
Perfect Leader
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.
- Status
- Released
- Budget
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- Box office
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- Language
- EN
Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical1 Jan 1983
Frequently asked questions
- When was Perfect Leader released?
- Perfect Leader was released on 1 January 1983.
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- Who directed Perfect Leader?
- Perfect Leader (1983) was directed by Max Almy.
- How long is Perfect Leader?
- Perfect Leader runs for 4m.












