A Robin Wood Bibliography
A descriptive, illustrated bibliography of the work of noted film critic
Robin Wood.
Hitchcock's Films
A. S. Barnes and Co., New York, with A. Zwemmer Ltd., London, 1965, 193 pages.
Robin Wood's first book on Hitchcock, which covers the director's work through Marnie.
Howard Hawks
Doubleday and Co., New York, in conjunction with Sight and Sound and the British Film Institute, London, 1968, 200 pages.
The first edition of Wood's book on Hawks. It is No. 7 in a BFI series that held various names and came out from numerous publishers; in this case, the overall series is called Cinema World.
The Book is dedicated to David Moran, a then high school student whom Wood explains he took with him to an interview with Howard Hawks. Mr. Moran may have information about very difficult to track down essays that Wood (and perhaps Mr. Moran himself) contributed to The Welwyn Garden City High School Film Bulletin. If Mr. Moran stumbles upon this bibliography its creators are hoping that he will contact them.
Ingmar Bergman
Praeger, New York, 1969, 192 pages.
Issued in both hardback and trade paperback editions, this is one of the early books in a series edited by the late Ian Cameron, in conjunction with Movie. Like almost all of the books in the series its dimensions are six inches wide and 6.5 inches high. It covers Bergman's movies up through The Shame. This book contains some of Wood's most famous and quoted statements on film criticism in general.
Arthur Penn
Praeger, New York, 1969, 144 pages.
Issued in both hardback and trade paperback editions, this is another one of the early books in a series edited by Ian Cameron, in conjunction with Movie (though I am guessing that it was published after the Bergman book). Like almost all of the books in the series its dimensions are six inches wide and 6.5 inches high. The book covers Penn's films up through Little Big Man. The final chapter contains Wood's reporting from the set of Little Big Man, illustrated with the author's photographs.
Editions Seghers, translated by Jeanine Ciment, 1975, 192 pages.
This version of Wood's book is part of the Cinema Today series, includes the original contents, with an interview with Penn by wood, originally published in Movie No. 19, a portfolio of reviews by various French reviewers from Cahiers and Positif, and elsewhere, and with a filmography and bibliography.
Hitchcock's Films
A. S. Barnes and Co., New York, with A. Zwemmer Ltd., London, second enlarged edition, 1969, 204 pages, ISBN 498 07418 8.
This is the second version of Wood's seminal book on Hitchcock, with the addition of a chapter on Torn Curtain.
Hitchcock's Films
Paperback Library, New York, September, 1970, 223 pages.
A mass market reprint of the second enlarged edition from 1969, going through Torn Curtain. The cover announces it as No. 2 in the International Film Guide series.
Antonioni, Revised Edition, Ian Cameron and Robin Wood
Praeger, New York, 1971, 152 pages.
This is the second edition of a book first published in 1968, and is updated with the inclusion of an essay on Zabriskie Point (I don't have a copy of the first version for comparison). Like almost all of the books in the series its dimensions are six inches wide and 6.5 inches high. Wood's essays for the final third of the book, covering Red Desert, Blow Up (one of the two ways the title is spelled in the book), and Zabriski Point.
Claude Chabrol, Michael Walker and Robin Wood
Praeger, New York, 1970, 144 pages.
Like almost all of the books in the series its dimensions are six inches wide and 6.5 inches high. Wood's contributions include the following:
"Introduction/ Le Beau Serge, pages 6 - 19.
"A Double Tour," pages 32 - 38.
"Les Bonnes Femmes," pages 39 - 57.
"Les Godelureaux," pages 58 - 64.
"Landru," pages 76 - 81.
"Marie-Chantal and The Tigers," pages 82 - 91.
"Le Ligne de Demarcation," pages 91 - 97.
"Le Scandale and Le Route de Corinthe," pages 98 - 102.
"Les Biches," pages 103 - 112.
"La Femme Infidele," pages 113 - 122.
The Apu Trilogy
Praeger, New York, 1971, 96 pages.
Issued in both hardback and trade paperback editions, another in a series edited by Ian Cameron, in conjunction with Movie. Like almost all of the books in the series its dimensions are six inches wide and 6.5 inches high. It covers the three films in Ray's trilogy, with side glances at some of his other films. This book contains some of Wood's most inspirational statements.
Personal Views: Explorations in Film
Gordon Fraser, London, 1976, 255 pages, ISBN 0 900406 64 X.
Eleven essays by Wood gathered together from diverse sources. The essays on Jacques Tourneur and Mizoguchi are revised and expanded versions of essays that appeared in Film Comment; the Welles essay appeared in Positif. Others grew out of lectures. A detailed account of the provenance of the other essays will be added to this bibliography as information develops.
Hitchcock's Films: Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged
A. S. Barnes and Co., South Brunswick and New York, with The Tantivy Press, London, 1977, 174 pages, ISBN 0 498 01749 4.
The third installment of Wood's first book on Hitchcock. The most visible change or addition is a new opening chapter called "Retrospective," that both updates the book through Hitchcock's final films (Topaz, Frenzy, and Alfred Hitchcock's Family Plot), but also unveils Wood's then most recent thinking on the value of the director's work as a whole. It is here, too, in the opening paragraph, that Wood revealed that he had written the auto-critique of Wood's work called "Lost in the Wood" in Film Comment under the pseudonym (rather obvious, in retrospect) George Kaplan.
The American Nightmare: Essays on the Horror Film, edited by Robin Wood and Richard Lippe
Festival of Festivals, Toronto, 1979, 100 pages.
"An Introduction to the American Horror Film: Part I: Repression, The Other, The Monster; Part II: Return of the Repressed; Part III; The Reactionary Wing," Robin Wood, pages 7 - 28.
"Der Erlkønig: The Ambiguities of Horror," Robin Wood, pages 29 - 32.
"The Devil, Probably; The Symbolism of Evil," Andrew Britton, pages 34 - 42.
"The Dark Mirror: Murnau's Nosferatu," Robin Wood (1970), pages 43 - 49.
"The Exorcist," Andrew Britton, pages 50 - 53.
"Jaws," Andrew Britton, pages 54 - 57.
"Sisters," Robin Wood, pages 59 - 63.
"Full Circle: A Circle of Deception" Richard Lippe, pages 65 - 66.
"Assault on Precinct 13: The Mechanics of Repression," Tony Williams, pages 67 - 73.
"World of Gods and Monsters: The Films of Larry Cohen: Larry Cohen World of," Robin Wood, pages 75 - 86.
"The Horror of Martin," Richard Lippe, pages 87 - 90.
"Apocalypse Now: Notes on the Living Dead," Robin Wood, pages 91 - 97.
Howard Hawks
BFI Publishing, London, 1981, 216 pages, ISBN 0 85170 111 6.
The second edition of Wood's book on Hawks. Though there may be modest, silent changes to the text (Wood says that he has left the main body of the text as originally published), the chief difference is a final 15-page chapter called "Retrospect."
Hollywood from Vietnam to Reagan
Columbia University Press, New York, 1986, 328 pages, ISBN 0 231 05776 8.
An important anthology of Wood's essays from the mid-1970s through the mid-1980s. Among the subjects are American horror films, Brian De Palma, The Chase,Robert Altman, Cimino, Scorsese, Romero, Cohen, and, most crucially, the "incoherent text." Sources for the original essays, in many cases expanded, revised, or collated from multiple essays, include Film Comment, Canadian Forum, Mosaic, and Movie. With this book Wood forged a productive association with Columbia University Press, which would issue four more books by Wood. A detailed account of the provenance of other changes will be added to this bibliography as information develops.
Hitchcock's Films Revisited
Columbia University Press, New York, 1989, 395 pages, ISBN 0 231 06550 7.
A major revision of Wood's important book on Hitchcock. Among the new elements are a new acknowledgements page, an introduction (dated 1988), new to this edition, and eight new essays, forming the "revisited" half of the book. Those not new for the book come from Film Comment, American Film, and CineACTION!. A detailed account of the provenance of the other essays will be added to this bibliography as information develops.
Sexual Politics and Narrative Film: Hollywood and Beyond
Columbia University Press, New York, 1998, 352 pages, ISBN 0 231 07605 3.
An important collection of essays, mostly derived from CineACTION!, but with one from Film Quarterly. Subjects include Renoir, Ozu, Leo McCarey, Gaslight, Letter from an Unknown Woman, Mizoguchi, Persona, Mandingo, Rivette, Murnau, and Greg Araki. A detailed account of the provenance of other changes will be added to this bibliography as information develops.
The Wings of the Dove: Henry James in the 1990s
BFI Publishing, London, 1999, 96 pages, ISBN 0 85170 734 3.
A monograph for the BFI's Modern Classics series.
Hitchcock's Films Revisited, Revised Edition
Columbia University Press, New York, 2002, 413 pages, ISBN 0 231 12695 6.
A second revision of Wood's already heavily revised book on Hitchcock. Most obvious among the new elements is fascinating, autobiographical preface to the revised edition, and a concluding essay on Marnie from CineACTION!. A detailed account of the provenance of other changes will be added to this bibliography as information develops.
Rio Bravo
BFI Publishing, London, 2003, 88 pages, ISBN 0 85170 966 4.
A second book by Wood from the BFI's film monographs series.
Hollywood from Vietnam to Reagan … And Beyond: Expanded and Revised Edition
Columbia University Press, New York, 2003, 363 pages, ISBN 0 231 12967 X.
New elements of this revision include a detailed and autobiographical prologue and essays on Day of the Dead, My Best Friend's Wedding, teen films, Fincher, and Jarmusch (the "Beyond" section), mostly derived from CineACTION!. A detailed account of the provenance of other changes will be added to this bibliography as information develops.
Howard Hawks: New Edition
Wayne State University Press, Detroit, 2006, 210 pages, ISBN 0 8143 3276 5.
A second reprint of Wood's book, with a new introduction by Wood and a forward by series editor Barry Keith Grant.
Personal Views: Explorations in Film
Wayne State University Press, Detroit, 2006, 210 pages, ISBN 0 8143 3278 1.
A reprint of Wood's collection of essays, but published for the first time in the United States. This edition adds three other Wood essays ("Notes for a Reading of I Walked with a Zombie," "Creativity and Evaluation: Two Film Noirs of the Fifties," and "Responsibilities of a Gay Film Critic"), a new introduction by the author, and a forward by series editor Barry Keith Grant.
Ingmar Bergman: New Edition
Wayne State University Press, Detroit, 2013, 347 pages, ISBN 13.978.0.8143.3360.0.
A reprint of Wood's 1969 Movie book on the Swedish director, with additional material. According to Wood in the new edition of his Hawks book, the new version of the Bergman book was to be half again as long as the previous edition. Besides the complete contents of the Movie book, there is a forward by Barry Keith Grant, a preface by Richard Lippe, acknowledgements, and four additional essays published after the original book: "Moments of Release: Cries and Whispers" (1973, reprinted from the Times Educational Supplement), "Call Me Ishmael: Fanny and Alexander" (1983, reprinted from Canadian Forum), "Persona Revisited," (1994, reprinted from Cineaction, and its revised version in Sexual Politics and Narrative Cinema); and "From the Life of the Marionettes: Bergman, Sweden, and Me," (2000, which originally appeared in Swedish in the magazine FilmHäftet).
Arthur Penn: New Edition
Wayne State University Press, Detroit, June, 2014, 280 pages, ISBN 9780814333587.
Edited by Barry Keith Grant, and with an introduction by Richard Lippe.
[Text to come.]
The Apu Trilogy: New Edition
Wayne State University Press, Detroit, October, 2016, 168 pages, ISBN 9780814332771.
Edited by Barry Keith Grant, and with a preface by Richard Lippe.
[Text to come.]
Robin Wood on the Horror Film: Collected Essays and Reviews
Wayne State University Press, Detroit, November, 2018, 456 pages, ISBN 9780814345252.
Edited by Barry Keith Grant, and with a preface by Richard Lippe.
[Text to come.]
"Uncollected Robin Wood Project"
Unpublished; Wayne State University Press, Detroit, year to come, pages to come, ISBN to come.
A prospective posthumous collection of Wood reprints.