Videocracy
The Shame of Europe
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?
Documentary
6.4
46 reviewsRuntime: 85 min.
Budget: $700,000
Revenue: $1,179,676
Release Date: 2009-08-28
Director(s): Erik Gandini
Production: Atmo Media Network, Zentropa Entertainments, SVT, BBC Storyville, DR, Svenska Filminstitutet, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Det Danske Filminstitut
Languages: English, Italian
IMDB: tt1500516
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