Videocracy is a 2009 documentary film directed by Swedish-Italian Erik Gandini about Italian television and its impact on Italian culture and politics, and about Silvio Berlusconi's powerful position in these. Erik Gandini coined the phrase The Evilness of Banality to describe the cultural phenomenon of Berlusconismo. Thus making a word play on Hanna Arendt's Banality of Evil.
| Videocracy | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Erik Gandini |
| Written by | Erik Gandini |
| Produced by | Erik Gandini Mikael Olsen |
| Starring | Silvio Berlusconi Flavio Briatore Fabrizio Corona Lele Mora Simona Ventura |
| Cinematography | Manuel Alberto Claro Lukas Eisenhauer |
| Edited by | Johan Söderberg |
Release dates | Sweden: 28 August 2009 Italy: 4 September 2009 United States 12 February 2010 |
| Countries | Sweden Denmark United Kingdom Finland |
| Languages | English Italian |
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[1].
Videocracy uses the theme tune to Silvio Berlusconi's presidential campaign and now party theme, Meno male che Silvio c'è! (loosely translated as Thank God for Silvio!). When first hearing it Videocracy's director Erik Gandini thought it was satire. [2].
Videocracy has won awards at Toronto Film Festival, Sheffield Doc/Fest, the Golden Graal awards and the Tempo Documentary Award 2010. Videocracy has been widely distributed internationally, released theatrically in the USA, UK, Holland, France, Poland, Sweden among other. In Italy where it opened in 90 theaters across the country on the weekend of September 4th 2009, Videocracy became 4th in the Box Office rankings.
Plot
The 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
References
- ^ Maria Pia Fusco. "La Rai rifiuta il trailer di Videocracy "È un film che critica il governo"". La Repubblica. Retrieved 09-07-2009.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Dan Higgins (Pure Movies). "Eric Gandini Interview". Pure Movies. Retrieved 13-08-2010.
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External links
- Official website with trailer
- Videocracy at IMDb
- Videocracy, a review by the Wu Ming collective.
- http://filmmakermagazine.com/directorinterviews/2010/02/erik-gandini-videocracy.html
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/jun/23/videocracy-review
- http://movies.nytimes.com/2010/02/12/movies/12videocracy.html?em
- http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/film/82822/videocracy-film-review
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