Utopian Television Rossellini, Watkins, and Godard Beyond Cinema |
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| Author:
| Cramer, Michael |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5179-0039-7 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2017 |
| Publisher: | University of Minnesota Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $30.00 |
Book Description:
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In UtopianTelevision, Michael Cramer examines works of the great filmmakers RobertoRossellini, Peter Watkins, and Jean-Luc Godard, all of whom looked totelevision as a promising new medium even while remaining critical of itsexisting practices. Cramer reveals the extent to which television inspired andshaped hopes of a better future as well as of better moving image.
In UtopianTelevision, Michael Cramer examines works of the great filmmakers RobertoRossellini, Peter Watkins, and Jean-Luc Godard, all of whom looked totelevision as a promising new medium even while remaining critical of itsexisting practices. Cramer reveals the extent to which television inspired andshaped hopes of a better future as well as of better moving image.