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Line 1: {{EngvarB\|date=June 2016}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox film \| name = Videocracy Line 11 ⟶ 13: \| distributor = \| released = {{Film date\|df=y\|2009\|8\|28\|Sweden\|2009\|9\|4\|Italy}} \| runtime = 85 minutes \| country = Sweden<br />Denmark<br />United Kingdom<br />Finland \| language = English<br>Italian Line 17 ⟶ 19: \| gross = }} '''''Videocracy''''' is a 2009 documentary film directed by Swedish-Italian [[Erik Gandini]] about [[Italian television]] and its impact on [[Italian culture]] and [[Italian politics\|politics]], and about [[Silvio Berlusconi]]'s powerful position on all of these. Gandini coined the phrase "The Evilness of Banality" to describe the cultural phenomenon of [[~~Berlusconismo~~Berlusconism]], thus making a word play on [[~~Hanna~~Hannah Arendt]]'s "[[Banality of Evil]]". Soon after its theatrical premiere in Sweden, the film was shown at the [[66th Venice International Film Festival]] where it gained massive attention. The trailer for the film has been banned by most Italian television broadcasters.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.repubblica.it/2009/08/sezioni/politica/rai-videocracy/rai-videocracy/rai-videocracy.html\|author=[[Maria Pia Fusco]]\|author-link=Maria Pia Fusco\|title=La Rai rifiuta il trailer di Videocracy "È un film che critica il governo"\|publisher=[[La Repubblica]]\|~~accessdate=09-07~~access-date=7 September 2009}}</ref> ''Videocracy'' uses the [[theme song]] for Silvio Berlusconi's presidential campaign, and now party theme, ''Meno male che Silvio c'è!'' (loosely translated: Thank God for Silvio!). When first hearing it the film's director Erik Gandini thought it was satire.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.puremovies.co.uk/interviews/erik-gandini/\|author=[[Dan Higgins (Pure Movies)]]\|title=Eric Gandini Interview\|publisher=[[Pure Movies]]\|~~accessdate~~access-date=13 August 2010~~-08-13~~}}</ref> ''Videocracy'' has won awards at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]], [[Sheffield Doc/Fest]], the Golden Graal awards, and the Tempo Documentary Award of 2010. ''Videocracy'' was widely distributed internationally, seeing theatrical release in the ~~USA~~United States, UK, ~~Holland~~the Netherlands, France, Poland, and Sweden among other countries. In Italy, where it opened in 90 theaters across the country on the weekend of 4 September 4, 2009, ''Videocracy'' came in 4th in box office rankings. ==Plot== {{more plot\|date=November 2015}} The Italian [[veline]] phenomenon is explained. We meet young mechanic Ricky who tries to become a TV star, but complains that it is more difficult for a man. TV agent [[Lele Mora]] admiringly says that Berlusconi resembles [[Benito Mussolini]]. [[Paparazzo]] [[Fabrizio Corona]] takes embarrassing photographs of celebrities, and asks them for money to not publicize them. He explains that he is a new version of [[Robin Hood]]: he steals from the rich, but keeps the money to himself. When he was convicted for extortion, it made him a greater celebrity, and he is now cashing in on this. He is shown full-frontally naked taking a shower. ~~==See also==~~ [[Videocracy]] ==References== Line 35: ==External links == {{Official website\|~~http~~https://~~www~~web.archive.org/web/20131215112238/http://atmo.se/film-and-tv/videocracy/}} * {{IMDb title\|1500516\|Videocracy}} * {{~~sfdb~~Sfdb title~~\|64209\|Videocracy~~}} * [http://www.wumingfoundation.com/english/wumingblog/?p=502 ''Videocracy''], a review by the [[Wu Ming]] collective. * http://filmmakermagazine.com/directorinterviews/2010/02/erik-gandini-videocracy.html Line 45: [[Category:2009 films]] [[Category:Danish documentary films]] [[Category:Finnish documentary films]] [[Category:British documentary films]] [[Category:2000s Italian-language films]] [[Category:Swedish films]]▼ [[Category:Swedish documentary films]] [[Category:~~2000s~~2009 documentary films]] [[Category:Works about Silvio Berlusconi]] [[Category:Documentary films about the media]] [[Category:Films directed by Erik Gandini]] [[Category:2000s British films]] ▲[[Category:2000s Swedish films]] {{2000s-Sweden-film-stub}} {{2000s-documentary-film-stub}}