Personal Views: Explorations in Film

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PERSONALVIEWS ROBIN WOOD Explorations in Film Revised Edition “Few฀serious฀thinkers฀about฀cinema฀have฀been฀untouched฀by฀Robin฀Wood’s฀singular฀insights.฀ These฀strikingly฀varied,฀richly฀rewarding฀essays฀demonstrate฀the฀ongoing฀importance฀of฀his฀ deeply฀felt฀yet฀rigorously฀argued฀views,฀reaffi ฀rming฀and฀revitalizing฀his฀commitment฀to฀fi ฀lm฀ criticism฀as฀an฀exacting,฀eclectic,฀and฀ultimately฀indispensable฀art.” ฀ —David฀Sterritt,฀author฀of฀Guiltless฀Pleasures฀ ฀ and฀chairman฀of฀the฀National฀Society฀of฀Film฀Critics “Personal฀Views฀reminds฀us฀on฀every฀page฀that฀Robin฀Wood฀has฀always฀been,฀as฀he฀still฀is,฀ a฀great฀fi ฀lm฀critic฀who฀unfailingly฀connects฀fi ฀lms฀and฀ideas฀in฀unexpected฀and฀provocative฀ ways.฀These฀essays฀exemplify฀the฀value฀of฀thinking฀critically฀about฀movies,฀the฀ways฀we฀experience ฀them,฀and฀their฀impact฀on฀society฀and฀culture.” ฀ —William฀Rothman,฀professor฀of฀motion฀pictures฀and฀director฀of฀the฀graduate฀฀ ฀ program฀in฀fi ฀lm฀studies฀at฀the฀University฀of฀Miami฀and฀author฀of฀Hitchcock:฀ ฀ The฀Murderous฀Gaze,฀The฀“I”฀of฀the฀Camera,฀and฀Documentary฀Film฀Classics ฀ “Concerned฀mostly฀with฀fi ฀lm,฀but฀also฀with฀literature,฀music,฀and฀pedagogy,฀this฀long-lost฀ book฀of฀humanistic฀criticism฀integrates฀aesthetics,฀morals,฀and฀politics฀in฀a฀set฀of฀precise,฀ resonant฀analyses฀of฀Welles,฀Hawks,฀Mizoguchi,฀Tolstoy,฀and฀others,฀while฀vividly฀challenging฀ the฀hegemony฀of฀theory.” ฀ —Bruce฀Kawin,฀author฀of฀Mindscreen฀and฀The฀Mind฀of฀the฀Novel฀ ฀ and฀professor฀of฀English฀and฀fi ฀lm฀at฀the฀University฀of฀Colorado฀at฀Boulder “Robin฀Wood’s฀Personal฀Views฀reminds฀us฀that฀experience฀is฀never฀out฀of฀date.฀His฀essays— erudite,฀mature,฀and฀carefully฀styled—strike฀me฀again฀today฀with฀the฀freshness฀and฀the฀depth฀ of฀the฀fi ฀lms฀that฀so฀took฀hold฀of฀him.฀I’m฀grateful฀for฀what฀he฀has฀felt฀and฀for฀such฀candid฀ refl ฀ection฀on฀those฀feelings.” ฀ —Dudley฀Andrew,฀R.฀Selden฀Rose฀Professor฀of฀ ฀ Film฀and฀Comparative฀Literature฀at฀Yale฀University Robin฀Wood฀is฀a฀founding฀editor฀of฀CineAction!฀and฀the฀author฀of฀numerous฀works,฀ including฀Hollywood฀from฀Vietnam฀to฀Reagan฀(Columbia฀University฀Press,฀1985)฀and฀ Sexual฀Politics฀and฀Narrative฀Film:฀Hollywood฀and฀Beyond฀(Columbia฀University฀Press,฀ 1998).฀He฀is฀professor฀emeritus฀at฀York฀University,฀Toronto,฀and฀the฀recipient฀of฀a฀Lifetime ฀Achievement฀Award฀from฀the฀Society฀for฀Cinema฀and฀Media฀Studies. Contemporary฀Approaches฀to฀Film฀and฀Television฀Series Cover฀photo:฀Germany,฀Year฀Zero Cover฀design฀by฀Maya฀Rhodes Wayne฀State฀University฀Press Detroit,฀Michigan฀48201-1309 FILM STUDIES/CRITICISM PERSONALVIEWS WOOD ฀FnL1฀00฀0000฀ 780814 332788 9 ISBN฀0-8143-3278-1 PV-Wood฀Mech.indd฀฀฀1 6/14/06฀฀฀11:33:11฀AM ...