“Cinema is the perverse art par excellence. It doesn’t give you what you want, it tells you what you want,” according to Slavoj Zizek, a Slovenian Marxist philosopher. Just like in the article “The MP3 as a cultural artifact” by Jonathan Sterne, where it is said that an MP3 is promiscuous, cinema; according to Zizeki — they say it's the same thing. This point will be discussed in more detail later in the document. This article aims to show cinema as a means of communication by explaining what cinema is and connecting it to different theories of notable authors and philosophers. The definition of cinema, how it is a means of communication, relationships to theories and brief case studies will be explored. What is cinema? Cinema can have very different meanings at different times: a physical space (“I go to the cinema.”), a means of entertainment (“Casablanca is a masterpiece of cinema!”) or even an entire industry with all the connections and entanglements that that entails (“I’m studying Bollywood cinema.”). (Gordon Gray, x) Although, in this article, cinema is not referred to as any of these in particular, but in general the different meanings will be selected to describe different aspects of cinema, both new and elders. Cinema is a communication medium because it sends a message. A film has a reason to be made. For example, Crash; a film by Paul Haggis – aims to show the role of race and class in middle society. The film sends a message by showing that it is essential to eliminate racism in our communities because it promotes unnecessary hatred towards people who may be useful to us at any given time. Cinema communicates with us in a way that other media cannot. It uses visual and audio (sometimes) to stimulate our minds and make us aware of things that are in the middle of a sheet of paper......ma." (86 quotes). Np, nd Web. March 18, 2014. Taras, David, Maria Bakardjieva and Frits Pannekoek. How Canadians communicate: media, globalization and identity. Calgary: University of Calgary, 2007. N. Print. .Np, nd Web. March 22, 2014. .Thornham, Sue, Caroline Bassett and Paul Marris: A Reader / Edited by Sue Thornham, Caroline Bassett and Paul Marris. on Hollywood, nd Web, March 18, 2014. Youngblood, Gene “Synesthetic Cinema: The End of Expanded Cinema.”: Dutton, 1970. N. pag...