Arguing that no one can stay indifferent to the cinema any longer, Bloem examines film as an art with laws of its own. Chapters on the tools of the trade, screen texts, trick photography, the scene, the setting and the poet weigh the medium against painting, theatre and literature, with expressionist films in view.
An early piece of film theory from the silent era, translated by Allen W. Porterfield. Download the free EPUB.