| Film Language: A Semiotics of the Cinema Univ of Chicago Edition Contributor(s): Metz, Christian (Author), Taylor, Michael (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0226521303 ISBN-13: 9780226521305 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $33.66 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 1990 Annotation: A pioneer in the field, Christian Metz applies insights of structural linguistics to the language of film. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism |
| Dewey: 791.430 |
| LCCN: 90046965 |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 5.39" W x 8.1" (0.80 lbs) 286 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 |