Film: Ab Initio 1895: 1909 is a must read for all students and fans of early silent film. This books collects A.S. Anand's reviews from his popular blog Film: Ab Initio and chronicles cinema's earliest masterpieces.
Thanks to the advent of YouTube, the majority of the reviewed films are now available for a mainstream audience for the first time since the films' cinematic releases over a hundred years ago. So pick up this book and be taken on an exuberant journey through the first fifteen years of cinematic history.
This is the first book of a 12 book series that will chronicle cinema's great works from the art form's inception up until the present day.