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

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