André Bazin's new media

"André Bazin's writings on cinema are among the most influential reflections on the medium ever written. Even so, his critical interests ranged widely and encompassed the ""new media"" of the 1950s, including television, 3D film, Cinerama, and CinemaScope. Fifty-seven of his reviews and essays addressing these new technologies-their artistic potential, social influence, and relationship to existing art forms-have been translated here for the first time in English with notes and an introduction by leading Bazin authority Dudley Andrew. These essays show Bazin's astute approach to a range of visual media and the relevance of his critical thought to our own era of new media."--

Editor's note: about this collection -- Introduction: André Bazin meets the new media of the 1950s -- The ontology and language of television -- Television among the arts -- Television and society -- Television and cinema -- Cinerama and 3D -- Cinemascope -- Afterword: is cinema mortal?

Part 4. Television and cinema. 27. Television and the Revival of Cinema -- 28. Television and Cinema -- 29. Is Television a Degradation for Filmmakers? -- 30. Some Films Are Better on the Small Screen Than the Large -- 31. Should Television Be Allowed to Chop Films to Pieces? -- 32. From Small Screen to Widescreen -- 33. Sacha Guitry Is Confident about TV, Just as He Was about Cinema in 1914 -- 34. Jean Gabin Gets TV’s “Sour Lemon” Prize -- 35. “The Glass Eye” Will Reveal a New Hitchcock -- 36. Hitchcock on TV -- 37. Renoir and Rossellini: Two Top Recruits for Television -- 38. Renoir and Rossellini Debut on TV -- 39. Cinema and Television: An Interview with Jean Renoir and Roberto Rossellini -- 40. About Television: A Discussion with Marcel Moussy and André Bazin -- Part 5. Cinerama and 3D. -- 41. New Screen Technologies -- 42. Cinerama: A Bit Late -- 43. Cinerama, a Disappointment -- 44. Cinema in 3D and Color: Amazing! -- 45. A New Stage in the Process: Math Equations for 3D -- 46. Will a War in Three Dimensions Take Place? -- 47. The Return of Metroscopix -- 48. The House of Wax: Scare Me . . . in Depth! -- 49. The Real Crime on La Rue Morgue: They Assassinated a Dimension! --…