Videocracy (2009)

Director:

Erik Gandini

Writer:

Erik Gandini (written by)

Release Date:

28 August 2009 (Sweden)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

A look at segments of the Italian population who are consumed with celebrity worship. |

Plot Keywords:

Celebrity | Celebrity Worship | Agent | Striptease | Sardinia

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Silvio Berlusconi	...	Himself (archive footage)
Flavio Briatore	...	Himself
Fabio Calvi	...	Himself
Rick Canelli	...	Himself
Fabrizio Corona	...	Himself
Samantha Crippa	...	Herself
Marella Giovannelli	...	Herself
Nina Heric	...	Herself
Lele Mora	...	Himself
Lorenzo Paolini	...	Himself
Simona Ventura	...	Herself (archive footage)

Directed by
Erik Gandini		(documentary director)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Erik Gandini		written by

Produced by
Axel Arnö	....	producer
Tobias F. Dahl	....	assistant producer
Ann-Louice Dahlgren	....	associate producer
Erik Gandini	....	producer
Mikael Olsen	....	producer
Hanna Storby	....	assistant producer
Kristina Åberg	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Krister Linder
Johan Söderberg
David Österberg

Cinematography by
Manuel Alberto Claro
Lukas Eisenhauer

Film Editing by
Johan Söderberg

Production Management
Svante Tidholm	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Iacopo Patierno	....	assistant director

Editorial Department
Thomas Barkenäs	....	digital intermediate colorist

Production Companies

• Atmo Media Network
• Zentropa Entertainments
• Sveriges Television (SVT)
• BBC Storyville (in collaboration with)
• Danish Broadcast Corporation (in collaboration with)
• YLE Co-Productions (in collaboration with)
• Swedish Film Institute (support)
• Det Danske Filminstitut (support)
• Nordisk Film- & TV-Fond (support)
• Programme MEDIA de la Communauté Européenne (support)

Distributors

• CDI Films (2010) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Folkets Bio (2009) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Lorber Films (2010) (USA) (theatrical)
• Wild Bunch Benelux (2010) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Against Gravity (2010) (Poland) (all media)
• Dogwoof Pictures (2009) (UK) (all media)
• Fandango (2009) (Italy) (all media)
• SBP (2011) (Argentina) (DVD)

Also Known As:

"Videokratia" - Finland (TV title)
"Médiaország - A TV hatalma" - Hungary (imdb display title)
"Videocracia" - Argentina (festival title)
"Videocracy" - France (imdb display title)
"Videocracy" - Argentina (imdb display title)
"Videocracy - Basta apparire" - Italy
"Videokratia" - Greece (festival title)
"Wideokracja" - Poland (imdb display title)

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

Sweden | Denmark | UK | Finland

Language:

Italian | English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Italy:T | Sweden:Btl | Netherlands:12 | UK:15 | Argentina:13

Company:

Atmo Media Network

worth watching, unless I suppose you're from Italy

what strikes me about the reviews is the shock of people in the US who feel that this monopoly is so different from the so called 2 party system here in the US. first off, things aren't much better in this country with regards to poor taste, exploitation of women, and a cattle like docility of the population. 2ndly, at least ital isn't so involved in slaughtering millions around the globe. while there's shock aplenty when those numbers come up at the end giving Italy's stature in rank among countries in the world for issues such as "freedom" and "sexual equality" I can't imagine that the US is all that far ahead. in fact, "freedom" seems like such a slippery concept... the health care problems here mean far less freedom to have live all that long in this country, our educational system is becoming so exclusive, while belonging in the EU, any citizen of Italy can study at any major university in the entire EU for free, that kind of empowerment can engender freedom of a sort people here can only long for.

The movie did move pretty slowly at times and more information might have been conveyed at the expense of long shots that didn't really use up the screen time all that convincingly.