Cinema Panopticum

Title: Cinema Panopticum
Original Title: Cinema Panopticum
Author: Thomas Ott
Type: Silent/Wordless Novel
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
ISBN: 9781560976493
Pages: 104 pages
First Published: 2005




First of all, I want to say that this was the first Wordless Novel I ever read I ever encountered. Yes, it said wordless novel. My first thought was, if you subtract words from a novel, what would you got? An empty notebook? LOL. That was my original perception. But then I was recommended this book by a friend and I gave it a try. Surprisingly, I love it. So, if you still wondering what is a Wordless Novel, a short description will be "a narrative genre that uses sequences of captionless pictures to tell a story". Read more from wiki, here.



This book was a funny-scary-bizzare work by Thomas Ott, a name I just recently knew about, but up until now his works had given me much enjoyment. I particulary love this one, a series of stories inside a story, which could be read/watch separately - every parts are solid and properly told, or read/watch entirely as whole - and feel the ghastly excitement.

The Girl
A little girl wants to have some fun on an amusment park, but she only has 5 dimes. Everything are too expensive, except for Cinema Panopticum. A dime per cinema.

The Hotel
A customer of a hotel found his hotel was unexplainably quiet, but a feast was already ready on the table... not knowing who the chef was.

The Champion
A wrestler try to outfight death.

The Experiment
A man with poor eyes sight has been given magic pills. His eyes don't get better, but....

The Prophet
Is the end of lives on earth coming soon?

The Girl
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Got goooooosebump!

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After thought: why did I write this review in English?? It's wordless novel afterall.....!!

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/274166614