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-'''''Midi Minuit Fantastique''''' ([[1962]] - [[1971]]) was a French [[film magazine]] published by [[Eric Losfeld]] and edited by [[Jean-Claude Romer]].+'''''Midi Minuit Fantastique''''' ([[1962]] - [[1971]]) was a [[French film magazine]] published by [[Eric Losfeld]] and edited by [[Jean-Claude Romer]].
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== What followed == == What followed ==
As [[Gilles Menegaldo]] mentions, after Midi-Minuit cult magazines on the fantastique will proliferate. There is ''[[Horizons du fantastique]]'', launched in June 1967 which specialized in the fantastic literature but also regularly has specials on horror cinema. A little later, magazine ''[[L’Écran fantastique]]'' is founded by [[Alain Schlockoff]]. As [[Gilles Menegaldo]] mentions, after Midi-Minuit cult magazines on the fantastique will proliferate. There is ''[[Horizons du fantastique]]'', launched in June 1967 which specialized in the fantastic literature but also regularly has specials on horror cinema. A little later, magazine ''[[L’Écran fantastique]]'' is founded by [[Alain Schlockoff]].
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== Issues 1 - 24 and bibliography== == Issues 1 - 24 and bibliography==
:[http://calindex.eu/parutions.php?op=larevue&larevue=MMF&min=0 index of all issues + covers] :[http://calindex.eu/parutions.php?op=larevue&larevue=MMF&min=0 index of all issues + covers]
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**On the cover: ''[[The Curse of the Werewolf]]'' by [[Terence Fisher]] **On the cover: ''[[The Curse of the Werewolf]]'' by [[Terence Fisher]]
*[[MMF2- 08/1962]] *[[MMF2- 08/1962]]
-**On the cover: a scene from [[The Thief of Bagdad]]+**On the cover: a scene from'' [[The Thief of Bagdad]]''
*[[MMF3- 10/1962]] *[[MMF3- 10/1962]]
**On the cover: [[King Kong]] **On the cover: [[King Kong]]
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**On the cover: [[Count Zaroff]] **On the cover: [[Count Zaroff]]
*[[MMF7- 09/1963]] *[[MMF7- 09/1963]]
 +**On the cover:'' [[The Old Dark House]]'' (Janette Scott)
*[[MMF8- 01/1964]] *[[MMF8- 01/1964]]
 +**On the cover:'' [[Horrors of the Black Museum]]'' (June Cunningham)
*[[MMF9- 07/1964]] *[[MMF9- 07/1964]]
-*[[MMF10-11- 12/1964]] +**On the cover: [[Nicole François]] on [[Philippe Lifchitz]]'s '' [[La Prima donna]]''
 +*[[MMF10-11- 12/1964]]
 +**On the cover: [[Barbara Steele]] in '' [[The Ghost (film)]]''
*[[MMF12- 05/1965]] *[[MMF12- 05/1965]]
 +**On the cover: ''[[War-Gods of the Deep]]''
*[[MMF13- 11/1965]] *[[MMF13- 11/1965]]
 +**On the cover: ''[[Planet of the Vampires]]'' (Evi Marandi)
*[[MMF14- 06/1966]] *[[MMF14- 06/1966]]
 +**On the cover: [[One Million Years B.C.]] ([[Raquel Welch]])
*[[MMF15-16- 12/1966]] *[[MMF15-16- 12/1966]]
-*[[MMF17- 06/1967]] (Cover image: [[Barbara Steele]])+**On the cover:''[[The 10th Victim]]'', depicting [[Elsa Martinelli]].
 +*[[MMF17- 06/1967]]
 +**On the cover: ''[[An Angel for Satan]]'' ([[Barbara Steele]])
*[[MMF18-19- 12/1967]] *[[MMF18-19- 12/1967]]
 +**On the cover: ''[[Barbarella]]'' ([[Honey Autumn]], bald [[handmaiden]] at Sogovian court)
*[[MMF20- 10/1968]] *[[MMF20- 10/1968]]
 +**On the cover: ''[[Mister Freedom]]'' ([[Delphine Seyrig]])
*[[MMF21- 04/1970]] *[[MMF21- 04/1970]]
 +**On the cover: ''[[Dracula et les Femmes]]'' ([[Veronica Carlson]])
*[[MMF22- 07/1970]] *[[MMF22- 07/1970]]
 +**On the cover: ''[[Skullduggery]]''
*[[MMF23- 10/1970]] *[[MMF23- 10/1970]]
 +**On the cover: [[Shiver of the Vampires]] (Dominique)
*[[MMF24- 12/1970]] *[[MMF24- 12/1970]]
 +**On the cover: ''[[Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell]]'' ([[David Prowse]])
*Bibliography: ''Etude analytique et sémiologique de Midi minuit fantastique'', [[René Prédal]], published by "Centre du vingtième siècle de Nice." *Bibliography: ''Etude analytique et sémiologique de Midi minuit fantastique'', [[René Prédal]], published by "Centre du vingtième siècle de Nice."
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-== External links == 
-*[http://www.devildead.com/indexdossier.php3?dossier=21 Souvenirs de Midi-Minuit Fantastique] 
-*[http://calindex.eu/parutions.php?op=larevue&larevue=MMF&min=0 index of all issues + covers] 
-*[http://www.cairn.be/article.php?ID_REVUE=RFEA&ID_NUMPUBLIE=RFEA_088&ID_ARTICLE=RFEA_088_0062 Cinéma américain et théories françaises : images critiques croisées] 
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Midi Minuit Fantastique (1962 - 1971) was a French film magazine published by Eric Losfeld and edited by Jean-Claude Romer.

Contents

Overview

Founded by Michel Caen and Alain Le Bris, with help from Jean Boullet, Francis Lacassin and Jean-Claude Romer, the magazine was dedicated to le fantastique, horror and science fiction films of the 1960s. It had a guide to the Parisian film theatres showing those cultish genres.

Some of Midi Minuit Fantastique issues were dedicated to special themes (King Kong, Dracula, The Most Dangerous Game).

In later days, when acceptance of alternative canons of cinema had grown, Midi Minuit Fantastique sometimes dealt with more mainstream subject matter with profiles on Samuel Fuller, Otto Preminger or Federico Fellini.

Literary fiction was also the subject of Midi Minuit, with a memorable essay on Gaston Leroux by Jean Rollin.

Precursors

Precursors to Midi Minuit Fantastique were the film magazine Saint-Cinéma des Prés (1949 - 1950) and Adonis Kyrou's Le Surréalisme au cinéma (1952). Lotte H. Eisner's The Haunted Screen (1952) also deserves mention.

In 1953 Eric Losfeld launches "Bizarre", dedicated to surrealism, the magazine also gives ample attention to fantastic cinema.

In 1957 there is a special issue entitled "Spécial Fantastique" in the magazine Cinéma.

In 1958 Forrest J Ackerman launches "Famous Monsters of Filmland."

What followed

As Gilles Menegaldo mentions, after Midi-Minuit cult magazines on the fantastique will proliferate. There is Horizons du fantastique, launched in June 1967 which specialized in the fantastic literature but also regularly has specials on horror cinema. A little later, magazine L’Écran fantastique is founded by Alain Schlockoff.

Issues 1 - 24 and bibliography

index of all issues + covers
  • Bibliography: Etude analytique et sémiologique de Midi minuit fantastique, René Prédal, published by "Centre du vingtième siècle de Nice."




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