Michael Gould

Welcome

I am a poet and writer on film. My Surrealism and the Cinema: Open-eyed Screening was one of the first English-language books on this subject. It grew out of my university film studies with international film scholar Jay Leyda, and it sought to break new ground in writing on film. It may have been ahead of its time (because it didn’t exactly become a bestseller), but those who know it have been very positive and the book had its influence. Since its release in 1976 I have re-written it for the reader of today.

I turned to writing poetry after that, waiting fifty years to release a first collection, Perverse Verse (2026). My poetry has also appeared in journals and magazines, both popular and academic, in Canada, the USA, the UK, Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand (where I live).

A guilty pleasure is keeping lists of absurd imaginary book titles, reflecting my ongoing interest in Surrealism. The best of these titles can be found in Confessions of a Confetti Fetishist (yet to be published in book form).