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The article presents the views of the author on the question "what is cinema?" The author answers this question by looking at the origins of cinema and the meaning of "cinema of the first time."

This article addresses the fundamental characteristics of the cinematographic apparatus, concerning the visual illusion it creates for the spectator. The fantasmogoria as an example of illustion creating optical devices of the 19th century. The author questions theories on the cinematographic apparatus that came out in the 1970s. Also includes an extensive bibliography.