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
- ISBN10 0226521303
- ISBN13 9780226521305
- Publish Date 15 December 1990
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 18 February 2022
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Chicago Press
- Edition Univ of Chicago PR ed.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 288
- Language English