Utopian TelevisionTelevision has long been a symbol of social and cultural decay, yet many in postwar Europe saw it as the medium with the greatest potential to help build a new society and create a new form of audiovisual art. Utopian Television examines works of the great filmmakers Roberto Rossellini, Peter Watkins, and Jean Luc Godard, all of whom looked to television as a promising new medium even while remaining critical of its existing practices. Utopian