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Videocracy

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Filmmaker Erik Gandini examines segments of the Italian population who are consumed with celebrity worship.

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Joshua Rothkopf Time Out Rated: 5/5 Nov 17, 2011 Full Review Sheri Linden Los Angeles Times Pulsing with incredulity and dread, it's less a fully developed argument than the seed of one. Rated: 3/5 Jul 16, 2010 Full Review Peter Bradshaw Guardian Videocracy is a fascinating film, indicative of the new wave of scorn and revulsion felt by a younger generation of Italians for Berlusconi's smug and mediocre rule. Rated: 4/5 Jun 25, 2010 Full Review Brent Simon Shared Darkness Less than the sum of its parts; colorful, but not quite a forceful enough inquisition into the go-go, power-grab pop intersection of fame, tabloidism and information management to connect in lasting emotional fashion. Rated: C Aug 12, 2010 Full Review Paul Knoll Metro Times (Detroit, MI) Celebrity and the PR politico Rated: B- Jun 23, 2010 Full Review Jeffrey Gantz Boston Phoenix Italian-born director Erik Gandini's damning mess of a documentary purports to reveal that Italy is TV- and celebrity-besotted -- which is true but not new. Rated: 2/4 Jun 10, 2010 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member The subject matter is interesting but it's poorly but together, lacking in structure and a cohesive editorial narrative Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member I was relieved when this long laundry list of descriptions of malaise was over. Three stars of five. The film certainly described aspects of a couple of layers of current Italian society, but it has an unfortunate ax-grinding feel to it. I came away from watching this film knowing more than I did from just Internet news accounts, but I did not feel it is a substantial difference. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member devastante ma inevitabile Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Forse mi aspettavo qualcosa in più da questo documentario di un italiano esule in Svezia, ma in Italia forse sono quasi tutte cose risapute sul potere della televisione e dell'apparenza, con i noti personaggi di Lele Mora (xenofobo di merda) e Corona (ridicolo Robin Hood moderno). Di certo in Italia il problema è più accentuato ma non risulta peculiare di altri paesi occidentali imbottiti di reality e di gossip. Il ritmo è lento come la nausenante voce fuori campo del doppiaggio italiano. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Horrific look at Berlusconiism, the base world of Italian television (90% owned by Berlusconi) which mainly consists of unedifying sexist pap. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review walter m "Videocracy" starts by showing the inherent superiority of European television over its American counterpart. Sadly, the documentary does not see it that way as it seems to think any undressing on television leads immediately to "Caligula."(Relax, it's not like Hugh Hefner is running the country or anything...) All of which is laid at the feet of now former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi(why couldn't he have held on for another couple of weeks?) and his vast media empire which controls 90% of the television stations in Italy which on the face of it is very, very bad. But the documentary is less interested in his government's policies than in fame and reality programs which are not just an Italian problem but a worldwide plague. Even worse, the filmmakers in pure amateur hour fashion do not even come close to connecting the dots. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Filmmaker Erik Gandini examines segments of the Italian population who are consumed with celebrity worship.
Director
Erik Gandini
Producer
Axel Arnö, Erik Gandini, Mikael Olsen
Screenwriter
Erik Gandini
Production Co
Det Danske Filminstitut, Danmarks Radio, Atmo Media Network, Sveriges Television, Nordisk Film & TV-Fond, Zentropa Entertainment, Svenska Filminstitutet
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 25, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$23.6K
Runtime
1h 25m
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