L'Écran fantastique
 Cover of the magazine's 50th Anniversary issue | |
| Editor | Alain Schlockoff |
|---|---|
| Categories | Film |
| Frequency | 12 issues a year (8 Reboot+4 Vintage) |
| Founded | 1969 |
| Company | Financière de loisirs |
| Country | France |
| Based in | Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France |
| Language | French |
| Website | ecranfantastique |
| ISSN | 0769-1920 |
L'Écran fantastique is a French magazine created in 1969 by Alain Schlockoff, dedicated to fantastic and science-fiction cinema.[1]
History
[edit]After falling out with the publisher of Horizons du fantastique (1967–1976),[2] a film and literature publication, Schlockoff started the film-focused L'Écran fantastique on his own with scarce ressources.[3] The magazine began its publication history with a limited trial run in 1969 and 1970, which lacked the print design and formal publishing of Horizons du fantastique.[3]
It was then relaunched as a professionally printed publication in December 1970,[4] but still struggled to find a reliable publisher. Though billed as a quarterly, it remained subject to schedule disruptions and some projected issues of L'Écran fantastique were reformatted into installments of Cinéma d'aujourd'hui, a collection of monographs published by movie literature specialists FilmÉditions.[5][6]
L'Écran fantastique finally became a regular publication in June 1977 through a deal with the Librairie des Champs-Élysées.[7] Although another publisher change would occur in 1979, the magazine was now established and its frequency increased, first to bimonthly in 1980,[8] then to monthly in 1982.[9]
The title celebrated its 50th anniversary with a special commemorative issue in May 2019.[10]
In 2020, it was rebooted again and split into two brands: L'Écran fantastique reboot, which is dedicated to current releases, and L'Écran fantastique vintage, which offers retrospective issues on specific themes, in the style of the publication's early years.[1]
English version
[edit]An English-language version of the magazine, simply called Fantastique, debuted in the United Kingdom in 2009,[11] with eyes on a possible US launch.[12] The market, however, proved unfavorable and publication of the English version stopped after just three issues.[11]
Film festival
[edit]The magazine's publisher also promoted the Paris International Festival of Fantastic and Science-Fiction Film, which ran for eighteen editions between 1972 and 1989.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "L'Ecran fantastique vintage". journaux.fr. Auxerre Distribution Presse Foulon. July 13, 2021. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
- ^ "Horizons du fantastique n° 38". noosfere.org. nooSFere. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
- ^ a b L., Nicolas (February 28, 2009). "Entretien avec... Alain Schlockoff". scifi-universe.com. SciFi Universe. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
- ^ "L'Écran fantastique 2è série n°1". calindex.eu. Calenge. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
- ^ L'Écran fantastique : situation, perspectives, images. Cinéma d'aujourd'hui, nouvelle série. Paris: FilmÉditions. Summer 1976.
- ^ Andrevon, Jean-Pierre; Goimard, Jacques; Lowins, Evelyne; Michel, Jean-Claude; Schlockoff, Alain (Spring 1977). Demain la science-fiction. Cinéma d'aujourd'hui, nouvelle série. Paris: FilmÉditions.
- ^ "6ème festival de Paris du film fantastique et de science-fiction". L'Écran Fantastique. No. 1. Paris: Librairie des Champs-Élysées. Summer 1977. ISBN 978-2-7024-0660-1.
- ^ "Exclusif!... L'Empire contre-attaque". L'Écran Fantastique. No. 13. Paris: Média Presse Édition. July–August 1980.
- ^ "Dossier Blade Runner". L'Écran Fantastique. No. 26. Paris: Média Presse Édition. September 1982.
Le mensuel couleurs du cinéma fantastique et de science-fiction
- ^ Guerineau, Jeremy (June 8, 2019). "Deux adaptations de Stephen King parmi les meilleurs films des 50 dernières années selon L'Écran fantastique !". club-stephenking.fr. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
- ^ a b "Fantastique". moviemags.com. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
- ^ Gaignepain, Jean-Luc. "Ecran Fantastique". revues-de-cinema.net. Retrieved September 3, 2021.