No need to be addicted to the cinema to enjoy this beautiful book on the 100 greatest ideas that have revolutionized the cinema. Each idea is embellished with beautiful pictures and a nice article. The ideas are not arranged chronologically but thematically. The themes are many and varied it goes the magic lantern to CGI through the close, the nickelodeons, film noir, series, short films, poetic realism, the studio realism, pornography, 3D, Digital Cinema and more
Enjoyable book to leaf no matter in what order. Can make a nice gift for the curious and for aficionados of the big screen It says a little small for my taste but that's the only downside that I found