Arthur Cantrill Movies

  • 1977
    Katatjuta

    Katatjuta

    Katatjuta

    01977HD

    Located 18 miles west, Katatjuta (The Olgas) is a recurring presence in the background of Uluru. Believed by Aboriginal people to have been inhabited...

    Katatjuta
  • 1977
    Near Coober Pedy

    Near Coober Pedy

    Near Coober Pedy

    01977HD

    A study of the desert plain that is not left out of foliage or geological structures, inviting us to compare it with the plain of the sea and the...

    Near Coober Pedy
  • 2000
    The Land is Not Empty

    The Land is Not Empty

    The Land is Not Empty

    02000HD

    Filmed on l6mm Kodachrome which heightens the textures and depth of this harsh landscape -- a study in browns, yellows, greys and blue sky.

    The Land is Not Empty
  • 1995
    Ramayana/Legong

    Ramayana/Legong

    Ramayana/Legong

    01995HD

    Evening performances of traditional Balinese dance-drama in Ubud, shot single frame with open shutter exposures.

    Ramayana/Legong
  • 1963
    Banksia Integrifolia

    Banksia Integrifolia

    Banksia Integrifolia

    01963HD

    Part of a series of four studies the Cantrills made of the native flora of the Stradford Island, this one focusing on the Banksia Integrifolia.

    Banksia Integrifolia
  • 1968
    Red Stone Dancer

    Red Stone Dancer

    Red Stone Dancer

    01968HD

    "On several occasions we were impressed by the apparent vitality of some spools with arbitrary discards, compared to the laboriously assembled...

    Red Stone Dancer
  • 1983
    Corporeal

    Corporeal

    Corporeal

    01983HD

    An experimental work about the Australian forests by Arthur and Corinne Cantrill.

    Corporeal
  • 1970
    Earth Message

    Earth Message

    Earth Message

    01970HD

    The beauty of the Australian bush is depicted in a carefully composed camera choreography of different aspects of flora and fauna. Close-up and...

    Earth Message
  • 1977
    Ocean at Point Lookout

    Ocean at Point Lookout

    Ocean at Point Lookout

    01977HD

    16mm, colour reversal print

    Ocean at Point Lookout
  • 1971
    Video Self-Portrait

    Video Self-Portrait

    Video Self-Portrait

    01971HD

    A videographic film exploiting the phosphor textures on the cathode screen. Video images are filmed, filter-coloured and supered in the camera.

    Video Self-Portrait
  • 1989
    Myself When Fourteen

    Myself When Fourteen

    Myself When Fourteen

    01989HD

    Brightly coloured animated drawings rotoscoped from high contrast black and white negative film of Ivor Cantrill aged 14, are integrated with the...

    Myself When Fourteen
  • 1969
    Home Movie – A Day in the Bush

    Home Movie – A Day in the Bush

    Home Movie – A Day in the Bush

    01969HD

    A film of repeated movements toward the camera, away from the camera, and across the camera's field, punctuated by a 360-degree rotational movement...

    Home Movie – A Day in the Bush
  • 1969
    Rehearsal at the Arts Lab

    Rehearsal at the Arts Lab

    Rehearsal at the Arts Lab

    01969HD

    It was filmed from photographs of a rehearsal by Will Spoor of a Tardieu work at the Arts Laboratory, Drury Lane. The photos were taken before...

    Rehearsal at the Arts Lab
  • 1978
    Meteor Crater – Gosse Bluff

    Meteor Crater – Gosse Bluff

    Meteor Crater – Gosse Bluff

    01978HD

    The 360 degree camera movements in opposing directions on each screen are filmed from the centre of the crater. A stereo track of wind, crows and...

    Meteor Crater – Gosse Bluff
  • 1997
    Airey’s Inlet

    Airey’s Inlet

    Airey’s Inlet

    01997HD

    Coastal scenes filmed with an energetic pattern of two frames image/two frames black, intercut with Ivor Cantrill’s painting of the scene....

    Airey’s Inlet
  • 2001
    Capricornia

    Capricornia

    Capricornia

    02001HD

    Super8 bi-packed onto 16mm with recurring patterns and combinations of superimpositions. (Arthur Cantrill & Corinne Cantrill)

    Capricornia
  • 1993
    The Pause Between Frames

    The Pause Between Frames

    The Pause Between Frames

    01993HD

    Single frame glimpses of life in Ubud, Bali, to Kecak Music. (Arthur Cantrill & Corinne Cantrill)

    The Pause Between Frames
  • 1975
    Studies in Image (de) Generation

    Studies in Image (de) Generation

    Studies in Image (de) Generation

    01975HD

    "These three films are derived from "Negative / Positive on Three Images" by Baldwin Spencer, which was copied in high-contrast material to make...

    Studies in Image (de) Generation
  • 2006
    The Room of Chromatic Mystery

    The Room of Chromatic Mystery

    The Room of Chromatic Mystery

    52006HD

    'The Room of Chromatic Mystery' is (...) another three-colour separation film, shot in the living room of the Cantrills’ old house in...

    The Room of Chromatic Mystery
  • 1970
    Harry Hooton

    Harry Hooton

    Harry Hooton

    01970HD

    The film Harry Hooton is conceived as a huge energy field combining the energy of light and colour, movement, editing and sound — a dense,...

    Harry Hooton