Film Language: A Semiotics of the Cinema

A pioneer in the field, Christian Metz applies insights of structural linguistics to the language of film.

"The semiology of film . . . can be held to date from the publication in 1964 of the famous essay by Christian Metz, 'Le cinéma: langue ou langage?'"--Geoffrey Nowell-Smith, Times Literary Supplement

"Modern film theory begins with Metz."--Constance Penley, coeditor of Camera Obscura

"Any consideration of semiology in relation to the particular field signifying practice of film passes inevitably through a reference to the work of Christian Metz. . . . The first book to be written in this field, [Film Language] is important not merely because of this primacy but also because of the issues it raises . . . issues that have become crucial to the contemporary argument."--Stephen Heath, Screen

Author: Christian Metz
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 12/15/1990
Pages: 286
Weight: 0.8lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.39w x 0.71d
ISBN: 9780226521305
Univ of Chicago Edition