Videocracy
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?
Average Score : 64.77
The Shame of Europe
Status: Released
Release Date: 2009-08-28
Geners Documentary
Production Companies Atmo Media Network Zentropa Entertainments SVT BBC Storyville DR Svenska Filminstitutet MEDIA Programme of the European Union Det Danske Filminstitut
Production Countries Denmark,Finland,United Kingdom,Sweden,Italy,
Run time: 85 minutes
Budget: $700,000
Revenue: $1,179,676
