Impersonal enunciation, or the place of film / Christian Metz ; translated by Cormac Deane ; afterword by Dana Polan.

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Metz, Christian [author.]

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TextPublisher number: EB00640451 | Recorded BooksLanguage: English Original language: French Series: Film and culturePublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (xxiv, 247 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9780231540643
0231540647

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Place of film

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Énonciation impersonnelle, ou, Le site du film. English

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Impersonal enunciation, or the place of film.DDC classification:

791.4301 23

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PN1995 .M44813 2015eb

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Humanoid enunciation -- The voice of address in the image : the look to camera --The voice of address outside the image : related sounds -- Written modes of address -- Secondary screens, or Squaring the rectangle -- Mirrors -- "Exposing the apparatus" -- Film(s) within film -- Subjective images, subjective sounds, "points of view" -- The I-voice and related sounds -- The oriented objective system : enunciation and style -- "Neutral" images and sounds -- (Taking theoretical flight) -- Afterword / by Dana Polan.

Summary: Christian Metz is best known for applying Saussurean theories of semiology to film analysis. In the 1970s, he used Sigmund Freud's psychology and Jacques Lacan's mirror theory to explain the popularity of cinema. In this final book, Metz uses the concept of enunciation to articulate how films "speak" and explore where this communication occurs, offering critical direction for theorists who struggle with the phenomena of new media. If a film frame contains another frame, which frame do we emphasize' And should we consider this staging an impersonal act of enunciation' Consulting a range of genres and national trends, Metz builds a novel theory around the placement and subjectivity of screens within screens, which pulls in-and forces him to reassess-his work on authorship, film language, and the position of the spectator. Metz again takes up the linguistic and theoretical work of Benveniste, Genette, Casetti, and Bordwell, drawing surprising conclusions that presage current writings on digital media. Metz's analysis enriches work on cybernetic emergence, self-assembly, self-reference, hypertext, and texts that self-produce in such a way that the human element disappears. A critical introduction by Cormac Deane bolsters the connection between Metz's findings and nascent digital-media theory, emphasizing Metz's keen awareness of the methodological and philosophical concerns we wrestle with today.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Christian Metz is best known for applying Saussurean theories of semiology to film analysis. In the 1970s, he used Sigmund Freud's psychology and Jacques Lacan's mirror theory to explain the popularity of cinema. In this final book, Metz uses the concept of enunciation to articulate how films "speak" and explore where this communication occurs, offering critical direction for theorists who struggle with the phenomena of new media. If a film frame contains another frame, which frame do we emphasize' And should we consider this staging an impersonal act of enunciation' Consulting a range of genres and national trends, Metz builds a novel theory around the placement and subjectivity of screens within screens, which pulls in-and forces him to reassess-his work on authorship, film language, and the position of the spectator. Metz again takes up the linguistic and theoretical work of Benveniste, Genette, Casetti, and Bordwell, drawing surprising conclusions that presage current writings on digital media. Metz's analysis enriches work on cybernetic emergence, self-assembly, self-reference, hypertext, and texts that self-produce in such a way that the human element disappears. A critical introduction by Cormac Deane bolsters the connection between Metz's findings and nascent digital-media theory, emphasizing Metz's keen awareness of the methodological and philosophical concerns we wrestle with today.