Making Images Move reveals a new history of cinema by uncovering its connections to other media and art forms In this richly illustrated volume, Gregory Zinman explores how movingimage artists who worked in experimental film pushed the medium toward abstraction through a number of unconventional filmmaking practices, including painting and scratching directly on the film strip deteriorating film with water, dirt, and bleach and applying materials such as paper and glue This book provides a comprehensive history of this tradition of 8220handmade cinema8221 from the early twentieth century to the present, opening up new conversations about the production, meaning, and significance of the moving image From painted film to kinetic art, and from psychedelic light shows to video synthesis, Gregory Zinman recovers the range of forms, tools, and intentions that make up cinema8217s shadow history, deepening awareness of the intersection of art and media in the twentieth century, and anticipating what is to come