A pioneering figure in film studies, Christian Metz proposed countless new concepts for reflecting on cinema, rooted in his phenomenological structuralism. He also played a key role in establishing film studies as a scholarly discipline, making major contributions to its institutionalisation in universities worldwide. This book brings together a stellar roster of contributors to present a close analysis of Metz's writings, their theoretical and epistemological positions, and their ongoing influence today.

Margrit Tröhler is a professor in the Department of Film Studies at the University of Zurich.Guido Kirsten is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Media Studies at Stockholm University.

Acknowledgments & Editorial Note Margrit Tröhler — Christian Metz and Film Semiology — Dynamics within and on the Edges of the ‘Model’: An Introduction I. Metz and the Tradition of Film TheoryRaymond Bellour — Two Ways of Thinking Michel Marie — Christian Metz and His Theoretical Legacy Roger Odin — Christian Metz for Today Frank Kessler — Thinking Cinema: Christian Metz and/in the Tradition of Film Theory Guido Kirsten — Barthes’ Early Film Semiology and the Legacy of Filmology in Metz II. Questions of Form and AestheticsMartin Lefebvre — Christian Metz and Aesthetics Francesco Casetti — Christian Metz and the Modern Cinema André Gaudreault & Philippe Gauthier — Christian Metz, Editing, and Forms of AlternationIII. Specificities of the Cinematic Code and the ImaginaryPhilip Rosen — Between Classical and Postclassical Film Theory: Metz on Specificity Then and Now Selim Krichane — Cyber-Metz? The Notion of Code in the Writings of Christian MetzMarc Vernet — Yes, the Image Lies Beyond Analogy: Understanding Metz with Cartier-Bresson Mary Ann Doane — The Cinematic Signifier and the Imaginary D.N. Rodowick — Fetishism and Skepticism, or the Two Worlds of Christian Metz and Stanley Cavell IV. Narration, Enunciation, CinephiliaAnne Goliot-Lété — Cinema: Image or Narrative Dana Polan — Semiotics, Science, and Cinephilia: Christian Metz’s last book, L’énonciation impersonnelle Alain Boillat — ‘ŸTheorizeŒ, he says... ’: Christian Metz and the Question of Enunciation: A Theory in (Speech) Acts Dominique Bluher — Personal Enunciation: Presences of Absences Nico Baumbach — Metz With Deleuze: From Film-Philosophy to Film Theory and Back Again Two Interviews with Christian MetzElena Dagrada — Thirty Years After Elena Dagrada & Guglielmo Pescatore — The Semiology of Cinema? It Is Necessary to Continue! A Conversation with Christian Metz Margrit Tröhler — Flashback to Winter 1990 Dominique Blüher & Margrit Tröhler — ‘I Never Expected Semiology to Thrill the Masses’: Interview with Christian Metz Postscript‘Conclusion’ (handwritten note by Christian Metz) Summaries List of Contributors List of Translators