140×215 (60×90/16), paperback, ill., 376 pp., 2004
ISBN 5-86793-292-3

The well-known scholar Mikhail Yampolsky’s new book is a collection of articles on cinema. Written between 1982 and 2002, these include both old works drawn from out-of-print editions and recent writings. The detailed notes provided by the author for each article highlight the curious intellectual phenomenon reflected in the book: a transition from semiotics to phenomenology in the study of cinematic substance and form. Language is dedicated to Alexander Sokurov, whose views on cinema, the author feels, developed along a similar path to his own. Yampolsky finds further food for thought and philosophical analysis in the work of Starevich, Kuleshov, Peleshyan, German, Muratova and other directors, as well as various cinema experts.

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