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"It is essential reading for anyone concerned with the theoretical discussion of cinema, and ideology in general." ―Semiotica

" . . . Heath is an antidote to the Cinema 101 worldview." ―Voice Literary Supplement

Heath's study of film draws on Lacanian psychoanalysis, semiotics, and Marxism, presenting film as a signifying practice and the cinema as a social institution of meanings.

268 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1981

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