How the movie works. Theory and history of cinema

"How Cinema works - a large -scale study in the form of a stylish and fascinating comic book. Illustrator Edward Ross invites readers on a trip to his favorite films, including “strong nuts "," Running blade ", black and white ribbons Charlie Chaplin and Buster Kiton, Author"s cinema Andrei Tarkovsky, Jean-Luka Godard and Stanley Kubrick, Horror" Fly "and the Texas massacre of the chainsaw."
Using the language of the comic book, the author talks about the history and modern theories of cinema with a touching intonation of an avid film fan, without destroying the magic of the movie, but complementing it with new shades. Having divided the book into 7 thematic chapters (eye, body, scenery and architecture, time, language and voice, ideology and power, technology and technology), Ross mixes the classics of world cinema in his study (Hitchcock, Chaplin, Citizen Kane), mass Cinema ("Terminator", "Alien") and Art House ("Be John Malkovich", "Waltz with Bashir").
As the author himself says, in this book, built on careful research, to the edges filled with references and allusions, even the most sophisticated film fan will certainly find something new. " By the way, the author is one of the main characters of the book. He appears in different places, then one or surrounded by famous characters and leads us throughout the history of cinema.

Book chips
Available and visual presentation of the history and theory of cinema.
Ross gives quotes from various theoretical works. Sources are collected in the bibliographic list at the end of the book.
In the notes, the author reveals and explains all the references and allusions available in pictures and text.
Each page of the book is a kind of list of films for viewing.

For whom this book
For all enthusiastic cinema.
For students of theater institutes.
For everyone who loves comics.

About the author
The artist and illustrator Edward Ross lives and works in Edinburgh. He received higher education in the field of cinema. The author of a series of popular science comics for museums and universities.
As the author admits, he was always fascinated by two things: cinema and comics. At first, Ross published each chapter of this book with small independent issues