Biography
The film theories of semiotician Christian Metz had tremendous influence on the American branch of film studies. His two-volume Film Language: A Semiotics of the Cinema (translated into English and published in 1974) is considered a seminal study into the inner meaning of films by the outward symbolism of their images. His book Language and Cinema (1974) took a broader approach to the cultural and historical influence of film. By 1977, Metz incorporated psychoanalytic theory into his work with The Imaginary Signifier (translated into English and published in 1982). ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
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