Technological media catapults our perception into what Marshall McLuhan called "new transforming vision and awareness." As our lives become more and more immersed in such technologies as television, film, and interactive computers, we find ourselves inundated with a heightened sense of mindfulness--an aesthetic experience made possible through…

Article demonstrates that metaphors thrive in film, despite the denials that have been made by both literary critics and some film directors. (Author/CB)

The author briefly surveys some of the claims made about the presumed nature of film as language and some of the problems that arise. He considers the views of two influential schools of film criticism: the Russian formalists (Pudovkin and Eisenstein) and the British semiologist (Peter Wollen). (Author/SJL)

The relationship of film meaning to film criticism and film education is examined. Film scholarship needs to be more self-conscious in regard to the language used and to its value assumptions. (RM)