Wag the dog : a study on film and reality in the digital age / Eleftheria Thanouli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thanouli, Eleftheria, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wag the dog (Motion picture).

Motion pictures--Philosophy.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Social aspects--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Wag the Dog is a film that became a media event and a cultural icon because it inadvertently short-circuited the distance that is supposed to separate reality and fiction. The film's narration challenges the established boundaries between the fiction and nonfiction tradition, as Barry Levinson, the director, embeds his interest in documentary filmmaking and complicates the issue of narrative agency in the way he frames the story. The examination of the historical and social context in which it was produced, exhibited and received worldwide enables the author to illuminate a series of changes in the way a fiction film reflects and interacts with reality, urging us to reconsider some of our central and long-standing concepts or even paradigms in film theory. Eleftheria Thanouli provides new insights into a series of issues from both classical and contemporary film theory, like the conceptual and ontological stakes in the use of digital technology, the impact of mass media on public memory and the political role of cinema in a globalized and conglomerated world."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

Introduction Chapter 1: Wag the Dog and narrative analysis Chapter 2: Wag the Dog and the digital Chapter 3: Wag the Dog and the media Chapter 4: Wag the Dog and politics in Hollywood Conclusion Bibliography Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-161) and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

ISBN:

9781628929171

1628929170

9781441122810

1441122818

9781441198716

1441198717

OCLC:

854585582

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access