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Videocracy (2009)

Director

Erik Gandini

Subject

Media studies; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £4.99

Silvio Berlusconi is the most powerful man in Italy, wielding authority and influence across the media, where he controls 90 per cent of television, and in politics, where he is prime minister. He even owns...

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1900 (2007)

aka: Novecento

Director

Bernardo Bertolucci

Subject

Film Studies; History; Italian studies; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 326 minutes), £15.99

Bertolucci’s epic film of the political turmoils that took place in Italy in the first half on the 20th century. It chronicles the lives of two men born on the same day in 1900. Depardieu plays the bastard...

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Unification of Italy, The (1988 Video)

Producer

Ian Thompson

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Betamax, VHS. col. 30 min., 1996 sale: £19.99 (+VAT inc. p&p)

Looks at the reasons for the creation of a unified, secular state which few appeared to want. Emphasises the disunity of Italy in term of class, economics and politics and stresses the importance of...

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Viva Zapatero! (2006)

Director

Sabina Guzzanti

Subject

Media studies; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 80 minutes), £9.99

Sabina Guzzanti’s documentary deals with her own ill-fated television show, RAIot, which aired on RAI, the Italian public television service. The show featured comedy sketches in which Guzzanti, a...

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Dario Fo: ‘Accidental Death of an Anarchist’ (2002)

Subject

Drama; History

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION

A complete recording of Dario Fo’s play ‘Accidental Death of an Anarchist’ produced for the BBC in 2001. Cast members include Sylvester McCoy and Nitin Ganatra.

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Renaissance Florence: The Art of the 1470s (1999 Video)

Director

Carol Hambledon; Marcus Latham

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 min., 2000 sale: £10.00 (inclusive)

Examines the decade beginning around 1470, when the city of Florence became the artistic capital of Europe with outstanding works being produced in a variety of media. Evokes the atmosphere of Florence at...

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Spanish Civil War, The 3 (1979 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 min.

The Spanish civil war was a microcosm of the ideological conflict of this century. When Spanish Fascists under Francisco Franco rebel against the republican government, full civil war erupts. Mussolini and...

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Globalisation and the Media (2003)

Subject

Media studies; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 25 minutes), £!4.00

Explores the media’s involvement in shaping public opinion during the ‘War on Terrorism’ and Globalisation. Offers a wide range of viewpoints from broadcasters, journalists, computer hackers, media...

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Conformist, The (1970)

aka: Conformista, Il

Director

Bernardo Bertolucci

Subject

Film studies; Italian studies; Politics & government; Psychology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 113 minutes), £27.99

A man named Clerici (Jean-Louis Trintignant) attempts to escape his emotional past by subscribing to totalitarianism in Bernardo Bertolucci’s masterpiece of Italian cinema. But when Clerici is asked to...

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Gladio (1992 Video)

Director

Allan Francovich

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £150.00 (+VAT +p&p) series

Series exposing the influence of the Gladio, a terrorist network operating throughout Europe. Originally set up to combat Communism, these groups changed from being defenders of state security into the...

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