Film Language: A Semiotics of the Cinema - Softcover

Metz, Christian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226521303 ISBN 13: 9780226521305

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1990

Synopsis

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

About this title

From the Back Cover:

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

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0226521303
• ISBN 13: 9780226521305
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 286