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The Shame of Europe
The Shame of Europe
Documentary - 2009
Videocracy
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In a country where bella figura is a national pastime, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is the maestro of media manipulation. Having risen to political primacy with the aid of his Mediaset empire, he now controls 90% of the bel paese’s television channels including the state-run RAI network. Quantity, it seems, does not equal quality. Fed on a diet of semi-naked dancing girls, inane competitions and rickety reality shows built around the most ridiculous of premises, is it any wonder that Italians are becoming a nation of fame-hungry wannabes?
Director:
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Erik Gandini
Cast:
,
Silvio Berlusconi
,
Flavio Briatore
,
Fabrizio Corona
,
Lele Mora
,
Simona Ventura
,
Marella Giovannelli
,
Rick Canelli

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Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
85 min
Release date:
4 Sep 2009
Country:
DK, FI, GB, SE
Languages:
English, Italian
Budget:
$700,000
Revenue:
$1,179,676
Awards:
1 win & 5 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
If a team of clever screenwriters tried to script a cautionary tale about the politics of fame (and the fame of politics), they likely couldn't come up with anything odder or more apt than Erik Gandini's documentary Videocracy.
– Noel Murray,
AV Club,
11 Feb 2010
fresh:
Videocracy is a queasy-funny and unapologetically biased look at the televisual world that the Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, has created.
– Manohla Dargis,
New York Times,
11 Feb 2010
fresh:
The combination of terrific footage with a low, rumbling score of doom makes this a compelling horror show.
– Dave Calhoun,
Time Out,
2 Jun 2010
fresh:
Videocracy makes spooky comedy of a nation's addiction to fame.
– Wesley Morris,
Boston Globe,
17 Jun 2010
fresh:
Pulsing with incredulity and dread, it's less a fully developed argument than the seed of one.
– Sheri Linden,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jul 2010
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