Film language : a semiotics of the cinema / Christian Metz ; translated by Michael Taylor.
"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 cinema: langue ou langage?'"--Geoffrey Nowell-S...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English French |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
1991.
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| Edition: | University of Chicago Press edition. |
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| Summary: | "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 cinema: 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"--Publisher description. |
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| Item Description: | Translation of: Essais sur la signification au cinéma, tome 1. |
| Physical Description: | xvi, 268 pages ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-268). |
| ISBN: | 0226521303 9780226521305 |