tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30026901.post6483137066093824499..comments2009-07-11T18:54:57.476-07:00Bright Lights Film Journalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07283371703328315147noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30026901.post-50738989954818363942009-07-11T18:54:57.476-07:002009-07-11T18:54:57.476-07:00Jerry, though I&#39;m just responding now - thanks again for joining in! A great list, with many titles I&#39;ve yet to read.<br /><br />Goddamnit, that BFI picture is mouth-watering, and Joseph&#39;s comments only further whet the appetite. On the day I win the lottery I&#39;m buying the whole damn collection...and the Modern Classics series too. But then I&#39;m also buying the entire Criterion Collection so I&#39;m not sure when I&#39;ll have time to read them...MovieMan0283http://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30026901.post-45535096746697038102009-06-14T21:06:52.985-07:002009-06-14T21:06:52.985-07:00Yes, Joseph, I do like <i>Hitchcock&#39;s Films Revisited</i> and pretty much everything else Wood has written, but since this post was about the books that had the greatest impact on me, I had to go with the original version that I read as a teenager.<br /><br />As far as the BFI series goes, I agree that Kim Newman&#39;s <i>Cat People</i> and Corliss&#39;s <i>Lolita</i> are among the best. So is Charles Barr&#39;s <i>Vertigo</i>. Barr&#39;s brilliant monograph on Laurel and Hardy is another book that almost made my list.C. Jerry Kutnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10901663264449536920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30026901.post-11781910567265471462009-06-14T13:20:13.133-07:002009-06-14T13:20:13.133-07:00I certainly second the Truffaut Hitchcock, the Wood Hitchcock (do you like the Revisited version or just the original?). Though rather than Sarris, I&#39;m a Kael guy. My copy of For Keeps is so curled up you can hardly believe it. I love, love The BFI series and dream in my heart of hearts of one day producing one of those little elegant volumes. Though I must say I don&#39;t much admire Paglia&#39;s essay on The Birds. I never could figure out what she meant when she claimed the jungle gym covered in birds was to her a symbol of modern twentieth century consciousness; why she loathed poor Veronica Cartwright&#39;s character so much who is, believe me, not the post fifties father-knows-best-princess peach she makes her out to be; or that business with Melanie Daniel&#39;s car...I think I spent half my time arguing with the book&#39;s seemingly blithe capriciousness. I really liked Kim Newman&#39;s book on Cat People (as well as his packed book of buffery Nightmare Movies) and the Richard Corliss one on Kubrick&#39;s Lolita. I would also add some of Larry McMurtry&#39;s and Graham Greene&#39;s criticism as well. And Gore Vidal&#39;s marvelous Screening History (or Myra Breckrinridge for that mattter) if I were to create my own personal list.Joseph Aisenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631276995951400942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30026901.post-89455109502569089792009-06-11T14:26:54.813-07:002009-06-11T14:26:54.813-07:00Thanks, Andre.<br /><br />It&#39;s been corrected.C. Jerry Kutnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10901663264449536920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30026901.post-55658104410829105922009-06-11T13:25:41.341-07:002009-06-11T13:25:41.341-07:00A minor correction:<br />It&#39;s Kevin Brownlow.<br />And don&#39;t believe a word of what Francis X. Bushman says in that book...andrehttp://www.altfg.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30026901.post-7563644542402344842009-06-11T10:46:31.053-07:002009-06-11T10:46:31.053-07:00wow, thanks for this groovy list. I&#39;m definitely going to hunt down some of them.Erich Kuerstenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02850572368098319317noreply@blogger.com