"[Jean Mitry] is the aristotle of film." -- r. Maccann.".probably the most profound and highly respected film theoretician and historian in France." -- the macmillan international film encyclopaedia first published in Fr..."[Jean Mitry] is the aristotle of film." -- r. Maccann.".probably the most profound and highly respected film theoretician and historian in France." -- the macmillan international film encyclopaedia first published in France, this study is a classic analysis of the value of semiotics in film analysis.