A Raymond Durgnat Bibliography

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Nouvelle Vague: The First Decade

A Motion Monograph, London, 1963, 102 pages.

Essentially an issue of Motion magazine given over to Durgnat's catalog of New Wave directors. The publication can also be found without its dustjacket, which can lead to confusion about editions.

Greta Garbo

Studio Vista/Dutton Pictureback, New York, 1965, reprinted 1967, 1970, 160 pages.

A survey of the actress's career, with copious photos from the John Kobal collection.

Eros in the Cinema

Calder and Boyars, London, 1966, 207 pages.

Durgnat's famous treatise on sex in the cinema. Much of the material is reprinted from Films and Filming. A a more detailed account of the content's sources is forthcoming.

Eros in the Cinema

Calder and Boyars, London, 1966, 207 pages.

A paperback version of the same book with a different cover, .

Franju

University of California Press, Berkeley, 1968, 144 pages.

One of two solo books that Raymond Durgnat did for Ian Cameron's Movie series. The book follows the director's career up through Les Rideaux Blancs.

Luis Bunuel

University of California Press, Berkeley, 1968, 152 pages.

The second of Durgnat's solo books in Ian Cameron's Movie series. The book follows the director's career up through Belle de jour. It was revised and reprinted in 1977.

Children of Albion: Poetry of the "'Underground" in Britain

Penguin, Baltimore, 1969, 384 pages.

An anthology edited by Michael Horovitz. Raymond Durgnat's poem, "Scrap Iron," appears on page 62.

Samuel Fuller

Edinburgh Film Festival, Edinburgh, 1969, 128 pages.

Published as a companion to the Fuller retrospective and edited by David Will, with a design that borrows from Ian Cameron's Movie books, the volume features 14 contributors. Durgnat's essay, "China Gate," appears on pages 49 - 54.

The Films of Robert Bresson

Praeger, New York, 1969, 144 pages.

Raymond Durgnat is one of seven contributors to this anthology edited by Ian Cameron of Movie magazine. The book follows Bresson's career up only through Une femme douce.

Films and Feelings

Faber and Faber, London, 1967, 288 pages.

The original British version of Raymond Durgnat's collection of essays, compiled in part from essays in Films and Filming and other publications. A more detailed account of the content's sources is forthcoming.

Films and Feelings

The MIT Press, Cambridge, 1967, 288 pages.

The American version of Raymond Durgnat's collection of essays.

The Crazy Mirror: Hollywood Comedy and the American Image

Horizon Press, New York, 1970, 280 pages, ISBN 8180 0701 X.

An American reprint of Durgnat's 1969 Faber survey of American comedy.

A Mirror for England: British Movies From Austerity to Affluence

Praeger, New York, 1971, 336 pages, ISBN 8180 0701 X.

An American reprint of Durgnat's 1969 Faber survey of American comedy.

Sexual Alienation in the Cinema: The Dynamics of Sexual Freedom

Studio Vista, London, 1972, 320 pages, ISBN 0 289 70261 5.

The original British version of Raymond Durgnat's skeptical book on Hitchcock, which has separate chapters on each of Hitchcock's films.

The Strange Case of Alfred Hitchcock: or, The Plain Man's Hitchcock

Faber and Faber, London, 1974, 419 pages, ISBN 0 571 09966 1.

Raymond Durgnat's skeptical book on Hitchcock, which looks at the director's career film by film.

The Strange Case of Alfred Hitchcock: or, The Plain Man's Hitchcock

The MIT Press, Cambridge, 1974, 419 pages, ISBN 0 262 04041 7.

The simultaneous American version of Raymond Durgnat's book on Hitchcock.

Jean Renoir

The University of California Press, Berkeley, 1974, 429 pages, ISBN 0 520 02283 1.

In the great tradition of the UC Press's director surveys, this is Raymond Durgnat's film by film analysis of the director's career. It appears that the material is all original to the book, but a more detailed account of the content's sources is forthcoming.

Durgnat on Film

Faber and Faber, London, 1976, 238 pages, ISBN 0 571 10656 0.

Half this book reprints material from Films and Feelings with the other half from The Crazy Mirror. A a more detailed account of the content's sources is forthcoming.

Luis Bunuel

University of California Press, Berkeley, 1977, 176 pages, ISBN 0 520 03424 4.

This revised and expanded edition includes four new essays, through The Phantom of Liberty. In comparison, note the series of essays Durgnat wrote for Film Comment on late Bunuel.

Powell, Pressburger and Others

BFI Publishing, London, 1978, 124 pages, ISBN 0 85170 086 1.

Published in conjunction with a retrospective of the filmmakers' works, this book by edited by Ian Christie features the work of five writers, including Durgnat's essays, "Durgnat on Powell and Pressburger" on pages 65 - 74, which reprints material, and "On The Small Back Room" on pages 74 - 78, written especially for the book. Much of the material is reprinted from Films and Filming. A a more detailed account of the content's sources is forthcoming.

King Vidor, American

The University of California Press, Berkeley, 1988, 382 pages, ISBN 0 520 05798 8.

Written with Scott Simmon, this is an expanded version of a book length two-part essay in Film Comment. A more detailed account of the content's sources is forthcoming.

WR: Mysteries of the Organism

BFI Publishing, distributed by The University of California Press, Berkeley, 1999, 96 pages, ISBN 0 85170 720 3.

Durgnat's next to last book while he was alive, this volume is something of a triumph for the BFI, which Durgnat resisted for many years. As published the book reveals no particular woes owing to the unusually constricting nature of the Modern Classics format. But, see the next volume.

A Long Hard Look at Psycho

BFI Publishing, distributed by The University of California Press, Berkeley, 2002, 248 pages, ISBN 0 85170 920 6.

Durgnat's last book while he was alive, this was apparently intended to be his contribution to the BFI Classics series. But the subject proved to be unruly, so it was finally published separately. It's appearance closely coincided with the writer's death.

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