Videocracy - New Documentary on Berlusconi's Italy
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 "Brilliantly pulled off... a documentary horror sci-fi set in
the present." - Screen International
Official Selection: Venice Film Festival, Toronto International
Film Festival
How can you explain what's 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 (Gitmo: The New Rule of War)
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...read more and watch trailer.
 $249.00 with PPR
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