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Signs and Meaning in Cinema BFI Silver

by Peter Wollen

Motion pictures, historyMotion pictures, aestheticsEisenstein, sergei, 1898-1948Motion picturesHistoryAestheticsAuteur theory (Motion pictures)Semiotics

First published in 1969, 'Signs and Meaning in the Cinema' helped transform the discipline of film studies by incorporating the methodology of structuralism and semiotics. This new edition explores the way in which a new approach to the cinema can be combined with a new approach to aesthetics.

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