Perfect Leader
(1983) | Released
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Release Date: Jan 1, 1983
Rating: 1983-01-01
Run Time: 12h 04m
Original Language: English
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Synopsis
Produced to coincide with the 1984 Presidential Campaign, Perfect Leader is a cautionary tale that brings to life a prototypical politician, as packaged by Madison Avenue. With a driving soundtrack and bold visuals, Almy satirically presents this dynamic simulation of media politics as a fast-paced music clip. The narrator is a disembodied Big Brother, an Orwellian computer program who creates candidate images—dictator, evangelist, moderate—as models for a mass-marketed leader. The image of the potential president is overlaid with graphic symbols of multinational power: technology; economics; warfare. As a woman hysterically intones, "We've got to have a perfect leader," the bland, telegenic candidate is brought into two dimensions on the TV screen. Concise as a commercial, insistent as a pop song, Perfect Leader is Almy's most effective use of television techniques to critique the impact of the media on contemporary life.
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Crew
| Department | Role | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Art | Graphic Designer |
Claire Doyle
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| Directing | Director |
Max Almy
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| Sound | Music |
Gregory Jones
Roy Sablosky
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| Editing | Editor |
Bud Ryerson
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