Cyber-Metz?: The Notion of Code in the Writings of Christian Metz

In this article, I will focus on the different uses of the concept of code at the heart of the ‘cinematic thought’ of Christian Metz. To do so, I will take as a starting point the premise that there exists a historical lineage between the notion of code as set out in information theory and its application by Christian Metz, mainly in his writings ranging from ‘The Cinema: Language or Language System?’ toLanguage and Cinema.² I must specify that this hypothesis does not offer an in-depth review of the linkages Metz establishes between cinema and linguistics or cinema and