Cahiers du Cinéma Anthology Explores Television as a Distinct Medium

Edited by Thierry Jousse, the anthology "Le goût de la télévision" collects writings from Cahiers du Cinéma that examine television not merely as a cinema broadcaster but as a unique device shaping space, time, and new forms like series and debates. Contributors include André Bazin, André S. Labarthe, Charles Tesson, and Jean-Marc Lalanne. The cover features a 1996 photo of Jean-Luc Godard adjusting his camera for a clip with France Gall, which was banned. The book notes the absence of Louis Skorecki's foundational text "Contre la nouvelle cinéphilie" (1978), which declared television the last bastion of cinephilia. Jousse's own articles on 9/11 and the Iraq war frame television as a site of image warfare, now shifted to the internet.