Wag the Dog - Eleftheria Thanouli

This book is open access and available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. It is funded by Knowledge Unlatched.Wag the Dog became a media event and a cultural
icon because it inadvertently short-circuited the distance that is
supposed to separate reality and fiction. 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, such as 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.