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xiii The฀essays฀on฀Tourneur฀and฀Mizoguchi฀appeared฀in฀their฀original ฀form฀in฀Film฀Comment฀and฀are฀reprinted฀here,฀revised฀and฀ (in฀the฀case฀of฀the฀latter)฀considerably฀extended,฀with฀the฀permission ฀of฀its฀editors.฀Other฀sections,฀written฀for฀the฀book,฀have฀ been฀serialized฀in฀Film฀Comment,฀and฀the฀essay฀on฀Welles฀has฀ appeared฀in฀translation฀in฀Positif. ฀ “Levin฀and฀the฀Jam”฀developed฀out฀of฀lectures฀given฀for฀the฀ Open฀University฀at฀York฀during฀the฀summers฀of฀1973฀and฀1974.฀ I฀would฀like฀to฀pay฀tribute฀to฀the฀stimulating฀and฀intensely฀creative ฀atmosphere฀of฀Open฀University฀summer฀schools. ฀ Many฀of฀the฀essays฀have฀developed฀out฀of฀lectures฀given฀during ฀the฀past฀five฀years฀at฀Queen’s฀University,฀Canada,฀at฀Berkshire ฀College฀of฀Education฀and฀at฀the฀University฀of฀Warwick.฀ Their฀final฀form,฀therefore,฀has฀been฀influenced฀by฀discussions฀ with฀colleagues฀and฀students฀in฀ways฀too฀intricate฀and฀often฀too฀ indirect฀for฀detailed฀acknowledgment฀of฀debts฀to฀be฀possible.฀ Peter฀Harcourt,฀Victor฀Perkins,฀Douglas฀Pye,฀Gary฀McCallum,฀ Dave฀Elliott,฀Joyce฀Nelson,฀and฀Tom฀Ryan฀have฀all฀been฀important ฀to฀me฀during฀this฀period,฀by฀virtue฀of฀encouragements฀or฀ argument;฀but฀I’m฀sure฀this฀list฀is฀far฀from฀exhaustive.฀I฀have฀ tried฀in฀this฀book฀to฀be฀completely฀myself,฀as฀a฀result฀of฀which฀ I฀have฀become฀much฀more฀aware฀of฀the฀multiplicity฀of฀influences ,฀tangible฀and฀intangible,฀by฀which฀the฀self฀is฀determined฀ at฀any฀given฀time. ฀ I฀want฀to฀acknowledge,฀without฀irony,฀a฀particular฀debt฀to฀ the฀editors฀and฀critics฀of฀Screen฀magazine,฀who฀have฀provided,฀ over฀the฀past฀few฀years,฀so฀sustained฀and฀formidable฀a฀challenge฀ ACKNOWLEDGMENTS to฀traditional฀aesthetics.฀If฀my฀work฀has฀developed฀during฀this฀ period—and฀I฀think฀it฀has—that฀development฀has฀been฀in฀large฀ measure฀ a฀ response฀ to฀ the฀ challenge.฀ Nor฀ is฀ the฀ debt฀ merely฀ negative:฀I฀believe฀the฀reader฀will฀repeatedly฀detect฀traces฀of฀a฀ positive฀influence,฀even฀if฀I฀have฀used฀ideas฀and฀interests฀derived฀ from฀Screen฀in฀ways฀with฀which฀its฀writers฀might฀not฀wish฀to฀be฀ associated. ฀ I฀ particularly฀ want฀ to฀ thank฀ The฀ Other฀ Cinema฀ for฀ their฀ generosity฀in฀repeatedly฀lending฀me,฀free฀of฀charge,฀prints฀of฀ Godard’s฀recent฀films.฀They฀knew฀that฀my฀attitude฀to฀the฀films฀ was฀not฀likely฀to฀be฀unequivocally฀favourable,฀and฀I฀interpret฀ their฀assistance฀as฀testifying฀to฀a฀disinterested฀concern฀for฀the฀ development฀of฀film฀culture;฀besides฀that,฀few฀distributors฀in฀ my฀experience฀are฀so฀welcoming฀and฀friendly. ฀ Finally,฀nothing฀in฀the฀book฀would฀be฀quite฀the฀same฀were฀it฀ not฀for฀my฀union฀with฀John฀Anderson,฀who฀has฀affected฀every฀ essay฀at฀every฀stage,฀from฀the฀first฀tentative฀formulation฀of฀ideas฀ to฀the฀detail฀of฀their฀final฀expression. xiv acknowledgments ...

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