Chris Atkins’ hilarious but shocking documentary about the celebrity obsessed media. It starts with a romp through the real reasons behind our addiction to fame, and goes on to pull the rug out from the media corporations and moguls that deal it out. Atkins breaks new ground by selling fake celebrity stories to the tabloids, which they publish without any checks, and secretly films red top journalists discussing the purchase of celebrities’ cosmetic surgery medical records. Deliberately targeting the sacred cows of the media industry that no one else will dare take on, the film features jaw-dropping secret camera footage of Max Clifford boasting about the lengths to which he will go to protect his clients. It culminates in an exposé of how media manipulation usurped Live 8 for its own ends with powerful testimony from leading humanitarian charities like Make Poverty History. It also investigates and calls into question some of the key claims that have been presented to the public. Ultimately the film reveals the harmful effect a celebrity-saturated media is having on children, and how media corporations are responsible for a global epidemic of narcissism. Atkins uses a mixture of stunts, animation, expert testimony and undercover reportage to create a darkly humorous and terrifying exposé of one of the most important issues of our time. Originally shown as part of True Stories, More4’s strand of acclaimed international documentaries., British filmmaker Chris Atkins examines the nature of celebrity in contemporary culture, and the impact it has had on politics, economics and the media in this documentary. Atkins presents Starsucker as a series of five “lessons” on fame in the modern world: how children are persuaded that fame is something they want, how television and the media reinforces the importance of celebrity and the efforts to attain it, how the mind and body reinforces our need to follow the activities of well-known people and strive to join their number, how the press became addicted to celebrity coverage, and how the art of promoting fame has led to celebrities and their handlers controlling the press instead of the press having say. Along the way, Atkins demonstrates how celebrity “news” with no basis in fact gets into print, why newspapers will run press releases almost verbatim, how parents will eagerly sign away the image rights to their kids, how certain mass scale charity events end up helping the performers far more than the causes they designed to support, and how publicists keep accurate but unflattering stories out of the news. Starsucker received its world premiere at the 2009 BFI London Film Festival.
Q&A :
Q: Who are the main cast members in “Starsuckers ” ?
A: The main cast includes Max Clifford,Richard Curtis,Nick Davies,Rupert Degas,Park Dietz,Emma Freud,Bob Geldof,Jake Halpern,Elton John,Midge Ure,Harvey Weinstein.
Q: When Did the “Starsuckers” Released?
A: The Movie “Starsuckers” originally aired on and released in the year of 2009.
Q: What Languages are available to watch “Starsuckers” ?
A: Is also available in eng language.
Q: Where to watch “Starsuckers” ?
A: “Starsuckers” is Avaiable on Netflix. as its Netflix Originals.
