Image-Music-Text Author:Roland Barthes These essays, as selected and translated by Stephen Heath, are among the finest writings Barthes ever published on film and photography, and on the phenomena of sound and image. The classic pieces "Introduction to the Structural Analysis of Narrative" and "The Death of the Author" are also included.
I haven't been able to get all the way through this book, but what I've read makes sense. Its a bit dry at times, but overall, it seems a lighter read than most essays from Barthes' time.