Lars Henrik Gass: Film and Art After Cinema. Updated and Expanded New Edition. Film is losing its connection to cinema, which is gradually disappearing as a mass medium. Cinema has produced a distinct form of social perception that differentiates film from the arts. This is the conclusion of Lars Henrik Gass's provocative and knowledgeable polemic, which is now finally available in an updated and significantly expanded new edition. Gass has written a partisan and polemical book about the decline of cinema. He describes the conditions under which film emerges and becomes visible today as an art form. Many films and installations, as well as historical manifestations of film, are discussed.