20世纪70年代,运用符号学进行电影研究的做法如火如荼地展开,对该领域所产生的后果已远远超出了对于符号、能指和所指的令人兴奋的发现。最为引人注目的就是符号学给予电影研究所急需的庄严感。不但这种系统化、近乎科学的研究方法赋予这个主题本身合法的地位,而且它还把不相关联的研究路径整合在一起,成为一种扎实精深的学科。评论研究室变得时髦起来,直至今日 In the 1970s, the use of semiotics for film research was in full swing and the consequences for the field went far beyond the excitement of the notion, signifier and reference. Most striking is that semiotics gives the Film Institute a much needed sense of solemnity. Not only is this systematic and nearly scientific approach to research granting legitimacy to the subject itself, but it also brings together uncorrelated research paths into a solid discipline. Research labs have become trendy until today