The paper, which may also serve as an introduction to the phenomenon Live Cinema, summarizes individual manifestos of artists and theorists dealing with this topic at the beginning of the millenium. It analyses their debates and focuses on the ways they differ and define their boundaries in relation to VJing and expanded cinema. Particular theses are put into different cultural, social and geographical context, revising their starting points and practical use in art. Texts of the following authors are analysed: grayson Cook, Duncan White, Mitchell Whitelaw, Peter Greenaway, Mia Makely and others.
