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Videocracy

Denmark, United Kingdom, Finland, Sweden

2009

85 Min
Color
1.85:1
Italian, English
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DIR Erik Gandini

EXEC Kristina Åberg

PROD Erik Gandini, Axel Arnö, Mikael Olsen

SCR Erik Gandini

DP Manuel Alberto Claro, Lukas Eisenhauer

CAST Silvio Berlusconi, Flavio Briatore, Fabio Calvi, Rick Canelli, Fabrizio Corona

ED Johan Söderberg

MUSIC Johan Söderberg, Krister Linder, David Österberg

Venice (International Critics' Week), Toronto (Real to Reel), São Paulo, Transilvania (Special screening), Melbourne (Documentaries)

Synopsis

This penetrating look at the media empire of Italy’s prime minister Silvio Berlusconi reveals how his reality TV shows full of bikini-clad women enriched his friends and beguiled a nation. —tiff.net

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velapoma

15May12

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AnAppleScruff

23Jan12

Interesting and embarrassing, as an Italian.

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Nathan.

16Jan12

Interesting watch.

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Christopher Smith

8Feb11

A fairly shocking true-life conspiracy tale of celebrity culture run amok. It profiles some truly fascinating personalities who populate a corrupt political climate that almost sounds too strange to be true. As compelling as the subject is, the editing could use some tightening and, as a film, it doesn't lead to any kind of satisfying conclusion. But despite its flaws, an important and engrossing film.

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"October Country," "Timbuktu," "Videocracy" and "American Radical"

By David Hudson on February 10, 2010

"The type of introspective, intimate domestic American nonfiction that has sprouted up so much in art-house theaters in the wake of the success

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The Auteurs Daily: Venice and Toronto. Videocracy

By David Hudson on September 10, 2009

  "If you wanted to script a cautionary tale about the politics of fame (and the fame of politics), you couldn't come up with anything

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TIFF 09: VIDEOCRACY Review

By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
It has often been said that we’re living in a digital age and that those who control the media control the public. It’s such a common sentiment that most western nations have entrenched controls guaranteeing
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TIFF 09: VIDEOCRACY Review

By Twitchfilm.net on July 17, 2010
It has often been said that we’re living in a digital age and that those who control the media control the public. It’s such a common sentiment that most western nations have entrenched controls guaranteeing
→ read on Twitchfilm.net

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I watched Videocracy

By benjist​yler on August 26, 2010

And I have a few comments for the director:
Form is a big deal. Please, if you are planning on extensively using voice-over, elocution classes might be a good idea, or you may want to consider…  read review

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This could be good

2 posts by 2 people over 2 years ago