Imaginary Signifier: Psychoanalysis and the Cinema. Tr from the French by Ben Brewster. Tr of Le Signifiant Imaginaire
Christian Metz
327 pages, Hardcover
ISBN: 0253331056
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Language: English
Publish: January 1, 1982
AcademicEssaysFilmNonfictionPhilosophyPsychoanalysisPsychologyTheory
“… less about film than about the psychology of the viewing experience.” — American FilmEmploying Freudian psychoanalysis, Christian Metz explores the nature of cinematic spectatorship and looks at the operations of meaning in the film text.