1st printing. By Blutch. Cover by David Mazzucchelli. What are the movies? What effect do they have on us? Why do we love them so much? Blutch addresses all these questions in a series of interlocking short comics that move between scholarly history, romantic theory and ribald vignettes, featuring a motley cast of actors and topics including Burt Lancaster, Jean-Luc Godard, Luchino Visconti, Claudia Cardinale, Tarzan, and Michel Piccoli! Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 88 pages, PC. Mature Readers Cover price $22.95.