arthur and Corinne Cantrill 60
SPEAKING THROUGH COLOUR, FORM AND MOVEMENT, the work of Ivor Cantrill, by Arthur Cantrill 67
Enclosure: of course , by chris mann
Front and back covers: frames from Rainbow Diary (1984) by Ivor Cantrill
ISSUE 57/58 DECEMBER 1988
EDITORS' COMMENT: 4
LAST FILMS, by Michael Mideke 5
EXPERIMENTA: photograph of Live Performance by John Gillies 10
EXPERIMENTA: photograph of Speech Acts, a performance by Arf Arf 11
NOESIS NOESEOS: Michael Buckley's writing and collage on his work* 12
INTUITIVE STRATEGIES, an interview with Richard De Souza & Rhondda Kelly on their filmmaking 22
15 ELM TREES, a 500-year film concept by Richard Frenken* 34
DON'T SULK, LET'S FROLIC, Chris Windmill writes on his filmmaking 38
EXPERIMENTA: photograph of Susan Forth's film-performance Nobis Incongruens 42
THE PNEU LIFE, Mike Leggett writes on his work 43
NEW BOOKS and Journals, reviews by Arthur & Corinne Cantrill 50
KIMBERLEY STRANGER GAZING, Joan Brassil writes on her video-sculpture 52
AQUAVERA, Richard von Sturmer writes on his film 54
LOVE LIKE BARBARA STANWYCK, Michael Long writes on his film 57
STRAMM, STRAUSS AND CHARLEMANGY: Marcus Bergner's writing and drawings for his recent films* 62
* denotes layout designed by filmmaker
Front and back covers: frames from Suspending Spirals (1987) by Richard De Souza & Rhondda Kelly
ISSUE59/60 , SEPTEMBER 1989
EDITORS' COMMENT: The International Experimental Film Congress 4
NICK DEOCAMPO: Independent Filipino Cinema 5
THE PRESTONIA FILMS: Projected Light and Autumn Light, by Corinne and Arthur Cantrill 11
PANORAMICON, notes on a film by David Cox 12
WATER AND POWER, A Fragmentary Synopsis, by Pat O'Neill 20
BETWEEN AGONISM AND THE AUTONOMY OF ART: The Case of Al Razutis,
by William C. Wees 29
I SEE SAID THE BLIND MAN, a film-performance by Mark Rogers* 34
PASSING THROUGH/TORN FORMATIONS, an interview with Philip Hoffman on his film 40
FAINT ECHOS: notes by Paul Winkler on his film 52
THE CHINESE TYPEWRITER IN MELBOURNE/ Film and the Social Font, by Daniel Barnett 56
HOME MOVIE Richard Frenken writes on his film-performance work* 62
NEW BOOKS, reviews by Arthur Cantrill 68
A CONTEMPLATION OF THE CROSS, images from Michael Lee's recent film 71
* denotes layout designed by filmmaker
Front cover: frames from Projected Light (1988) by Arthur and Corinne Cantrill
Back cover: frames from Autumn Light (1989) by Arthur and Corinne Cantrill.
ISSUE 61/62 , MAY1990
PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENT FILM and the Mowelfund Film Institute 4
THE FILMS O RAYMOND RED - interview with Nick Deocampo 7
MINUTES FOR A TIME SIGHT - a film by Robert Nery 12
NOTES ON 'SIX SECRETS', by Adrian Martin 16
MUSIC/FILM/VIDEO/PERFORMANCE, an interview with Chris Knowles 17
ELLIE EPP - NOTES IN ORIGIN, an interview with the filmmaker, and original artwork 38
THE OTHER SIDE, Bill Mousoulis writes on his non-narrative films 45
NEW BOOKS and Journals, reviews by Arthur Cantrill 50
THE GRASSHOPPER SUITE, THE BLUE EGG & THE HOT BAKERY, by Ewan Cameron* 52
DREAMING FILIPINOS, an interview with Emmanuel Reyes on his film 58
THE FILMS OF RUNE LAYUMAS, an interview with the filmmaker 65
BOYS BANANAS BLINDSIGHT FILMS BY GEORGE RAY, by the filmmaker* 68
KNOTS, Dirk de Bruyn writes on his film 72
*layout designed by contributors
Front and back covers: film strips from Knots (1989) by Dirk de Bruyn
ISSUE 63/64 , DECEMBER 1990
EDITORS' COMMENT on the 20th anniversary of this magazine 4
MOVIES OF THE 1960s, by Jas. H. Duke* 5
NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROWTH, by Steven Ball* 6
FILM AS MOVEMENT IS DRAWING REALIZED - on the Film Animation of Neil Taylor, by Ken Shepherd 10
SHORT LIVES and ROLL FILM - Neil Taylor writes about his animation Practice 15
EAT THE SUN, a Digest of Reality and Other Delusions, by Julian Dahl 18
GOTOT PRAKOSA, and Independent Indonesian Cinema, by David Hanan 23
INTERVIEW WITH GOTOT PRAKOSA, by Arthur and Corinne Cantrill 25
CYBER DADA MANIFESTO, by Troy Innocent and Dale Nason* 32
HOMAGE TO DZIGA VERTOV, by David Perry* 34
THE DAWN OF FILMS, by Jas. H. Duke* 39
DIRK DE BRUYN'S CONVERSATIONS WITH MY MOTHER, interview by A. & C. Cantrill 40
INTERVIEW WITH CHRIS WELSBY, by Arthur and Corinne Cantrill 44
TATLIN, David Cox writes on his film 54
NOTES ON THE REFRACTING GLASSES, David Perry writes on his film in progress 56
NEW BOOKS, Reviews by Arthur Cantrill 58-61, 70
INTERVIEW WITH MAEVE WOODS, by Arthur Cantrill 62
* denotes layout designed by contributor
Front cover: images from Earth and Channel Part 2 (1990) by Steven Ball
Back cover: Cyber Dada installation by Troy Innocent and Dale Nason (Experimenta 1990)
ISSUE 65/66 , OCTOBER 1991
WATCHING FILMS, MAKING FILMS, Sonia Leber writes on Doubtful Invitation 4
WRITING ABOUT YAWNSELF IS ALWAYS DIFFICULT TO MUSTER, by Pete Spence 9
BYRON BLACK, the Canadian videomaker writes from Indonesia 12
WORDS AND SILK and Someone Looks at Something, by Philip Tyndall 18
LOOKING BACK ON LOOKING BACK, by Steven Ball 28
ELEVATIONS OF TRAUMA - TECHNO DUMB SHOW, by Vikki Riley 33
AT HOME WITH ETTORE SIRACUSA, interview by Steven Ball on Italians at Home 38
NICK DORSKY - NOTES AND RECOLLECTIONS, by Michael Mideke 48
VIBRATIONS, Christian Lebrat writes on his films 56
NEW BOOKS, reviews by Arthur Cantrill 59
ERRATUM, four pages designed by Frank Lovece 63
MAINLY A DOCUMENTATION OF MY SUPER EIGHTS, by Sandy Munro 67
Front cover: from Techno Dumb Show (1991) by John Gillies
Back cover: strips from Holon (1982) by Christian Lebrat
ISSUE 67/68 , JULY 1992
JAS. H. DUKE, 1939-1992 4
THE MELBOURNE SUPER 8 GROUP, by Stephen Ball 6
GARY O'KEEFE on his work 8
PETE SPENCE on his film Diction 10
CHRIS WINDMILL on his The Eiffel Tower Sponge Film 13
MAEVE WOODS: As a Member of the Super 8 Film Group 14
NORMA PEARSE on her film Portrait 17
STEVEN BALL on his film Harmonic Three Three (Maheno) 18
NICK OSTROVSKIS: Some Thoughts on my Work 20
ON A DARK NIGHT, Robert Nery and Gabrielle Finnane write on their video 22
MONSTEROUS MANIACS and DOLLS VOMIT, by Maj Green and Ewan Cameron 26
UNCOMMON SENSE, by Julian Dahl 30
3 DECADES OF RAGE, The Films of Al Razutis, by Michael Hoolboom 36
NEW BOOKS reviewed by Arthur Cantrill 52
JENNY PIGNATARO on her film Soft 57
RICHARD TUOHY AND HIS ORDINARY FLUX, by Steven Ball 58
LES HILLIS, his film 253M, and a script for an unrealised film 62
HEINZ BOECK on his film Dead Roads 65
MARK LA ROSA on his work 66
SANDY MUNRO: Some Super 8 Sensations 68
JULIAN DAHL, an interview conducted by Steven Ball 70
Front and back covers, pages 2 and 71: films by members of the Melbourne Super 8 Film Group
ISSUE 69/70 , MARCH 1993
PALE BLACK, Vikki Riley writes on Marie Craven's film, and script of film 4
DUSAN MAREK, 1926-1993, by Arthur Cantrill 9
MUSEUM OF FIRE, Chris Caines, John Conomos & David Haines on their videotape 10
NEW BOOKS, reviews by Arthur Cantrill 14-15, 61-62
THE REFRACTING GLASSES, an interview with David Perry on his recent film 16
WATCHING DEATH AT WORK: MY LIFE IN FILM,
Michael Hoolboom writes on his filmmaking 34
PRECARIOUS MOMENTS, Laki Sideris writes on his filmmaking 50
IMAGE NETWORK V.I.E.W., JAPAN, by Arthur Cantrill, with Atsushi Sakurai 54
THE FILMS OF KEN SHEPHERD, by the filmmaker 63
NEIL TAYLOR WRITES ON KEN SHEPHERD 70
Front and back covers: from David Perry's The Refracting Glasses
ISSUE 71/72 , OCTOBER 1993
STANDING UNDER SIGNS, Dirk de Bruyn writes on his film Understanding Science 4
TÉO HERNANDEZ, 1939-1992, by Corinne and Arthur Cantrill. 10
DUSAN MAREK, A REMEMBRANCE, by Adrian Rawlins 10
MIDDRIFFINI, Sabrina Schmid writes on her animated film 11
THE FILMS OF MOIRA JOSEPH, by Steven Ball 20
GOODBYE IDEAL CINEMA: FILMS IN MANILA, by Robert Nery 27
NEW BOOKS, reviews by Arthur Cantrill 32-33, 63-65
THREAD OF VOICE: Songs Nailed Together in a Film, by Arf Arf 34
THERE IS ALWAYS THE UNDERSIDE..., by Michael Buckley (Arf Arf) 40
GOD BLESS THE CHICKHEN THIEVES..., by Marisa Stirpe (Arf Arf) 41
BRONSON BURSTS THROUGH THE DOORWAY..., by Frank Lovece (Arf Arf) 42
PERFORMANCE DESIGNS, by Marcus Bergner (Arf Arf) 43
THE FILMS OF GOSATTI AND KANE, by Arthur Cantrill 44
SCARY CHERUBS, Renny Gosatti and Philip Jeng Kane write on their films 45
BODIES AND DESIRE: THE FILMS OF KIKA THORNE, by Mike Hoolboom 59
PSYCHO/CYBER: RECENT ROBOT, VIRTUAL AND VIDEO PERFORMANCES, by Stelarc 66
Front & back covers: from Arf Arf's Thread of Voice
ISSUE 73/74 , MAY 1994
THE PLACE WITH MANY ROOMS IS THE BODY:The Films of Fumiko Kiyooka,
by Mike Hoolboom 4
NIGHT SKY, John Conomos writes on his video and neon installation 9
VICAR, SPACE CASE, KILLER and THE NIGHT CITY, by Perry Alexander 12
THE ALEXANDER ENIGMA, by Steven Ball 15
NEW BOOKS, reviews by Arthur Cantrill 19, 40-43
CINEMATIC INTERRUPTUS, Jim Bridges writes on his return to filmmaking 20
THE BERLIN APARTMENT, Arthur and Corinne Cantrill write on their 2-screen film-
performance work 32
WHY IS YELLOW THE MIDDLE OF THE RAINBOW? an interview with Kidlat Tahimik by Arthur & Corinne Cantrill 44
Visual Poem No. 8 and Visual Poem no. 10, films by Pete Spence* 64
A SAUCER OF WATER FOR THE BIRDS, Ann Shenfield writes on her animated film 66
* pages designed by contributor
Front & back covers: from The Berlin Apartment, by Arthur and Corinne Cantrill
ISSUE 75/76 , November 1994
LEARNING TO DRIVE: Motion Landscape video series, by Ross Harley 4
THE DOMITOR '94 CONFERENCE, 'Cinema Turns 100', by Arthur Cantrill 14
CENTENARY OF CINEMA - time for renewal, rethinking, questioning, by Corinne Cantrill 17
VISUAL POEM No. 11 - CAROL STETSER, by Peter Spence 18
A JOURNEY WITHIN MANILA, the City of Cities, interview with Virginia Hilyard 20
THE SWIMMING SOMNAMBULIST, the Super 8 films of Virginia Hilyard, by Steven Ball 29
CINEMA'S SLEEPING BEAUTY?, the work of Reel Folk: The Canadian Amateur Film/Home Movie Archives, by André Tremblay and James Fiege 33
PROJECTING THE BODY: The films of Stephen Cummins, by Simon Hunt 37
AN INTERVIEW WITH JAN-CHRISTOPHER HORAK on Lovers of Cinema: The First American Avant-Garde 1919-1945, by Jeannette Delamoir 40, 60-61
AFTERWORDS - Tony Woods discusses his art 44
...TESTING, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9...However, the Autodidact, Steven Ball writes on his film 52
'IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN PERTH', John Harrison writes on his films 62
Front and back covers: Alter, a video installation by Virginia Hilyard
ISSUE 77/78, JUNE 1995
THE ROAD TO THE ABSOLUTE, Andrew Frost writes on his work in film and video 4
A FAMILY AND ITS PHANTOMS: SWEETBLOOD, Nicole Gingras writes on Steve Sanguedolce's film 14
NEW BOOKS, reviews by Arthur Cantrill 16-17, 63, 45
THE FILMS OF MELANIE EL MIR, by Arthur and Corinne Cantrill and the filmmaker 18
FIVE SUPER 8 FILMS BY OONI PEH, by the filmmaker 35
SALT AND SUGAR, Ooni Peh and Norma Pearse converse on filmmaking 40
THEATRE OF HELL PRESENTS . . ., Recent work by Maj Green and Ewan Cameron 42
EDITORIAL COMMENT 45
CAFE LOBOS, Mark La Rosa writes on his new film 46
PHILIP HOFFMAN'S OPENING SERIES, by Barbara Sternberg, Philip Hoffman and Marian McMahon 50
SCRAMMY AND THE BLOWFLIES, Maeve Woods writes on her film 64
Page 2 and front & back covers: The Day of Ascension, by Andrew Frost
ISSUE 79/80 , NOVEMBER 1995
THE SWEAR CLUB, an interview with Michael Buckley on his interactive CD-ROM 4
DUALITY IN FORM - Images of Japan, Tim Patterson writes on his films 12
THIS IS NOT A VIDEO CLIP - A Diary of Events, John Harrison writes on Vena Cava 16
SENSORY TOPOGRAPHIES, Notes on Video from Retarded Eye 24
CINEMA AND THE NEW INTERACTIVE MEDIA, by John Conomos 30
NEW BOOKS, reviews by Arthur Cantrill. 35, 41-43
INDUSTRIAL VESPER #11, by Barry Brown and Irene Proebsting (layout by contributors) 36
OUT OF THE CLOSET - The Films of Wrik Mead, by Michael Hoolboom . 44
GREEN CANOPY, Paul Winkler writes on his film 51
YOTHU YINDI IN THE CLASSROOM, Merle Barra Thornton writes on her Living Maths videos 54
THE GERMAN ROMANTIC SPIRIT, Heinz Boeck writes on his film 3 short passages 58
LA COULEUR AU CINÉMA, Arthur Cantrill reports on experimental film at the Louvre 62
SILT . . . ON SEVEN GIANT SEA TURTLES, the San Francisco group writes on their films 67
Front & back covers: Metholyte, by Retarded Eye
ISSUE 81/82, JUNE 1996
WORKING ON THE EDGE OF OLD (AND NEW) TECHNOLOGIES, by Chris Knowles 4
ON THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF CANTRILLS FILMNOTES, by Michael Hoolboom 6
EDITORS' COMMENT - 1971-1996: 25 Years of Cantrills Filmnotes / 1896-1996: Centenary of Cinema in Australia / Films Lost to Memory 7
LE BAIN VORACE: an interview with Colin Munro, the director of this 1954 film 9
STUART LYNCH AND PARADANCE, an interview with Stuart Lynch 16
MURRIMAGE: Chris Peacock writes on this indigenous community video and film service 23
ENGLISH CHANNELS, Steven Ball writes on recent experimental film and video in England 30
MELBOURNE - Experimental Film in the 1950s and '60s, by Arthur and Corinne Cantrill 37
RECOLLECTIONS OF TEACHING SCREEN ART IN THE SIXTIES, by Lloyd Jones 42
MELBOURNE UNDERGROUND IN THE 1950S, written in 1971 by Gil Brealey 43
ADELAIDE - Experimental Film in the 1950s and '60s, by Arthur Cantrill 47
NEW BOOKS, reviews by Arthur Cantrill 57
FILM PROCESS AS SELF-ACTUALIZATION, Dirk de Bruyn interviews Canadian filmmaker Barbara Sternberg 61
Front cover: Uluru-Kata Tjuta Cultural Centre video/slide installation;
back cover: Pixellated Worlds, a mixed media presentation, both by Chris Knowles
ISSUE 83/84, DECEMBER 1996
THE FILMS OF PAT AND RICHARD LARTER - A Tribute, by Arthur Cantrill 4
editors' comment-The Centenary Over: Out with Film! 8
HISTORY,... WHAT HISTORY? by Brian Doherty 13
KNITTED BROW ANTHOLOGY - Some Notes on my Film, by Heinz Boeck 14
MEMORIES AS HOMES, Jo Law writes on her video and film work 16
THE BIRDS DO A MAGNIFICENT TUNE, Chris Windmill's recent film 24
THE THREE WHITE MEN (or Of Desires and Education of Yong-Me), A Super 8 Film Installation by Maria Y. Shin 33
TAPTAP RUIN, Marcus Bergner writes on his film 36
THE DAWN OF CINEMA CONFERENCE, a report by Arthur Cantrill 38
MOVING IN LIGHT - THE FILMS OF JOHN KNELLER, by Michael Hoolboom 40
FELIX HUDE: FROM SPOKESTURKEY TO INTERACTIVITY, interviewed by A. & C. Cantrill 47
ARTIST AND FILMMAKER DES KOOTJI RAYMOND, interviewed by Chris Windmill 54 NAKED 8 OVERCOMES ALL OBSTACLES! report on the Super 8 festival by Corinne Cantrill 59
STROKING UNEARTHED MEMORY, Dirk de Bruyn writes on Jo Law's work 62
NEW BOOKS - book reviews by Arthur Cantrill 63
TAWDRY SASS - voice-over for a film by Maeve Woods 68
Front cover: Heinz Boeck's Knitted Brow Anthology
Page 2: Frames from Richard and Pat Larter's films Dreaming About the Crumbling of your Eyes, Mascara Flic and Latex News
Back Cover: Stills from Jo Law's video Green Green Grass of Home
ISSUE 85/86, JUNE 1997
THE FLIGHT OF DUCKS - Simon Pockley writes on his low-resolution web project 4
NEW BOOKS - book reviews by Arthur Cantrill 13
FIELD RECORDINGS, Irene Proebsting discusses her films 15
ALL ANGLES OF INTENSITY - Christos Linou's work in dance, film and other media 20
JIM FILMS, the films of Vernon Sundfors, by Arthur Cantrill 36
WHACKED ON THE HEAD, Manny Reyes discusses his book on Philippine cinema 43
GIRL FROM MOUSH: GARINÉ TOROSSIAN, Michael Hoolboom writes on Torossian's films 50
LEAVING THE ARTIST'S STUDIO BEHIND, Rose Lowder writes on her Bouquets series 54
DAVID KUSZNIR, an interview with the Melbourne filmmaker by Arthur & Corinne Cantrill 63
Front cover: Frames from Christos Linou's film 2D/shad.ddw
Page 2: Frames from Vernon Sundfors' film Early Birds
Back Cover: Frames from David Kusznir's film Decalution
ISSUE #87/88. December 1997
CARDOSO FLEA CIRCUS VIDEOby Ross Rudesch Harley 4
MOBILITY IN AN ARTIFICIAL CITY John Conomos writes on Margie Medlin's installation 8
ENCLOSURE 3: HARRY PARTCH, Warren Burt reviews a book by Philip Blackburn 16
DIRECTORIES FOR THE INVISIBLE SCREEN, Vikki Riley reviews Editions Dis Voir books 18
FROM THE MIND'S EYE, Virginia Hilyard discusses Places of Memory20
LEE SMITH WRITES ABOUT HIS FILMMAKING 28
LABORATORY Meta Finimore reports on a film event by Universal Film Factory 36
INSERTING AN EXTRA STRING IN THE MACHINE CODE, Dirk de Bruyn discusses Redmond Bridgeman's film U.L. 39
THREE COLOUR SEPARATION REVISITED, Michelle Murch on her digital media work 43
JANE MADSEN'S HERCULES ROAD, the filmmaker discusses her film 46
NEW BOOKS - book reviews by Arthur Cantrill 52
A SLOW LEAVING OF 16mm PRACTICE ... MOVING INTO SUPER 8, by Corinne Cantrill 61
Front cover: Strips from Lee Smith's film Luna Soma
Page 2: from Ross Rudesch Harleys' Cardoso Flea Circus Video
Back Cover: Frames from Arthur and Corinne Cantrill's Illuminations of the Mundane
ISSUE #89/90. June 1998
SUPERPERMANENCE, Vikki Wilson and Rick Mason write on their digital video piece 4
ANGLEDOZER, Frank Lovece writes on Marcus Bergner's film 7
ANGLEDOZER, Marcus Bergner on his new film 8
BEING HERE: Barbara Sternberg's midst, by Rae Davis 12
DIVERSITY, Warren Burt writes on his multi-media work for music, movement and video 16
ARCHIVE OF ENIGMA: Bernie O'Regan's Filmmaking, by Arthur Cantrill, Kris Hemensley & Jude Telford 24
TRANSFORMATION, TRANSCENDENCE AND DECAY: a series of films by Craig Lindley 33
NEW BOOKS: book reviews by Arthur Cantrill 40
CAPILLARY ACTION, Paul Winkler writes on his recent film 42
AUTOGEDDON, an interview with Lindzee Smith on his mixed media production 46
AN IMPLODING CINEMA: the films of Daniel Kotsanis, by Steven Ball 52
QUEEN OF DISASTER: Ann Marie Fleming, by Mike Hoolboom 62
KRACH DURCH FREUDE, Martin Klapper writes on his filmmaking and music 68
Front and back covers: from Marcus Bergner's film Angledozer
ISSUE #91/92. December 1998
NOTES ON PYONGYANG DIARIES, by Solrun Hoaas 4
* REMEMBERING AGGY READ, by pete spence and Arthur Cantrill 13
TRACTOR, experiments in digital media by Steven Ball 14
AUTUMN SONG, John Conomos writes on his video 23
HE ALWAYS THOUGHT THEY WOULD GROW OLD TOGETHER, by Philip Hoffman 28
LETTER FROM SABRINA SCHMID, a report on European animation festivals 36
THE BECAK DRIVER Corinne Cantrill writes on a film/performance piece 40
FISH IN THE SKY - Philip Hoffman tells of the filmmaking retreat on his farm 49
NEW BOOKS - book and magazine reviews by Arthur Cantrill 55
TRILOGY OF TROUBLE - John Cumming writes on his filmmaking 62
Front and back covers: from Steven Ball's digital work Synthesiser
ISSUE #93-100. December 1998 - January 2000
EDITORIAL 4
ON A PLANET NOT FAR FROM EARTH, Heinz Boeck writes on his filmmaking 6
PANIC BODIES: an interview with Mike Hoolboom, by Larissa Fan 14
JACK ELLITT: The Early Years of Len Lye's collaborator in sound, by Roger Horrocks 20
EMANANCE (1 and 2) : Synthetic Colour and Mystical Illusion - Craig Lindley's new films 27
INTERVIEW WITH MONIKA FUNKE-STERN 33
THEATRE OF HELL, Maj Green and Ewan Cameron discuss their recent performances 36
CHRISTOS LINOU: SCREENING METAPHORS the filmmaker writes about his work 40
THE KNIFE OF LIGHT - Surrealist films and violence to the eye, by Arthur Cantrill 46
NEW BOOKS - book reviews by Arthur Cantrill and Terry Leahy 52
THE SURFACE: progress down the gutter, Marcus Bergner's new film 56
HUNTING, SHOOTING and GATHERING, Janet Merewether writes about Cheap Blonde 63
A PLAY OF ENERGIES, Michael Lee writes on his abstract motion pictures 68
NERVOUS_OBJECTS - A REMOTE COLLUSION, by Sue Bisset 72
TERRA INCOGNITA: FUTURE ARCHAEOLOGIES FOR A DIGITAL WORLD, by John Harrison 84
OUT OF GAMUT: THE EXTREMITIES OF COLOUR, by Arthur & Corinne Cantrill 91
Front cover: frames from Arthur and Corinne Cantrill's film Ivor Paints Arf Arf
Page 2: frames from Michael Lee's Razzle Dazzle Rhapsody
Back Cover: frames from Arthur and Corinne Cantrill's City of Chromatic Intensity, Ivor Paints Arf Arf and Garden of Chromatic Disturbance