Resumen de Home cinema
While in recent years Hollywood has turned its back on serious drama, US cable series like The Wire and Mad Men have scaled new heights. At the same time, directors who made their name on the big screen have been embracing the creative opportunities offered by the small: Jane Campion with Top of the Lake is just the latest example. But is this phenomenon just a culmination of the cross-fertilisation between the two media that's been going on since the 1950s? After all, TV has always provided a space where directors eager to work on the big screen could learn their craft. What's less often looked at is the reverse route whereby established masters of cinema - Hitchcock, Welles, Fellini - turned their hands to the distinctive formats of TV. Though the results are less celebrated than their big-screen movies, they're no less compelling - and more readily available than ever. Over the following pages S&S examines the fascinating work made for TV over the past 60 years by the world's greatest filmmakers
