PREVIEW OF WAG THE DOG
Let me start by saying that this was a very good movie. Now, much has been made of its classification as a 'comedy'. It may not be a laugh out loud type of film but it is witty, fun, and satirical. Wag the Dog was produced and directed by Barry Levinson. Hilary Henkin and David Mamet co-wrote the screenplay. The film is based on the novel American Hero by Larry Beinhart Levinson has made some great films in his career. "Wag the Dog" is one of his most charismatic and energetic. The movie was written by David Mamet and Hilary Hen ken. This movie was made in 1997, but it is so unbelievably relevant today that it almost makes you feel these producers could see the future.
This is how the story goes: The president of the United States is caught up in a sex scandal two weeks before the election .At this situation Winifred Ames (Anne Heche), one of the topmost official aided by the precedent, hired Conard Bream (Robert De Niro) to solve this problem as soon as possible. For that very reason he decided to produce a war. A war against terrorism in Albania. The need help,so they go to bigtime Hollywood producer Stanley (Dustin Hoffman). He has never won an Academy Awardwar.So they made a film, slogans, a song etc.
In the mean time a TV channel broadcast that there was no war in Albania. But ultimately president and Conard were successful to their target.
Now Conard asked the president not for money but for credit of his great job. But president did not give him credit rather his people sent Conard a long long away from this dramatic world..
As usual, there are various interpretations as to what it means. 1,that the dog symbolises public opinion, and that the tail represents the media; 2,that the dog is the media, and the tail is political campaigns. But the most opinion is that the dog is the people and that the tail is the government. In short, the expression “the tail wagging the dog” refers to any case where something of greater significance (such as a war) is driven by something less (such as a sex scandal).
Reference:Amazon,History guide,class text,self.
Let me start by saying that this was a very good movie. Now, much has been made of its classification as a 'comedy'. It may not be a laugh out loud type of film but it is witty, fun, and satirical. Wag the Dog was produced and directed by Barry Levinson. Hilary Henkin and David Mamet co-wrote the screenplay. The film is based on the novel American Hero by Larry Beinhart Levinson has made some great films in his career. "Wag the Dog" is one of his most charismatic and energetic. The movie was written by David Mamet and Hilary Hen ken. This movie was made in 1997, but it is so unbelievably relevant today that it almost makes you feel these producers could see the future.
This is how the story goes: The president of the United States is caught up in a sex scandal two weeks before the election .At this situation Winifred Ames (Anne Heche), one of the topmost official aided by the precedent, hired Conard Bream (Robert De Niro) to solve this problem as soon as possible. For that very reason he decided to produce a war. A war against terrorism in Albania. The need help,so they go to bigtime Hollywood producer Stanley (Dustin Hoffman). He has never won an Academy Awardwar.So they made a film, slogans, a song etc.
In the mean time a TV channel broadcast that there was no war in Albania. But ultimately president and Conard were successful to their target.
Now Conard asked the president not for money but for credit of his great job. But president did not give him credit rather his people sent Conard a long long away from this dramatic world..
As usual, there are various interpretations as to what it means. 1,that the dog symbolises public opinion, and that the tail represents the media; 2,that the dog is the media, and the tail is political campaigns. But the most opinion is that the dog is the people and that the tail is the government. In short, the expression “the tail wagging the dog” refers to any case where something of greater significance (such as a war) is driven by something less (such as a sex scandal).
Reference:Amazon,History guide,class text,self.
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