{"product_id":"film-language-christian-metz-9780226521305","title":"Film Language: A Semiotics of the Cinema","description":"A pioneer in the field, Christian Metz applies insights of structural linguistics to the language of film. \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 cin駑a: 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christian Metz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226521303\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226521305\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/1990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.39w x 0.71d","brand":"Christian Metz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045621395711,"sku":"9780226521305","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_42cb6bca-ab86-435c-a7a0-01d6a7cd5a03.jpg?v=1684979767","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/film-language-christian-metz-9780226521305","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}