# R.I.P. Robin Wood (film critic)

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 8, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-robin-wood-film-critic/524196 "2010-01-08T19:55:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-robin-wood-film-critic/524196/1 "2010-01-08T19:55:14Z")

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I just learned of the death of Robin Wood, British film critic and author of the book _Hitchcock’s Films_ … that was the book was was my introduction to and definition of film criticism, back when I was in college. (And, coincidentally, several months before I met Hitchcock.)

Sigh.

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**Author:** ![Promethea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Promethea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Promethea)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-robin-wood-film-critic/524196/2 "2010-01-08T20:41:45Z")

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That’s so sad. His revised working of that book as “Hitchcock’s Films Revisited” was the first book to open my eyes to film criticism too and it remains my favourite. Even now, I find it hard to watch anything of Hitchcock’s without hearing his astute and insightful observations. A very sad loss.

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-robin-wood-film-critic/524196/3 "2010-01-08T21:00:10Z")

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Well, I’ll be the first to think that [D. B. Woodside](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0940851/) had died(he played Robin Wood on Buffy).

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-robin-wood-film-critic/524196/4 "2010-01-08T21:07:44Z")

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Dear Og, but you freaked me out.

**Robin Wood** is an artist that we know. She’s done several works featuring Pepper Mill.

[http://www.robinwood.com/](http://www.robinwood.com/)

Robin the artist is alive and well, and her fibromyalgia is in remission.

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-robin-wood-film-critic/524196/5 "2010-01-09T13:06:53Z")

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OK, I’ve edited the thread title to be more specific. Thanks for the suggestion, and sorry I worried some of you.

**Promethea** , I really didn’t like the additions in his revisions of the book. He discovered that he was gay, and his later insights are all colored through his personal gay-lens. For me, the first part (the original book) was life-changing and the additions were… well, sad.