Videocracy
6.4
August 2009
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?
Runtime:
1 hour 25 minutes
Status:
Released
Original Language:
en
Budget:
$700,000.00
Revenue:
$1,179,676.00
Director:
Erik Gandini