Videocracy

The Shame of Europe

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?

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2009-08-28
  • Runtime: 85 min
  • Country: Denmark, Finland, United Kingdom, Sweden
  • Language: English, Italian
  • Status: Released
  • IMDb Rating: 6.4
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