A Semiotically-Based Theory of Film as a Approach to the Work of Lina Wertmuller
FAIN: FB-13238-77
Joan G. Magretta
Transylvania University (Lexington, KY 40508-1776)
To use the approaches derived from modern linguistic theory to examine film as a language which has its own syntax and structure, and to consider how film generates meaning. PI will test out various theoretical proposals in a series of essays focusing on the films of Lina Wertmuller.