Christian Metz and the codes of cinema film semiology and beyond

A pioneering figure in film studies, Christian Metz proposed countless new concepts for reflecting on cinema, rooted in his phenomenological structuralism. He also played a key role in establishing film studies as a scholarly discipline, making major contributions to its institutionalisation in univ...

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Other Authors: Tröhler, Margrit (Editor), Kirsten, Guido (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press 2018, [2018]©2018
Series:Film theory in media history
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505 0 |a 'I Never Expected Semiology to Thrill the Masses': Interview with Christian Metz Postscript 'Conclusion' (handwritten note by Christian Metz) Summaries List of Contributors List of Translators 
505 0 |a Yes, the Image Lies Beyond Analogy: Understanding Metz with Cartier-Bresson Mary Ann Doane -- The Cinematic Signifier and the Imaginary D.N. Rodowick -- Fetishism and Skepticism, or the Two Worlds of Christian Metz and Stanley Cavell IV. Narration, Enunciation, Cinephilia Anne Goliot-Lété -- Cinema: Image or Narrative Dana Polan -- Semiotics, Science, and Cinephilia: Christian Metz's last book, L'énonciation impersonnelle Alain Boillat -- 'ŸTheorizeŒ, he says... ': Christian Metz and the Question of Enunciation: A Theory in (Speech) Acts Dominique Bluher -- Personal Enunciation: Presences of Absences Nico Baumbach -- Metz With Deleuze: From Film-Philosophy to Film Theory and Back Again Two Interviews with Christian Metz Elena Dagrada -- Thirty Years After Elena Dagrada & Guglielmo Pescatore -- The Semiology of Cinema? It Is Necessary to Continue! A Conversation with Christian Metz Margrit Tröhler -- Flashback to Winter 1990 Dominique Blüher & Margrit Tröhler --  
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505 0 |a Acknowledgments & Editorial Note Margrit Tröhler -- Christian Metz and Film Semiology -- Dynamics within and on the Edges of the 'Model': An Introduction I. Metz and the Tradition of Film Theory Raymond Bellour -- Two Ways of Thinking Michel Marie -- Christian Metz and His Theoretical Legacy Roger Odin -- Christian Metz for Today Frank Kessler -- Thinking Cinema: Christian Metz and/in the Tradition of Film Theory Guido Kirsten -- Barthes' Early Film Semiology and the Legacy of Filmology in Metz II. Questions of Form and Aesthetics Martin Lefebvre -- Christian Metz and Aesthetics Francesco Casetti -- Christian Metz and the Modern Cinema André Gaudreault & Philippe Gauthier -- Christian Metz, Editing, and Forms of Alternation III. Specificities of the Cinematic Code and the Imaginary Philip Rosen -- Between Classical and Postclassical Film Theory: Metz on Specificity Then and Now Selim Krichane -- Cyber-Metz? The Notion of Code in the Writings of Christian Metz Marc Vernet --  
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520 |a A pioneering figure in film studies, Christian Metz proposed countless new concepts for reflecting on cinema, rooted in his phenomenological structuralism. He also played a key role in establishing film studies as a scholarly discipline, making major contributions to its institutionalisation in universities worldwide. This book brings together a stellar roster of contributors to present a close analysis of Metz's writings, their theoretical and epistemological positions, and their ongoing influence today