Film is, arguably, the most important, successful and significant expression of human culture. It is distributed globally through the cinema networks to millions of viewers, broadcast to billions of television viewers, franchised to many more through DVD and direct downloads; it is, therefore, the single most universal medium of our time. But what is film? Through the careful examination of several of these created worlds, the author sheds light on this phenomenon in a lavishly illustrated account of some of the greatest films ever made. In Volume One, they include: Blade Runner, The Draughtsman's Contract, Alien and ET.