Fuller concludes her book by discussing the writings of University of Chicago students in the late 1920’s.  Her last chapter analyzes the changing desires of students as they grew older and the way in which they took in cinema.  This concept of learning how to take in a media is one that is important but not necessarily addressed much.  Much of the writing that gets done about a given medium is coming from the point of view of someone who grew up with that medium and is looking back on his/her experiences.  Today media like video games or the internet are ones that generations were born into and know how to use just like they know how to speak a language.  What has been fascinating about learning about the first 20 years of the cinema was that it was a medium that was not inherently learned by the public.

Throughout the first two or three decades of cinema there was a constant “discussion” between the industry and the viewer about what role cinema would play in the United States.  Wether it be content, presentation, or participation it was a language that had to be solidified.  Fuller finishes her book with a conclusion talking about the coming of the talkies.  While I agree with Fuller’s last sentence, that the “discussion” between industry and viewer would continue after the introduction and acceptance of the talkie films, it is my general feeling that the coming of sound film also represents a time when the film industry finally had a good grasp on what they wanted, what the viewers and fans wanted, and the best ways to meet both their needs.