The Attractions of the Moving Image: Essays on History, Theory, and the Avant-Garde

by Tom Gunning

An essential collection of new and selected essays by influential cinema and media studies scholar Tom Gunning.

Tom Gunning is the author of multiple books and nearly two hundred essays that have defined the field of cinema and media studies. His works have transformed our understanding of early cinema and the American avant-garde and reset the terms of many central debates in film and media history and theory. His 1986 essay "The Cinema...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022647982X
• ISBN13: 9780226479828
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.