Author Raymond Durgnat

Raymond Durgnat

Raymond Durgnat is Visiting Professor at the University of East London. His books include Films and Feelings (Faber and Faber, 1967), Jean Renoir (Studio Vista, 1975), King Vidor, American (co-author Scott Simmon, University of California Press, 1988) and WR - Mysteries of the Organism (BFI, 1999). His voluminous articles and reviews since the early '50s are discussed by the contributors to this Senses of Cinema Festschrift in his honour. His current projects include a book on Michael Powell, a collection of his essays on theory, and a website.

Extract from A Long Hard Look at Psycho

Raymond Durgnat

May 2002

A Festschrift for Raymond Durgnat

THE CREDIT SEQUENCE The Paramount logo fades to a black screen, which turns light grey as music starts: chunky staccato chords under keening violins. From the right-hand edge, black stripes stretch across the ...