The collection of works of the famous Soviet critic and film critic V. Shklovsky includes articles and research about cinema, written by the author for sixty years - from 1924 to 1983. Taken together, they unfold a broad panorama of the formation and development of Soviet cinema. The book contains a huge amount of valuable historical and cultural material .. Of particular interest are the creative portraits of the largest figures of Soviet cinema - C. Eisenstein, W. Pudovkina, E. Shub, Vasilyev brothers, Dzigi Vertov, G. Gossip and many others[edit] For film specialists, cultural historians, as well as readers interested in the art of cinema .