Eleftheria Thanouli

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.

Wag the Dog

Eleftheria Thanouli

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