| Release Date | Feb 12, 2010 |
| Rating | Not Rated |
| Summary | How can you explain what has happened to Italy in the age of its current prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi? Videocracy is director Erik Gandini’s critically-acclaimed inquiry into the mercenary underbelly of the high-glitz, low-politics, skin-baring media culture promulgated by Berlusconi’s ownership of the majority of the country’s television stations — a powerful tool in shaping public opinion to his financial and political benefit. Approaching the material as both insider and outsider, Gandini gains remarkable access to the opulent world of Berlusconi’s associates and the armies of willing wannabes that swarm around them, examining the key players (and their conflicted interests) and unveiling a modern Italy as both comedy and tragedy. (Lorber Films) |
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 If you think TV significantly lowers a country's collective IQ, imagine a vast idiot box theme park nation like Italy, whose leader, Burlusconi, is also the reigning media empire mogul. A scary, ruthless extreme celebrity vision of a soulless TV culture.
Feb 06, 2010
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 Rather than presenting a well-argued expose of the disturbing symbiosis that exists between Italo politics and TV, with Prime Minister Berlusconi being only the most obvious connection, the scribe-helmer gets sidetracked by marginal characters while keeping bare facts to a minimum.
Feb 09, 2010
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Despite glossing over the deeper social and political explanations for the rise of Berlusconi, this is a useful if not amusing introduction to a truly repellent and dangerous politician.
Feb 03, 2010
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Videocracy is hopelessly infected with the very prurience it means to expose--again and again, Gandini returns to images of pretty women grinding away for the camera in hopes of scoring their 15 minutes.
Feb 10, 2010
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Erik Gandini's documentary indicts Italy's prime minister for controlling the lion's share of TV stations and magazines but less convincingly connects the dots between the PM's media empire and his political power.
Feb 02, 2010
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Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is an ideal documentary subject, but Erik Gandini's jumbled take on Berlusconi's corrupting influence quickly shifts from good idea to wasted opportunity.
Feb 13, 2010
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Morbidly fascinating Swedish doc about Berlusconi's Italy hits the mark.
Feb 09, 2010
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Gandini makes it seem as if the nation of Dante and Fellini has been conquered by "Girls Gone Wild." As hyperbolic cases go, that's a pretty delicious one, but it's not quite true yet.
Feb 14, 2010
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Stunning, eerily atmospheric.
Feb 10, 2010
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| Genres | Education, General Interest, Documentary |
| Stars | Silvio Berlusconi, Flavio Briatore, Fabrizio Corona, Rick Canelli |
| Director | Erik Gandini |
| Writers | Erik Gandini |
| Studio | Koch Lorber Films |
| Review Count | 13 |
| Positive | 9 |
| Negative | 4 |
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