L'Écran fantastique
{{Short description|French SF-Fantasy magazine}}
{{Infobox magazine
| image_file = L'Écran_Fantastique_50_Year_Anniversary_issue_cover.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| image_caption = Cover of the magazine's 50th Anniversary issue
| editor = Alain Schlockoff
| frequency = 12 issues a year
(8 Reboot+4 Vintage)
| category = Film
| company = Financière de loisirs
| founded = 1969
| finaldate =
| country = France
| based = Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
| language = French
| website = {{URL|https://ecranfantastique.fr/}}
| issn = 0769-1920
}}
L'Écran fantastique is a French magazine created in 1969 by Alain Schlockoff, dedicated to fantastic and science-fiction cinema.{{cite web | url =https://www.journaux.fr/lecran-fantastique-vintage-_cinema_art-et-culture_251886.html | title =L'Ecran fantastique vintage |author= | date =July 13, 2021 | website =journaux.fr | publisher =Auxerre Distribution Presse Foulon | access-date =September 3, 2021}}
History
After falling out with the publisher of Horizons du fantastique (1967–1976),{{cite web | url =https://www.noosfere.org/livres/niourf.asp?numlivre=2146586778 | title =Horizons du fantastique n° 38 |author= | date = | website =noosfere.org | publisher =nooSFere | access-date =September 3, 2021}} a film and literature publication, Schlockoff started the film-focused L'Écran fantastique on his own with scarce ressources.{{cite web | url =https://www.scifi-universe.com/actualites/7952/entretien-avec-alain-schlockoff | title =Entretien avec... Alain Schlockoff | last =L. | first =Nicolas | date =February 28, 2009 | website = scifi-universe.com | publisher =SciFi Universe | access-date =September 1, 2021}}
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.
It was then relaunched as a professionally printed publication in December 1970,{{cite web | url =https://calindex.eu/sommaire.php?revue=EFQ&numero=-21 | title =L'Écran fantastique 2è série n°1 |author= | date = | website =calindex.eu | publisher =Calenge | access-date =September 3, 2021}} 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.{{cite book |author= | date=Summer 1976 |title=L'Écran fantastique : situation, perspectives, images |series=Cinéma d'aujourd'hui, nouvelle série |location=Paris |publisher=FilmÉditions |isbn= }}{{cite book |last1=Andrevon |first1=Jean-Pierre |last2=Goimard |first2=Jacques |last3=Lowins |first3=Evelyne |last4=Michel |first4=Jean-Claude |last5=Schlockoff |first5=Alain |date=Spring 1977 |title=Demain la science-fiction |series=Cinéma d'aujourd'hui, nouvelle série |location=Paris |publisher=FilmÉditions }}
L'Écran fantastique finally became a regular publication in June 1977 through a deal with the Librairie des Champs-Élysées.{{cite magazine |author= |title=6ème festival de Paris du film fantastique et de science-fiction|date=Summer 1977 |magazine=L'Écran Fantastique |location=Paris |publisher=Librairie des Champs-Élysées |volume= |issue=1 | isbn=978-2-7024-0660-1}} Although another publisher change would occur in 1979, the magazine was now established and its frequency increased, first to bimonthly in 1980,{{cite magazine |author=|title=Exclusif!... L'Empire contre-attaque |date=July–August 1980 |magazine=L'Écran Fantastique |location=Paris |publisher=Média Presse Édition |issue=13}} then to monthly in 1982.{{cite magazine |author=|title=Dossier Blade Runner |date=September 1982 |magazine=L'Écran Fantastique |location=Paris |publisher=Média Presse Édition |volume= |issue=26 | quote= Le mensuel couleurs du cinéma fantastique et de science-fiction}}
The title celebrated its 50th anniversary with a special commemorative issue in May 2019.{{cite web | url =https://club-stephenking.fr/ecrantantastique-50ans | title =Deux adaptations de Stephen King parmi les meilleurs films des 50 dernières années selon L’Écran fantastique ! | last =Guerineau | first =Jeremy | date =June 8, 2019 | website =club-stephenking.fr | access-date =September 3, 2021}}
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.
English version
An English-language version of the magazine, simply called Fantastique, debuted in the United Kingdom in 2009,{{cite web | url =https://www.moviemags.com/main.php?title=FANTASTIQUE | title =Fantastique |author= | date = | website =moviemags.com | access-date =September 3, 2021}} with eyes on a possible US launch.{{cite web | url =http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.revues-de-cinema.net%2FHist_revue%2FFRA_05005_Ecran%2520fantastique_FRA.php | title =Ecran Fantastique| last =Gaignepain | first =Jean-Luc | date = | website =revues-de-cinema.net | access-date =September 3, 2021}} The market, however, proved unfavorable and publication of the English version stopped after just three issues.
Film festival
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
References
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Category:Film magazines published in France
Category:Magazines established in 1969