CHATEAU, DOMINIQUE & FRANCOIS JOST

Nouveau Cinéma, Nouvelle Sémiologie

Paris: Union Générale D'Éditions, 1979. Original decorated wrappers. Library stamps & labels. Browning & wear throughout text block. Cover discoloured & somewhat worn, especially to lower right corner. Label on spine. ; French language edition. ; 17.8 x 10.7 x 1.3 cms; 314 pages; Nouveau cinéma, nouvelle sémiologie: Essai d’analyse des films d’Alain Robbe-Grillet by Dominique Chateau and François Jost is a seminal 1979 study that re-examines cinematic semiotics through the lens of Robbe-Grillet’s avant-garde films. The authors argue that traditional film semiology—particularly the influential theories of Christian Metz—was insufficient for analysing Robbe-Grillet’s experimental narratives, which disrupt conventional storytelling, visual continuity, and sound-image relationships. Chateau and Jost propose a “new semiology” tailored to the “new cinema” of the 1960s and 1970s. Rather than treating the filmic “shot” as the minimal unit of meaning, they advocate for a parametric analysis that considers how various audiovisual elements—such as motifs, sound patterns, and visual structures—interact across a film’s duration. This approach emphasises the interplay between image and sound, the recurrence of thematic motifs, and the presence of “tele-structures” (long-range structural patterns) that shape the viewer’s experience. The book focuses on Robbe-Grillet’s films—including L’Immortelle, L’Homme qui ment, and L’Éden et après—to demonstrate how these works challenge classical cinematic codes. By doing so, the authors call for a rethinking of semiotic frameworks to accommodate the complexities of modernist and postmodernist cinema. This work remains a foundational text in film theory, particularly for those interested in narrative experimentation, the relationship between sound and image, and the evolution of cinematic language.. Good+ with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 63401

Catalogue: Cinema

Keywords: Essays

FISCHER, LUCY

Cinemagritte. René Magritte Within the Frame of Film History, Theory, and Practice (Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Series)

Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press, 2019. Print on demand. Original decorated wrappers. ISBN: 0814346375. With coloured illustrations. Light shelfwear. ; Octavo; xiv, 287 pages. New with no dustjacket .

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Book number: LCH46696

Catalogue: Cinema

Keywords: 0814346375 Art Architecture & Design Surrealism

LEWIS, JERRY

The Total Film-Maker

London: Vision Press, 1971. First Edition. Original Boards. With plates. Some wear & some soiling to spine, covers & corners. Dustjacket somewhat torn & worn with some soiling. ; Octavo; 209 pages. Good+ in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: LCB60238

Catalogue: Cinema

Keywords: Filmmaking

SALYS, RIMGAILA (EDITOR)

The Russian Cinema Reader 2005-2016 (Film and Media Studies)

Boston, Massachussets: Academic Studies Press, 2019. Print on demand. Original decorated boards. ISBN: 161811963X. With illustrations. Light wear to spine, covers & corners. ; Octavo; 402 pages. Near Fine .

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Book number: LCH46943

Catalogue: Cinema

Keywords: 161811963x & Tv Social & Cultural History