Interview on Film Semiology
Raymond Bellour: Can we consider yourEssais sur la Signification au Cinéma(Paris, Klincksieck 1968) as the first book of film semiology? Christian Metz: On a level that I would call ‘official’, we could indeed, and it has been done. Nonetheless, in my opinion, this is not the first book where we can...
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Published in | Conversations with Christian Metz pp. 83 - 108 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Book Chapter |
Language | English |
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Amsterdam
Amsterdam University Press
15.11.2017
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Summary: | Raymond Bellour: Can we consider yourEssais sur la Signification au Cinéma(Paris, Klincksieck 1968) as the first book of film semiology?
Christian Metz: On a level that I would call ‘official’, we could indeed, and it has been done. Nonetheless, in my opinion, this is not the first book where we can find reflections of this nature. We must not forget the various contributions of the Russian formalists, in particular the collective anthologyPoetika Kino(Film Poetics), on which Shklovsky, Tynianov and Eichenbaum collaborated. Additionally, in a more diffuse, scattered manner, there are certain passages in the writings of |
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ISBN: | 9789089648259 9089648259 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9789048526734-009 |