{"product_id":"film-language-a-semiotics-of-the-cinema-paperback-1","title":"Film Language: A Semiotics of the Cinema - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristian Metz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA pioneer in the field, Christian Metz applies insights of structural linguistics to the language of film. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"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, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Modern film theory begins with Metz.\"-Constance Penley, coeditor of \u003ci\u003eCamera Obscura\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"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, [\u003ci\u003eFilm Language\u003c\/i\u003e] 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, \u003ci\u003eScreen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA pioneer in the field, Christian Metz applies insights of structural linguistics to the language of film.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 286\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 8.1 x 5.39 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 15, 1990\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42135238639751,"sku":"9780226521305","price":61.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/a4306413939dd17d7becd2ac71b6d171_db6ce903-93ca-4acd-8056-b6af773bbd49.webp?v=1732647974","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/film-language-a-semiotics-of-the-cinema-paperback-1","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}