The Attractions of the Moving Image: Essays on History, Theory, and the Avant-Garde - Paperback BookWritten by Tom Gunning Edited by Daniel Morgan An essential collection of new and selected essays by influential cinema and media studies scholar Tom Gunning. Tom Gunning is the author of multiple books and nearly two hundred essays that have defined the field of cinema and media studies. His works have transformed our understanding of early cinema and the American avant garde and reset the terms of many central debates in film and media history and