Personal Views: Explorations in Film

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Revised฀edition฀published฀2006฀by฀Wayne฀State฀University฀Press,฀Detroit,฀ Michigan฀48201.฀Originally฀published฀1976฀by฀the฀Gordon฀Fraser฀ Gallery฀Ltd.,฀London฀and฀Bedford.฀Original฀edition฀©฀1976฀by฀Robin฀ Wood.฀Advisory฀editor฀Michael฀Wallington.฀No฀part฀of฀this฀book฀may฀ be฀reproduced฀without฀formal฀permission.฀Manufactured฀in฀the฀United฀ States฀of฀America. ฀ 10฀09฀08฀07฀06฀ ฀ 5฀4฀3฀2฀1 Library฀of฀Congress฀Cataloging-in-Publication฀Data Wood,฀Robin,฀1931– Personal฀views฀:฀explorations฀in฀film฀/฀Robin฀Wood.—฀Rev.฀ed. p.฀cm. Originally฀published:฀London฀:฀G.฀Fraser,฀1976. Includes฀bibliographical฀references฀and฀index. ISBN฀0-8143-3278-1฀(pbk.฀:฀alk.฀paper) 1.฀฀Motion฀pictures—Aesthetics.฀2.฀฀Film฀criticism.฀฀I.฀Title.฀ PN1995.W645฀2006 ฀791.4301—dc22 2006007540 The฀publishers฀acknowledge฀the฀Kobal฀Collection฀for฀the฀stills฀from฀ The฀Scarlet฀Empress,฀Remember฀the฀Night,฀and฀I฀Walked฀with฀a฀Zombie;฀ and฀the฀British฀Film฀Institute฀for฀the฀stills฀from฀Sansho฀Dayu,฀Les฀ Carabinieres,฀Letter฀from฀an฀Unknown฀Woman,฀Touch฀of฀Evil,฀Germany,฀ Year฀Zero,฀and฀Rio฀Bravo. The฀following฀essays฀have฀been฀previously฀published:฀“Notes฀for฀a฀ Reading฀of฀I฀Walked฀with฀a฀Zombie”฀first฀appeared฀in฀print฀in฀the฀Winter฀ 1986฀issue฀of฀CineAction!฀magazine,฀“Creativity฀and฀Evaluation:฀Two฀Film฀ Noirs฀of฀the฀Fifties”฀first฀appeared฀in฀print฀in฀the฀Summer/Fall฀1990฀issue฀ of฀CineAction!฀magazine,฀and฀“Responsibilities฀of฀a฀Gay฀Film฀Critic”฀first฀ appeared฀in฀print฀in฀the฀January/February฀1978฀issue฀of฀Film฀Comment฀ magazine. ISBN 978-0-8143-3278-8 eISBN 978-0-8143-4006-6 ...