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MAY-JUNE 2013<br />
95<br />
‘Hello Hollywood,<br />
Mr. President wants a movie!’<br />
T<br />
he movie “Argo” was given “The<br />
Best Movie Oscar” and it was about<br />
the rescue of 6 embassy officials<br />
during the hostage crisis lived n USA<br />
Embassy, soon after the revolution overthrown<br />
the shah regime in Iran in 1979.<br />
This event again brings on the agenda the<br />
tight connections and relationships between<br />
the White House, Pentagon and<br />
Hollywood. USA President Mr. Barack<br />
Obama’s wife Mrs. Michelle Obama had<br />
participated to live broadcast from the<br />
White House during the ceremony with<br />
her silver colored costume in front of the<br />
millions and she announced this anti-Iran<br />
movie “Argo” was deserved to be awarded.<br />
This was commented as a proof of<br />
the Hollywood effect on USA politics.<br />
It is seen that White House requires cooperation<br />
with the film industry during downturns<br />
in order to boost the morale of the people.<br />
In the “Wag the Dog” (1997) movie directed<br />
by Barry Levinson which was released<br />
with the name of “Men of the President”<br />
in Turkey; Robert de Niro as being consultant<br />
of the White House appeals an interesting<br />
method in order to keep the sex scandal<br />
in which the President’s name is included<br />
out of the agenda of the media and American<br />
people. He gathers together Dustin Hoffman<br />
as in the role of Hollywood producer and directed<br />
the attention of the people towards an<br />
imaginary war scenario. De Niro establishes a<br />
think –tank team in order to manage the crisis<br />
involving the world and he accomplished<br />
to keep busy of the minds of the large masses.<br />
This movie of Levinson elegantly criticizes<br />
the American politics and media morality<br />
and maybe it was bringing the light for<br />
the first time to the coalition made between<br />
the White House and Hollywood which has<br />
a long history.<br />
Cinema is one of the propaganda tools<br />
with highly persuasive power for many USA<br />
Presidents in order to prepare the people to<br />
their political decisions and to create an American<br />
sympathy and support throughout the<br />
international public opinion. The messages<br />
were given sometimes with political and sometimes<br />
with comedy-action movie types.
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