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is the name for the relation of the subject to the chain of discourse. It defines the moment when the subject enters the symbolic 'in the guise of the signifier'.

the published versions of Lacan's seminar. ''Suture,' according to Miller,helps us to think more clearly about the way that the signifier makes possiblethe subject's entry into the Symbolic order. Suture ''names the relationof the subject to the chain of its discourse.'34 It defmes the moment whenthe subject enters the Symbolic ''in the guise of the signifier.'35Miller's conception of ''suture' has thus been taken up by film theoristto further develop a theory of cinematic spectatorship. In French theory,this was first taken up by Oudart, who argues that suture helps to situatethe cinematic spectator in his or her relation to the ideology of the text.Oudart's version of suture is conceived in its relation to the cinematic shot/reverse shot. As Kaja Silverman explains,' (The Symbolic, the Sublime, and Slavoj Zizek's Theory of FilmBy Matthew Flisfeder)

is to be tied like you embrace the one you love: firmly but tenderly.

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